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No. 12 Reds: 19th in a series counting down to spring training. Next: Cardinals. Poor Zack Cozart. In the year of Barry Larkin, it falls to Cozart to do the near-impossible — replace him. Cozart, a broad-shoulder product from Ole Miss who has...

Don't be surprised if the team on-base percentage of Tarbut V'Torah's baseball team makes a significant jump next season. Brent Dohling is the high school baseball coach at TVT, a Jewish Community Day School in Irvine with about 150 students. He also had...

Although manager Dusty Baker's future is being debated non-stop on sports radio and booing has become as prevalent as the ivy, the Cubs finally found a way to change the subject on a chilly night at Wrigley Field. Playing a team with almost as many...

On Opening Day at Great American Ballpark, President Bush walked into the Cubs' clubhouse and extended his right hand to Dusty Baker. "This is the year, right?" Bush said as he and Baker shook hands. As it turned out, this was not the year for the Cubs....

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...

Now that everyone is in a good mood, Paul Sullivan is ready to answer your questions about the White Sox. Or maybe not. Well, Paul, I appreciate another fine week of non-answers to questions posed by those who are honestly curious and pay your undeserved...

The baseball gods were looking down on the White Sox and laughing loudly Sunday afternoon at Tropicana Field. Frank Thomas was given a chance to redeem himself for not sliding into home plate Saturday, a decision that led to criticism from manager...

The weather was perfect, the scenery beautiful and the hotel pool was heated. But after being swept away in California for the second time in two weeks, the White Sox can honestly say, "Wish we weren't here." Troy Glaus' RBI single off Keith Foulke with...

The White Sox received welcome relief Sunday from Bob Howry, Keith Foulke and Damaso Marte. While the relievers combined for five perfect innings in a 4-2 victory over the Kansas City Royals, the rest of the Sox played with an attitude that delighted...

The White Sox left the Metrodome with a split after a 7-4 victory over Minnesota on Thursday, ending a 13-game trip without killing their chances in the American League's Central Division. Now comes the rematch series against the Cubs in Comiskey Park,...

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?...

Dear Sox fans, I started writing this to you just after (Jon) Garland pitched himself out of a jam in the 6th inning of a tight (so far) 1-1 game Wednesday night against the Twins. They’re now in extra innings. And the fan in me is wondering about...