Ex-Braves a big factor
The Ex-Cub Factor, known to afflict post-season teams as assuredly as the Billy Goat Curse afflicts the Cubs, could be in play in the NL series. Greg Maddux, of course,...
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Atlanta Braves vs. Cubs
Braves Record: 101-61, NL East champs. PROJECTED LINEUP %% P PLAYER AVG HR RBI SS Rafael Furcal .292 15 61 2B Marcus Giles .316 21 69 RF Gary Sheffield .330...
Only a game, but it matters
Saturday was such an eloquent reminder of why sports makes us care. The roar that greeted the posting of Milwaukee's three-spot from Houston. The tangible sense that anything was possible...
Off-the-field abuse, Part II
Although he saved the financially ailing Pirates for Pittsburgh and engineered the building of lovely PNC Park, Pirates boss Kevin McClatchy is hardly a favorite of the Pittsburgh press corps....
Just call him `Mr. Baseball’
It was pretty audacious of the man to march through the U.S. Cellular Field grandstand and take a front-row seat wearing a "Mr. Cub" cap. So audacious that probably only...
Never make light of war
The Bears' performance in Sunday's season-opening loss to San Francisco was a true stinker, dismal on all counts, and bear in mind that it could have been worse. But some...
Cubs prove they’re trying
Good move, Cubs. Yes Aramis Ramierez is an expensive investment, a maddeningly inconsistent one, with an iron glove. But he can hit, and who, exactly, do the Cubs have who...
Back `home’ at Marquette
Bo Ellis is returning to Marquette University, scene of his greatest basketball triumphs. Ellis, who led the then-Marquette Warriors to the 1977 NCAA tournament title, has joined Tom Crean's coaching...
Not same game, but still a hit
Tribune sports editor Arch Ward created the All-Star Game in 1933. Dan McGrath, current associate managing editor/sports, updates him on the state of baseball. Dear Arch, Well, they killed off...
In defense of Baker
So Dusty Baker believes black and Latin players are better suited to hot-weather baseball--or construction work, for that matter--than white guys. Weird science? Perhaps. Racism? Never. I've known Dusty Baker...