Jose Valentin

I'd like to continue with this game of "Guess the Wolverine" but after Emmanuel Garcia, a few of the Mets' names become more recognizable, so the gag runs out of steam. Here are the lineups for today's 12:10 start at......

A two-hour bus ride and then a throttling by the Braves. Not the way the Mets wanted to spend a sunny afternoon at Disney.Here's a few excerpts from today's happenings. -- John Maine allowed five runs in four innings and......

Paul Konerko would be the first to admit he has a pretty hard head. But not even Konerko could have imagined a curveball bounced off his noggin could change the complexion of a ballgame, if not a season.After Cubs starter Kerry Wood hit him in the...

Moises Alou reached into his locker stall in the Wrigley Field clubhouse, rummaging among caps, Cubs uniform pants, game jerseys and pairs of cleats. Then he hauled out a well-worn glove. Once shiny, the black outfielder's mitt resembled a house sorely...

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 White Sox met before Friday night's game to discuss how they would divvy up their second-place bonus money. If they had lost Friday, all their planning might have gone to waste. But by beating the Royals 11-2, the Sox need to win only one of their...

If first impressions are truly lasting, a survival kit may be necessary for White Sox fans to get through the 2002 season. The Sox managed to live through a bumpy encounter in the season opener Monday when Keith Foulke escaped a bases-loaded jam in the...

The general consensus in the White Sox's clubhouse was that Boston starter Curt Schilling didn't have his great stuff Saturday night. But pitchers don't make six All-Star Game appearances and win 177 games by only winning when they have their best stuff....

Jose Valentin looked around the field Monday and saw a bunch of 20-somethings surrounding him. Who would have guessed back in the spring that the 32-year-old Valentin would be the "old man" in the middle on a rebuilding White Sox team? "It is kind of...

It took Paul Sullivan a few days to figure out the registration form on Chicagosports.com. Now that he's finally registered, he's crankier than ever and back to answering your questions. Has anyone ever told Frank Thomas that it is not a crime to swing...

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...

Dusty Baker was asked before Sunday's finale of the White Sox-Cubs series whether third-base coach Wendell Kim would be gun-shy over waving a runner home after his much-discussed gaffe during Saturday's loss. "I hope not," the Cubs manager said. "I...