LYNCH AIMS TO FOLLOW BRAVES’ FORMULA
Playoff baseball is mostly mental, according to Cubs General Manager Ed Lynch. "Rightfully so, when we're playing Atlanta we're the underdog," he said. "But we have to go to take...
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LUCK IN BASEBALL IS AN OVERRATED COMMODITY
This is Jim Riggleman's fourth year as the Cubs' manager and during a pregame news conference Monday night at Wrigley Field, he conceded that in his time the Cubs haven't...
GOSPEL ACCORDING TO RIGGLEMAN: MVP FOR SOSA, SPECIAL HONOR FOR MCGWIRE
Like Solomon, Cubs manager Jim Riggleman has come up with an idea to solve the Most Valuable Player dilemma: Give the National League MVP award to Sammy Sosa, who has...
LIKE 90 YEARS AGO, A CUBS EXTENSION?
This is umpire Bob Emslie's official report on the "Merkle Boner," written Sept. 23, 1908, to Harry E. Pulliam, Esq., president of the National League: "In the ninth inning of...
NOW, THAT’S THE WAY TO DO IT
It was tempting to tell Sammy Sosa he has been swinging too hard, that the best way to break out of his slump would be to cut down on his...
WHAT BURNED ERNIE JUST MIGHT HELP SAMMY IN THE END
More evidence of what goes around comes around: In 1959 the Milwaukee Braves and Los Angeles Dodgers finished the National League regular season in a first-place tie. The Dodgers then...
WHEN IT COMES TO POWER, FELLER STILL BACKS BABE
While the Cubs were playing Pittsburgh Thursday night at Wrigley Field, a distinguished assemblage of former players, including Hall of Famers Bob Feller and Ferguson Jenkins, were across the street...
LIVELY BALL PUT WILSON IN RECORD BOOK
The naysayers who insist today's power hitters have the advantage of swinging at a lively ball should hold their tongues and be made aware of what happened in 1930, when...
ARE WE SEEING JUST THE BEGINNING OF SAMMY SOSA?
It was three hours before Sammy Sosa time at Wrigley Field Tuesday and the grizzled manager of the Cincinnati Reds was expressing some views. Like just about everyone else, Jack...
JOHNSON GIVING HIS MANAGER PLENTY TO WRITE ABOUT
At this time last season the Houston Astros were en route to the title in the National League Central and Larry Dierker, their rookie manager, was keeping a daily journal...