Tom Gordon

Yes, the White Sox are alone atop the American League Central. But manager Jerry Manuel is not about to throw a party. "We still have a long ways to go," he said after watching his team's 7-3 victory over Texas on Thursday night. "We have men, good men....

Thanks to Tom Gordon's great escape act, the Cubs survived their only rough moments Sunday in a 10-3 victory over Florida that completed their first three-game sweep of the season. Gordon, recovering from a shoulder injury that threatened his career,...

The White Sox may not have come back from Minnesota with much, but they did bring their bats—at least the ones that work. The power outage that afflicted their efforts against the Twins disappeared under an avalanche of 12 hits—six for extra...

The condition of his right elbow, Jon Lieber insists, is not the problem. He swears it's not the reason he is winless in his last seven starts. "It's being able to make pitches," he said. Lieber did that until the seventh inning Monday night. Then...

Tribune baseball expert Phil Rogers has picked an All-City team the last five years to kick off the Cubs-Sox interleague series. It's fair to say that Phil's selections haven't always hit it off with the public — seems there's disagreement about who ought...

After a team goes from bad to worse, what comes next? The answer is Monday night's 11-1 loss to the Marlins, which qualifies as one of the Cubs' sorriest showings in a season full of pitiful efforts. At least there were few who cared enough to witness...

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?...

Damaso Marte put on quite a show Tuesday. And it came hours before the game's first pitch. The left-handed White Sox reliever moon-walked to Michael Jackson's "Billie Jean," drawing high-fives from teammates D'Angelo Jimenez and Miguel Olivo. Third-base...

Jose Valentin dropped his bat and threw his arms in the air. He knew it. "I didn't try to mock anybody," Valentin said of the celebration that followed his game-winning home run. "But when you've been swinging the bat like I have, you better enjoy it."...

White Sox manager Jerry Manuel revealed his deepest desire before Monday night's game against Minnesota. "One thing I'd feel good about," Manuel said, "is if we get a complete game. That would be really huge." Consider it done. Bartolo Colon, huge in...

Sammy Sosa, Moises Alou, Corey Patterson and Todd Hundley went a combined 0-for-12 with six strikeouts Sunday. So how in the name of Roy Oswalt were the Cubs able to eke out a 3-2 victory over the Houston Astros in the Wrigley Field sauna? "It's a...

When Carl Everett drove in two runs with a clutch two-out single Monday, it seemed obvious the veteran outfielder had just enjoyed his best moment since joining the White Sox on July 1. Everett didn't see it that way. "No, my best moment was when...