Matt Clement

Jose Valentin dropped his bat and threw his arms in the air. He knew it. "I didn't try to mock anybody," Valentin said of the celebration that followed his game-winning home run. "But when you've been swinging the bat like I have, you better enjoy it."...

A blown call by umpire Bruce Froemming, two blown saves by the Cubs' bullpen and another rough day for Sammy Sosa spelled disaster for the Cubs on a cold and rainy afternoon at Wrigley Field. When all was said and done, San Diego outlasted the Cubs 5-4...

Two decisions, one by Cubs manager Dusty Baker that worked and one by Arizona manager Bob Brenly that didn't, were key factors in the Cubs' 2-1 rain-delayed victory on Sunday. Baker trusted his offense rather than pinch-hit for starter Matt Clement...

The Cubs have disintegrated into a $75 million homecoming opponent. The Brewers are only so happy to host them for two more games this weekend. Milwaukee is 4-0 against the Cubs and 9-29 against the rest of baseball. And the Cubs are now almost as bad...

If the Cubs are to successfully tiptoe through the minefields that exist in the schedule the final month of the season, the five starters in the pitching rotation may have to carry more of the load than expected. But some of them appear to be up to the...

If the Cubs are holding a trump card in their hand, it's their collection of starting pitchers. It's almost always bad news when one of Dusty Baker's front four asks his free-swinging teammates to win slugging contests. Matt Clement did just that Tuesday...

Matt Clement never has missed a start in his six seasons with San Diego, Florida and the Cubs, but an injury to his right shoulder and upper back suddenly makes him a question mark for the stretch run. Clement was removed in the third inning of Tuesday...

The Milwaukee Brewers can't get any respect … and that's just the way they like it. Preseason forecasts lavished praise on the Cubs and the Houston Astros, the only debate being which team would win the National League Central and which would be the wild...

LaTroy Hawkins entered Monday night's game against the New York Mets in the eighth inning instead of the ninth, returning to his former job as setup man. But no matter what role Hawkins finds himself in, trouble seems to follow. After the Cubs rallied...

Forget about Achilles' tendons and sacroiliacs and triceps and sneeze-induced back spasms. The latest in a long line of Cubs medical ailments was revealed Monday at Wrigley Field when Greg Maddux left in the seventh inning of a 3-1 victory over Houston...

Trainer Dave Groeschner was eating a banana in the Cubs dugout a couple of hours before Saturday's game at Wrigley Field when a banana peel fell on the steps leading up to the field. For a split second it was theoretically possible for a Cubs player to...

Cubs starter Kerry Wood pushed the envelope on the mound with an animated jawing session in which he told plate umpire Larry Vanover to put his mask back on. Wood managed to get by without an ejection and eventually notched his 11th victory in the Cubs'...