Billy Wagner

Billy Wagner was just on 1050 ESPN with Michael Kay, and indicated the media reaction that most angered him in the wake of last week's locker room outburst was being called a "racist." Understandable, certainly. "When things like that get......

BY DAVID LENNON DENVER ??? After more than four hours, and 13 innings, Mets manager Willie Randolph would have gladly traded Omar Minaya???s vote of confidence for a victory. ???That???s nice,??? Randolph said after the Mets??? latest crushing defeat,.......

Mike Gavin here for another night of Mets baseball. Its unusual that a team experiences it's high and low points of the season during the same week but thats exactly what the Mets have managed to accomplish. After a dominating......

BY DAVID LENNON SAN FRANCISCO ??? As soon as Oliver Perez waved the white flag with a seven-pitch walk to Emmanuel Burriss, the Giants??? No. 8 hitter, manager Willie Randolph had seen enough. And it was only the first......

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...

Even the major leagues' best bashing offense can't cover up all the blemishes. For the second straight game, the American League's best-hitting team battered one of the National League's best closers in the ninth inning. And for the second straight game,...

The last time the Cubs fell out of contention before the Wrigley Field ivy was in full bloom was in 1997, when they set a National League record for futility, starting the season at 0-14. Though this year's edition isn't anywhere near as hopeless, it...

Before Friday's game, a defiant Don Baylor declined to second-guess his decision to remove Jason Bere from Sunday's game against Houston, in which he had pitched six shutout innings. The Cubs eventually lost when their bullpen coughed up seven runs. "I'...

Major League Baseball doesn't keep records on stuff such as this, but it's safe to say that in the last 10 or 20 years, very few starting pitchers have given up seven runs, five hits, three walks and a wild pitch in one inning and come out to pitch the...

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...

LaTroy Hawkins had an explanation Friday for all the strange goings-on that have been haunting the Cubs this spring. "The baseball gods are testing us right now," the Cubs' reliever said. "That's all." The team appears to be failing that test, as was...

2006 Record: 97-65, 1st Manager: Willie Randolph (3rd season) Home Games: Tradition Field at St. Lucie Sports Complex(7,347), 525 Northwest Peacock Blvd., Port St. Lucie, Fla. 34986. Directions: I-95 to exit 121 (St. Lucie West Blvd.). Go east on St....