Rey Ordonez

Good afternoon Yankees fans. Let's pause to appreciate the career of Derek Jeter for a moment. The Yankee Captain will play in his 10th career All Star Game next week, after receiving more votes than any other AL player. At......

Felix Diaz, who has lost two of his three starts, is in the mix for now, but it will be up to Scott Schoeneweis to see how the White Sox's rotation shapes up after the All-Star break. Diaz yielded three runs on two home runs in Saturday's first inning,...

Imagine the shock for an Atlanta Braves fan who spent the winter abroad without giving his favorite team a second thought. Hey, that isn't Tom Glavine in a New York Mets uniform, is it? And what's the deal with Kevin Millwood wearing that Phillies cap?...

For more than two hours Monday, Matt Clement stood eyeball to eyeball with Milwaukee Brewers All-Star Ben Sheets. The Cubs right-hander blinked only once. But it was once too often. Clement, who struck out 10, was masterful. In fact, he was just one...

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-...

We've finally located Paul Sullivan and convinced him it was time to answer his e-mails about kangaroo courts, Grudz and Walker playing together, and the possibility of Maggs winding up at the Tribune ... Do the Cubs have a kangaroo court? If so, who...

It's that time of year when half of Chicago hates the other half. Isn't it fun? Yes, it's the annual dozens-fest some euphemistically call inter-league play. Make sure you're wearing your batting helmet, even in the field today, because the insults...

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 sun was shining. The wind was blowing out. It was 67 degrees at game time. Seemingly a perfect setting Thursday at Wrigley Field. Sammy Sosa even came to the plate in the ninth inning with the tying run at third base. But with two outs, the Cubs...

Rey Ordonez proved to be a better home-run hitter than an interview Saturday. "Nobody has been to my locker here to talk to me in a month," Ordonez said after his big hit in the Cubs' 4-2 victory over the White Sox. "So, no. I'm not talking today."...

With the bases loaded in a tie game in the bottom of the ninth inning and a 4th of July crowd of 38,596 on its feet, Cubs pinch-hitter Todd Walker fell behind White Sox reliever Damaso Marte with two quick strikes. What was going through Walker's mind?...

For much of the last two months, talk had centered around how much better the Cubs would be when Mark Prior, Kerry Wood, Sammy Sosa and Mark Grudzielanek returned from the disabled list. But there was scant mention of the absence of injured shortstop...