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CHICAGO -- The news of Carlos Zambrano's return to professional baseball with the Philadelphia Phillies was not shocking to several former Chicago Cubs teammates. Zambrano signed a minor-league deal with the Phillies on Tuesday. The contract gives...

CHICAGO -- Losing in late-inning meltdowns, may be the most demoralizing circumstance for a baseball team to overcome. The Chicago Cubs have become experts in losing close games that should be going into the win column. The poster child for the t...

CHICAGO -- There is an old adage in baseball that the only teams that talk about how they came close to winning are losing teams. Although the Cubs have been in most of their games this season, the record of 11-18 speaks for itself. A valiant comebac...

CHICAGO -- Chicago Cubs president of baseball operations Theo Epstein said on Wednesday that renovation plans for a new expanded clubhouse in Wrigley Field may be delayed until 2015. Epstein had hoped to get a new dwelling for his team that would...

CHICAGO -- Chicago White Sox general manager Rick Hahn appears to have seamlessly slid into his new role as the top baseball executive in the organization. Although former GM Ken Williams has a title above Hahn's position, it is clear the Winnetka, I...

CHICAGO -- The Chicago White Sox strengths going into the season were said to be their pitching staff from 1-12 and a defense that made the fewest errors in baseball in 2012. The pitching part of that equation had mostly held true until the bullp...

CHICAGO -- The lack of run support for Jake Peavy on Saturday was reminiscent of times during his 2012 season. The White Sox veteran had nothing to show for the seven innings of one-run, six-hit baseball he pitched against the Minnesota Twins. The no...

CHICAGO -- Chicago Cubs president of baseball operations Theo Epstein said Tuesday he will need more revenue streams if he is to make the Cubs a consistent contender, echoing what chairman Tom Ricketts said the previous day. Ricketts said that wit...

The Wrigley Field renovation proposal that was agreed to by Mayor Rahm Emanuel and Alderman Tom Tunney does not address how soon the baseball department headed by Theo Epstein will be able to add significant free agents. During Tom Ricketts press ...

A 27-year-old baseball vagabond without a dominant pitch rarely has a chance to stay on a major league roster. Dylan Axelrod is trying to beat those odds as he replaces rehabbing starter John Danks in the White Sox rotation. Axelrod has had a few...

To everything there is a season. To every baseball career there is a final curtain call. Though he has repeatedly said he will decide on his future after the 2013 season, Chicago White Sox icon Paul Konerko may be making his last Opening Day start...

CHICAGO -- The element of human connectivity on every ball club is something baseball prognosticators forget to apply when they make their predications for a new season. The Chicago White Sox were picked by one sports magazine to win just 69 games...

PHOENIX -- Alex Rios returned to the Chicago White Sox lineup on Thursday after spending three weeks with team Puerto Rico in the World Baseball Classic. The Sox right fielder will bat third in the lineup in 2013. "I enjoyed the experience of ...

TUCSON, Ariz. -- In baseball circles, getting off to a fast start to the season might be a cliche heard around all 30 spring training camps, but that is the sentiment veteran outfielder Alfonso Soriano wants to impart on his Chicago Cubs teammates. ...

TEMPE, Ariz. -- Facing arguably the toughest lineup in baseball, Chicago White Sox starter John Danks was presented with his greatest challenge Thursday since returning to the mound this spring. Danks' third start of spring training was against a...

MESA, Ariz. -- Chicago Cubs first baseman Anthony Rizzo will move on with Team Italy as they travel to Miami for round two of the World Baseball Classic. Rizzo was given the OK by the Cubs to play in his first international tournament before the ...