Steve Trachsel

Here's a look at what some other media outlets are saying about the Orioles: ** Joe Lemire of SI.com notes the dramatic one-year turnaround in the Orioles fortunes and compares it to some other teams showing significant improvement this season: The...

Sun editors and writers, please become part of the solution to the Orioles' continuing lousiness. This is a crucial time, with Andy MacPhail possibly stepping down after five seasons. When Mr. MacPhail was hired, I rejoiced, not because he was the best...

When the Orioles acquired several players on one-year deals this offseason, it was expected that they'd have a surplus of trade bait if they were out of contention in the summer. Well, it's late July and the Orioles are again buried in the American...

Not since Sammy Sosa hit 20 home runs in June 1998 has any Cub put on the kind of show Alfonso Soriano has staged this September. The $136 million man hit two more homers Saturday in a 9-5 victory over the Pirates at Wrigley Field, giving the Cubs...

The powerball attack Cubs manager Lou Piniella envisioned in March finally made a cameo appearance Thursday night at Minute Maid Park. Alfonso Soriano, Aramis Ramirez, Daryle Ward and Cliff Floyd all homered off Houston starter Woody Williams as the Cubs...

When former Cubs president and current Orioles president of baseball operations Andy MacPhail sent Steve Trachsel from Baltimore to the Cubs on Aug. 31, it may have been his final chance to seal his legacy with the organization. And if Trachsel continues...

In another edition of Ask Paul, our Cubs beat writer answers your questions about Marmol's slump, Marquis vs. Marshall, whether the Fukudome factor is obsolete and other pressing issues. I have noticed that the Cubs starting pitching may not be as deep...

The Cubs entered September in first place for the first time since 1989—a year when all of manager Don Zimmer's off-the-wall moves seemed to work. Lou Piniella is no "Popeye" when it comes to making decisions with his gut instead of his head, but...

It didn't take long to see why general manager Jim Hendry acquired former Cubs starter Steve Trachsel from the Orioles on Friday. Sean Marshall's poor outing in a 6-1 loss to the Astros, along with his 6.18 earned-run average in August, was only one...

The Cubs came to Florida with 10 victories in their last 12 games and a chance to close out the division race against the last-place Marlins so they could rest some of their regulars for the playoffs. But after getting swept out of Miami with Thursday'...

Lou Piniella said Wednesday afternoon the Cubs came to Florida with three mulligans, but used one of them up with Tuesday's loss. After Wednesday's 7-4 loss to Florida, the Cubs suddenly were down to one mulligan with four games remaining. "We have...

The Cubs got back to the business of baseball Tuesday night after a brief interruption for the clean-up from Hurricane Z. One day after Carlos Zambrano's sharp postgame criticism of Cubs fans, Steve Trachsel reintroduced himself to the semi-friendly...