Kyle Farnsworth

Question: What's smaller than small ball? Answer: What the White Sox's offense did Friday night in a 3-2, 11-inning loss to the Detroit Tigers. Small ball was more like atom ball, as the Sox squandered seven hits, 11 walks, a hit batter and two Tigers...

When Antonio Alfonseca lost his closer's role in March because of a hamstring injury, Joe Borowski eventually grabbed it and never has looked back. Eric Karros now finds himself in the same position as Borowski, taking over at first base full time with...

Throwing a no-hitter and vaulting your team into sole possession of first place during the final week of the season is a fantasy so surreal that even Kerry Wood knew the odds were stacked against him. Maybe that's why Wood was so cool, calm and collected...

Sammy Sosa didn't merely agree with manager Bruce Kimm's passionate plea after Sunday's loss to the Cardinals. Sosa is so disgusted with the Cubs, he's looking for more than just better effort from his teammates. He wants some of them gone before next...

Dusty Baker began his first day as Cubs manager last November by proclaiming "Why not us?" But when all was said and done, Cubs fans were left asking the same question they have been asking their entire lives: "Why us?" A star-crossed season ended in...

To the untrained eye the Cubs may look like they're struggling. But Sammy Sosa said Thursday he believes they're playing much better than people think. After Atlanta thrashed the Cubs 13-3 Thursday in the first of a four-game series at Wrigley Field,...

Whenever the Cubs won a game late last season, outfielders Sammy Sosa, Kenny Lofton and Moises Alou converged in center field and high-fived each other in midair. Watching from the bench after his season-ending knee injury, Corey Patterson could only...

A remarkable thing happened in the ninth inning of the Cubs' 3-2 victory over the Braves on Monday night. With Cubs closer Antonio Alfonseca about to fire his first pitch, Darren Lewis trotted to right field in the direction of a seemingly stunned...

After Kerry Wood allowed the first three Phillies to reach base Friday night and gave up a quick run, Cubs pitching coach Larry Rothschild visited him on the mound. But shortly after the Cubs' 5-1 victory at Citizens Bank Park, Wood couldn't recall...

The Cubs didn't want Sergio Mitre to try to replace Mark Prior when they stuck him in the rotation during spring training. "Let Sergio be Sergio," was the mantra management spread all spring. Returning to Turner Field on Saturday, the scene of his...

Mark Prior was relaxing on the couch before Tuesday night's game with San Diego at Qualcomm Stadium, mentally preparing himself for his first start in nearly a month. In the opposite corner of the room, the clubhouse boom box was playing "You Light Up My...

Maybe the collision between Mark Prior and Marcus Giles wasn't so horrible after all. Since that ugly July 11 spill at Wrigley Field, which left Prior on the disabled list with a sore shoulder and knocked Giles out of the All-Star Game, the two All-Stars...