Bobby Higginson

CLEVELAND -- Dan Johnson broke out in a big smile Wednesday night after being reminded of his heroics in the 2011 regular season finale with Tampa Bay, where he hit a home run that helped vault the Rays into the playoffs and knock out Boston. Johnson...

1987 -- Dwight Gooden could pitch again for the New York Mets by June 1 if his training program goes as planned, general manager Frank Cashen said. Gooden will be released in a day or two from New York's Smithers Alcoholism and Treatment Center, where...

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Roberto Alomar and Bert Blyleven became Hall of Famers on Wednesday, the two-time World Series champions easily elected after narrow misses last season. Sluggers Rafael Palmeiro, Mark McGwire, Jeff Bagwell and Juan Gonzalez came nowhere close. Hall...

Jon Garland possesses the physical attributes and pitching repertoire to be one of the premier right-handers in the American League. But the enigmatic 24-year-old continues to befuddle White Sox manager Ozzie Guillen with his inconsistency and occasional...

Carlos Lee and Juan Uribe hit home runs Friday night when the White Sox beat the Detroit 6-4 at U.S. Cellular Field. Joe Crede doubled, and Aaron Rowand doubled twice. But two sacrifice bunts were almost as pleasing to Sox manager Ozzie Guillen. Timo...

Carlos Lee always wanted to be like Frank. Now the White Sox's new No. 3 hitter is hitting like Frank Thomas used to hit. Lee had four hits, including two home runs, in a 6-4 victory over Detroit on Sunday at Comerica Park. Thomas, in a 1-for-31 slump,...

There are worse things in life than losing to the Detroit Tigers, but the White Sox didn't want to be the first ones to go down for the count in 2002. After beating Detroit 7-5 Wednesday to end their eight-game trip at .500, the Sox breathed a sigh of...

If it's not broken, don't fix it. Who could begrudge Anaheim Angels general manager Bill Stoneman a restful winter? After all, the Angels' ultraimpressive run through the playoffs should not be viewed as the doing of the Rally Monkey or any other Disney-...

It wasn't exactly what the White Sox had in mind as a prelude for hosting the New York Yankees in a three-game series that begins Monday night. One day after virtually every part of the Sox's machine showed signs of working smoothly, not much of anything...

The 2003 salaries for the 827 major league baseball players on opening day rosters and disabled lists. Figures were obtained by The Associated Press from management and player sources and include salaries and pro-rated shares of signing bonuses and...

The White Sox won their third in a row Sunday with a 10-2 decision against the hapless Detroit Tigers. As was their pattern all weekend, the Sox did it in the way a cat plays with prey for a while, then swats it into oblivion when the game gets tiresome....