Mike Kiley

Manager Terry Bevington has issued a challenge to Ozzie Guillen for 1997. Because the shortstop turns 33 Jan. 20, Bevington figures he could use some prodding, especially going into the...

Frank Thomas and Albert Belle will fuel the White Sox with a healthy competition next season that survives from previous battles. That's Terry Bevington's theory. "When I was coaching third...

Albert Belle was disturbed Sunday by the prospect that the White Sox might get him at the expense of losing free agent Alex Fernandez. "I wouldn't want that," he said....

The first mud puddle Albert Belle may have to sidestep in Chicago would be speculation about his relationship with Frank Thomas. How long can it be before someone wonders whether...

The White Sox already are counting the days--and the cash to come. First, Albert Belle. Now, the Cubs. The crosstown rivals will meet in their first meaningful games since the...

John Fierro has been dismissed by the Cubs after 10 years with the team as its head trainer. A replacement has not been named. The Cubs won't announce the move...

Minor-league director David Wilder believes the Cubs made the steal of the 1996 amateur draft with 6-foot-5-inch, 180-pound Christopher Gissell in the fourth round. Gissell, a right-handed pitcher, was among...

Andy MacPhail has stuck by his campaign promises from the day he was appointed Cubs president Sept. 9, 1994. His bywords were slow, steady, unspectacular. Flamboyance was discouraged. Two years...

Cubs President Andy MacPhail and General Manager Ed Lynch plead for time. But, sorry, time's up. Just got here, you say? Too bad. That's how it works when you go...

Tony La Russa puts no stock in his St. Louis Cardinals' having more experience than Houston for the stretch run. "If experience was everything, I'd play Red Schoendienst at second...