Steve Finley

Damaso Marte put on quite a show Tuesday. And it came hours before the game's first pitch. The left-handed White Sox reliever moon-walked to Michael Jackson's "Billie Jean," drawing high-fives from teammates D'Angelo Jimenez and Miguel Olivo. Third-base...

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...

Boston Red Sox star Curt Schilling laughs when he thinks about the morning he found out he was no longer an Oriole. It was a career ago, and he was a naive, 24-year-old kid who really didn't know what had hit him. "I remember it clearly," Schilling said....

Jose Valentin joked that the White Sox should be permitted to cork their bats, given the team's .241 average entering Wednesday night's game. As if that would be enough for a team that had been averaging 2.6 runs over its last five games. "This is the...

Joe Girardi hit a game-winning single in the bottom of the ninth Sunday as the Cubs beat Arizona Diamondbacks 3-2, despite losing Sammy Sosa in an outfield collision. The loss ended Arizona's eight-game winning streak. Alex Gonzalez led off the ninth...

A May 14 loss to Baltimore might have served as a wakeup call for Freddy Garcia. Since then, Garcia has steered his season back on course. He pitched eight strong innings Wednesday night to lead the White Sox to a 4-2 victory over the Los Angeles...

After getting shelled Tuesday night at Houston in his worst outing of the year, Matt Clement was determined to make amends Sunday at Bank One Ballpark. "I was pretty upset with myself after that game in Houston," Clement said. "To come out here and...

This was exactly what the Cubs hoped for when they obtained Aramis Ramirez in a trade last month. The third baseman scored from first on a double in the 11th inning, then drove in the winning run with a single over a drawn-in outfield in the 14th to...

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...

Dick Pole began his day finding out he'd be managing the Cubs Wednesday night against Arizona, thanks to a one-game suspension dealt to Dusty Baker. Pole ended the night watching the Cubs pull out a 4-3 win over the Diamondbacks on Alex Gonzalez's go-...

Since 1914 the wind has blown in at Wrigley Field, so you might think the Cubs would have it mastered. Obviously they still have some work to do after Friday's 8-1 loss to the Dodgers dropped their record to 13-10 when the wind is off Lake Michigan....

When TV cameras caught Kyle Farnsworth chewing on his fingernails in the Cubs' dugout after his ineffective appearance in Sunday's 8-5 loss to Los Angeles, it was an apt metaphor for the state of the team's bullpen. The NL West-leading Dodgers bounced...