Mike Schmidt

Good afternoon Yankees enthusiasts, I'm Chris Mascaro and I'll be bringing you all of today's live game action, as the Yankees (72-63) take on the Blue Jays (69-66) in the rubber game of a three-game set. Yesterday's performance by the......

As Ken Davidoff first reported here on his MLB Insider blog, Mike Schmidt sent a pep talk e-mail to the Phillies before the start of this weekend's series at Shea. Among other things, Schmidt wrote, "The Mets know you're better......

Danny Ozark, a onetime Dodger coach who went on to manage the Philadelphia Phillies to three division titles in the 1970s, died Thursday at his home in Vero Beach, Fla. He was 85. His death was announced by the Phillies; the cause was not given....

(BBWAA: Elected by the Baseball Writers Association of America; VC: Elected by the Veterans Committee; NL: Elected by the Veterans Committee based on Negro league career): 1936 -- BBWAA: Ty Cobb, Walter Johnson, Christy Mathewson, Babe Ruth, Honus...

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...

Cubs-Sox. Sox-Cubs. The Crosstown Classic. The Red Line Rumble. North vs. South. The Mullets vs. the caramel Macchiatos. Whatever you want to call it, let's get this hate-fest going. This series brings out the worst in everyone in the city. But that's why...

Greg Maddux ambled into the Cubs' dugout late Friday afternoon, looked up at the Jumbotron and watched a highlight of a wild Padres celebration at the former Jack Murphy Stadium. "Nineteen-eighty-four?" Maddux asked. Indeed it was 1984, the year the...

Here are 10 reasons the Phillies will make the playoffs: 1. It's 2003. They won their last pennants in 1983 and 1993. That's trend enough for me. 2. Jim Thome will obliterate Mike Schmidt's single-season home run record of 48, resulting in a new fashion...

The Cubs had the tying run on third base with one out in the ninth inning, and 39,546 fans were in full throttle, give-us-something-to-really-cheer-about mode. But Todd Walker and Corey Patterson each struck out to preserve Colorado's 4-3 victory...

Sammy Sosa passed Mike Schmidt in style Saturday night at Petco Park, blasting a two-run homer into a party suite to take sole possession of ninth place on the all-time home run list. Sosa's two-run shot off San Diego starter Adam Eaton, the 549th of his...

Bona fide. Those words have been stamped in big, bold, red letters on the 2003 Phillies as they prepare to try to close Veterans Stadium in style by reaching the postseason. General manager Ed Wade transformed a club that finished 80-82 last season into...

The Orioles didn't have to travel far during the 1983 World Series, but they were carrying a lot of baggage when they faced the star-studded Philadelphia Phillies 20 years ago. "We were determined - after what happened in 1979 - that this team was not...