Mark Grudzielanek

Three All-Stars, first place on the Fourth of July and a 19-year-old sensation who is mature enough to defer to a 40-year-old from another team. Baseball in the nation’s capital hasn¿t looked this good in decades. And decades. And decades.Instead of...

It feels like more than half of this 2011 Chicago Cubs team has been injured now that Kerry Wood is the latest addition to the Cubs' revolving door that is the Disabled List.   Retroactive to June 9, Kid K will be placed on the DL because of, get ready...

The MLB Trade Deadline has officially passed and Jim Hendry and the Chicago Cubs only managed to make one move by trading Kosuke Fukudome.  The relative inactivity will most likely (and hopefully) be the end of Jim Hendry as we know him.  Fans were...

Please welcome this guest post by Eric Enders, author of "The Fall Classic: The Definitive History of the World Series." * * * In filling out my all-time Dodger lineup card, something occurred to me that I???d never thought about......

Hail, Cesar? On-base percentage (minimum 1,000 plate appearances) .296 Cesar Izturis .317 Eric Karros .318 Alex Cora .319 Mark Grudzielanek .331 Adrian Beltre Slugging percentage (minimum 1,000 plate appearances) .336 Cesar Izturis .341 Dave Roberts...

If 24-year-old Blake DeWitt remains the Dodgers' primary second baseman for 2010, he'll want to avoid this list: the worst offensive performers under the age of 25 in Los Angeles Dodger history. It's not a happy place, particularly because the......

Russell Branyan and Shin-Soo Choo hit homers, lifting the Cleveland Indians to a 3-2 win over the Detroit Tigers on Tuesday night. Jake Westbrook (3-3) gave up a run on five hits and a walk over 7.2 innings. Chris Perez stranded two runners in the...

Andruw Jones follows through on a solo homer in the first inning. (Chris Sweda, Chicago Tribune / April 23, 2010) The White Sox's Andruw Jones and Freddy Garcia hung out at Sub 51 -- located below Hub 51 -- on Friday. The Cleveland Indians' Mark...

The White Sox resurrected their "Winning Ugly" theme to a wild extreme Tuesday night. They survived three errors and three wild pitches to pull out a 9-7 win at Kansas City. "A lot of good things happened, and a lot of bad things happened," Sox...

'Win and survive" should be the White Sox's theme for the rest of the season. On the eve of their seven-game trip to American League rivals Minnesota and Detroit, the Sox made the most of six hits, survived leadoff home runs in the first two innings...

Jerome Williams learned at a young age how to keep cool under pressure while surfing at Pipeline, a legendary spot in his native Hawaii. He used those lessons on a sweltering Saturday afternoon at Busch Stadium, hanging on in 93-degree heat for six...