Angel Echevarria

Sunday was one of those hot, sticky days Chicagoans were thinking about early last winter while shoveling out their parking spaces and saving them with old, beat-up lawn furniture. Summertime means baseball in Chicago, and no matter what the status of...

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?...

Bruce Kimm erased any doubt that he'll put his stamp on this Cubs team in the sixth inning of Sunday's 2-0 loss to the Braves. After Joe Girardi led off with a double, pitcher Jon Lieber stepped to the plate in an obvious bunting situation. Trailing...

The record book doesn't have to be rewritten. It still says the last time the St. Louis Cardinals concluded a four-game sweep in Chicago was May 29, 1921. Cubs shortstop Alex Gonzalez made sure of that Sunday when his eighth-inning bloop single brought...

Pitting Randy Johnson against the Cubs is like hosting a demolition derby with a Mack truck and a tricycle. And that's when the Cubs have Sammy Sosa in the lineup. On a day Sosa flew back to Chicago because of a neck injury, the word mismatch doesn't...

Moises Alou entered unfamiliar territory Friday when he stepped into the Wrigley Field postgame interview room. "First time this year I've been in here," he said, "for reasons you folks know well." Alou, a disappointment in his first four months as a...

Long before Thursday's first pitch, one irate fan at Miller Park screamed to the players: "You should honor your contract to the end of the season." When the final out was recorded in the Cubs' 13-10 victory over the Brewers, it was hard to envision...