Mike Schmidt

Danny Ozark, a onetime Dodger coach who went on to manage the Philadelphia Phillies to three division titles in the 1970s, died Thursday at his home in Vero Beach, Fla. He was 85. His death was announced by the Phillies; the cause was not given....

Warwick's Jason Ellington, who has driven in 46 runs in 19 games, was named the Peninsula District player of the year in a vote by the PD's 10 coaches Thursday night. Regular-season champion Menchville had three representatives on the first team —...

It's one of the most cherished items on my bookshelf, though it might not look it. It is thin and gray with corners rounded by time and a deep crease in the cover. The stray red and green crayon streaks evoke my age when I received it. "The Magic of...

(BBWAA: Elected by the Baseball Writers Association of America; VC: Elected by the Veterans Committee; NL: Elected by the Veterans Committee based on Negro league career): 1936 -- BBWAA: Ty Cobb, Walter Johnson, Christy Mathewson, Babe Ruth, Honus...

Cubs-Sox. Sox-Cubs. The Crosstown Classic. The Red Line Rumble. North vs. South. The Mullets vs. the caramel Macchiatos. Whatever you want to call it, let's get this hate-fest going. This series brings out the worst in everyone in the city. But that's why...

Greg Maddux ambled into the Cubs' dugout late Friday afternoon, looked up at the Jumbotron and watched a highlight of a wild Padres celebration at the former Jack Murphy Stadium. "Nineteen-eighty-four?" Maddux asked. Indeed it was 1984, the year the...

Round 2 commences. But first a quick recap of the week that was in Chicago baseball: Since running the Cubs out of their own joint last weekend, the Sox took 2 of 3 from their AL Central nemeses, the Minnesota Twins, and Mark Buehrle has turned it...

Here are 10 reasons the Phillies will make the playoffs: 1. It's 2003. They won their last pennants in 1983 and 1993. That's trend enough for me. 2. Jim Thome will obliterate Mike Schmidt's single-season home run record of 48, resulting in a new fashion...

The Cubs had the tying run on third base with one out in the ninth inning, and 39,546 fans were in full throttle, give-us-something-to-really-cheer-about mode. But Todd Walker and Corey Patterson each struck out to preserve Colorado's 4-3 victory...

Paul Konerko would be the first to admit he has a pretty hard head. But not even Konerko could have imagined a curveball bounced off his noggin could change the complexion of a ballgame, if not a season.After Cubs starter Kerry Wood hit him in the...

Sammy Sosa passed Mike Schmidt in style Saturday night at Petco Park, blasting a two-run homer into a party suite to take sole possession of ninth place on the all-time home run list. Sosa's two-run shot off San Diego starter Adam Eaton, the 549th of his...

Bona fide. Those words have been stamped in big, bold, red letters on the 2003 Phillies as they prepare to try to close Veterans Stadium in style by reaching the postseason. General manager Ed Wade transformed a club that finished 80-82 last season into...