Kenny Lofton

The Dodgers might remember this evening forever. They would not let go of the National League West lead, and their fans would not let go of them. After a ninth inning that ranged beyond improbable and near impossible, in which the Dodgers tied the...

The offensive outburst brought back pleasant memories for Jim Thome. "Whenever you can score the runs like we have, it reminds me a lot of those mid-1990s teams we had there," Thome said Wednesday night of the White Sox's Cleveland-like performance in...

The Los Angeles Dodgers are putting the ex-Cub factor to the test this season, employing no fewer than six former Cubs in their pursuit of a World Series title. There's a 25-year-old theory that no team can win a World Series with three or more ex-Cubs...

When are we going to see Josh Fields at first base? --Kirpal, Denver Not any time soon. Paul Konerko is signed through 2010, Nick Swisher can play first and there was talk of Jermaine Dye moving to first before Konerko re-signed with the Sox after 2005....

ANAHEIM, Calif. - There must be some mistake. The real Magic Kingdom has always been a couple of miles farther up Katella Avenue, and it was always some sports hero in another city who got to shout about going there after the World Series. Never the...

One by one, the members of the beleaguered White Sox bullpen paraded to the mound in the seventh inning of Tuesday night's Sox-Mariners game. And one by one, they paraded back into the dugout, victimized by a collective inability to throw the ball across...

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...

I heard that someone tried to get a goat into Houston's game [Tuesday] and was refused admission. They then "transferred" the curse to Houston. Nothing in the Tribune. What's the story? --Bill Carter, Munster, Ind. From what I understand, it was one of...

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...

The Cubs and St. Louis have been going at it since 1892, but seldom have the two rivals spent as much quality time together as they have over the past two days at Wrigley Field. With Tuesday's day-night doubleheader coming on the heels of the Labor Day...

After spending the last three weeks as the Cubs' forgotten man, Shawn Estes finally had a night to remember at Cincinnati's Great American Ball Park. The left-hander hadn't started since Sept. 4 and hadn't won a game since July 27, making him feel...

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...