Ben Grieve

The Orioles' series finale with the Tampa Bay Rays had already included a series of unusual plays when Evan Longoria came up in the eighth inning and lined a Jeremy Accardo pitch to center field. Orioles center fielder Adam Jones broke on the ball, but...

The expanded bleachers aren't the only thing new at Wrigley Field this year. The Cubs will start the season with eight new players on the roster, ranging from vital cogs such as Juan Pierre to little-known reserves such as Angel Pagan. Whether they...

With raindrops falling and the ballpark half-filled Wednesday, the 2005 Cubs bid adieu to Wrigley Field in their own inimitable style. A Nomar Garciaparra throw to second base bounced off a Pittsburgh runner's helmet and led to two unearned runs off Mark...

Just when you think the Cubs have found the old formula for winning, they invent a new way to lose. For example, take Wednesday night's 6-3 loss to the Brewers, when the pitcher doubled home the go-ahead run. Not exactly a new way to lose, really. But...

A checked swing that wasn't called a strike in the first inning and a game-winning bloop single that dropped within reach of Jerry Hairston in the ninth epitomized the way things have been going for the Cubs. Anything that can go wrong usually does. The...

If the Cubs are to successfully tiptoe through the minefields that exist in the schedule the final month of the season, the five starters in the pitching rotation may have to carry more of the load than expected. But some of them appear to be up to the...

For a guy who wasn't supposed to start Saturday night, Carlos Lee did pretty well for the White Sox. Lee, playing because Magglio Ordonez had a sore toe, hit a two-run home run in the sixth inning, tying the game 2-2 and starting a 5-2 White Sox...

A look at two decisions each by Ozzie Guillen and Dusty Baker and how they affected the first game of the 2005 Sox-Cubs series. Pregame Situation: What to do with DH Carl Everett, who can play the outfield, but not very well. Ozzie Guillen's decision:...

In order of 2002 finish New York Yankees Manager: Joe Torre. 2002: 103-58, 1st; lost to Anaheim in 1st round. Payroll: $164 million. Rotation: Roger Clemens, Mike Mussina, Andy Pettitte, David Wells, Jeff Weaver. Meat of the order: Jason Giambi,...

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...

If you think the weather was cold Saturday, you should have seen the icy treatment the Wrigley Field crowd gave LaTroy Hawkins. He lost the save, lost the game and apparently lost his job as the Cubs' closer during a brutally cold and bitterly...

Carlos Zambrano paced the visitor's dugout at Great American Ball Park with a bat in his hand late Friday afternoon, trying to psyche himself up for his start against Cincinnati. "I want to kill a reporter," Zambrano announced suddenly, taking a few mock...