Mike Kiley

Mark Grace only has to worry about Eric Young in the tight National League batting race when the Colorado star is high on Coors. Outside the too friendly confines of...

Florida manager John Boles had a quiet 45th birthday Monday at Wrigley Field: "I sat around and worried. It's what most Irish Roman Catholics do." . . . After seeing...

With parts of his bullpen under fire, St. Louis manager Tony La Russa came to the defense of Rick Honeycutt: "If you're not careful, fans and even teammates can take...

Colorado's Dante Bichette still is talking about the difference between Cubs pitchers at Coors Field and Wrigley Field. "I swear they're different (in Colorado) than Chicago," he said. "They're tougher....

Even guys who have bad years can have good nights. In fact, Frank Castillo and Dave Magadan have each erased part of their memory banks. Rewind their tapes and you...

After so many bitter exchanges and so long with no agreement, an optimist would seem gullible in gauging the status of baseball labor talks. But Cubs player representative Scott Servais...

The home runs, 10 in one month, are significant. But Sammy Sosa was named National League Player of the Month Monday in large part because he hit .358 in July....

Houston's Craig Biggio will miss the Cubs and other NL Central teams in September. "It's pretty sad we won't play any of the teams in our division in September. That...

Wayne Kirby knows all about Dodger blue. He cried himself to sleep for years in Los Angeles' minor-league system. Now, he knows all about Dodger baby blue, the fuzzy overnight...

"Tony La Russa has a habit of winning championships, and for some reason, he always keeps me around," said St. Louis Cardinals second baseman Mike Gallego, who was with La...