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Kiss Him Goodbye

Gene Wojciechowski

Year after year, Chicago showed Sammy Sosa the love. Then it showed him the door

Story | Conversation | December 17, 2008

Save the champagne celebrations for a real title, please

Gene Wojciechowski, ESPN.com

Time for baseball to deal with a most pressing crisis: It's drunk on champagne celebrations. Time to go cold turkey -- except for the big one.

Story | Conversation | October 08, 2008

AL Central champ White Sox surprised even themselves

Gene Wojciechowski, ESPN.com

The White Sox won three must-win games in a row against three different teams to get into the postseason, leaving themselves to wonder how exactly they pulled it off, writes Gene Wojciechowski.

Story | Conversation | September 30, 2008

Relievers owe a debt to Holtzman's baseball vision

Gene Wojciechowski, ESPN.com

You may not of heard of baseball scribe Jerome Holtzman, but you sure noticed his work.

Story | Conversation | July 25, 2008

Windy City blows away competition for weirdest sports town

Gene Wojciechowski, ESPN.com

Chicago has become the top city for sports weirdness.

Story | Conversation | June 08, 2008

Ozzie just being Ozzie when White Sox manager goes off

Gene Wojciechowski, EPSN.com

Ozzie is just being Ozzie ... that's the consensus after Guillen's latest outburst.

Story | Conversation | June 03, 2008

Cubs' new owner should think again about renaming Wrigley

Gene Wojciechowski, ESPN.com

Selling naming rights to Wrigley Field? Is nothing sacred? Not to the new Cubs owner.

Story | Conversation | February 29, 2008

Red Sox are masters of baseball's universe

Gene Wojciechowski, ESPN.com

The Red Sox have turned their second-highest payroll into another championship and become the envy of every other big-monied franchise.

Story | Conversation | October 28, 2007

Red Sox Nation needs a new team crush

Gene Wojciechowski, ESPN.com

That was then, this is now. It's time for Red Sox Nation to leave '04 behind and embrace the '07 version.

Story | Conversation | October 24, 2007

A-Rod or Bonds: It's not as clear-cut as you think

Gene Wojciechowski, ESPN.com

On the surface, it's a no-brainer. But look deeper, and there is debate about which player a team would want more: Bonds or Rodriguez.

Story | Conversation | October 18, 2007

Cuban wouldn't be your typical baseball owner, which is just fine

Gene Wojciechowski, ESPN.com

Mark Cuban wouldn't be your typical baseball owner. And the downside to that is, what exactly?

Story | Conversation | October 11, 2007

Sammy and Barry have earned their All-Star roster spots

Gene Wojciechowski, ESPN.com

Painful as it is to say it, it's true: Sammy Sosa and Barry Bonds are legitimate All-Stars.

Story | Conversation | June 25, 2007

Glories of '05 become just a memory for sagging Sox

Gene Wojciechowski, ESPN.com

The battered bullpen ... the anemic hitting... injury-prone pitching ... clubhouse chaos ... Can the White Sox save their once-promising season before it's too late?

Story | Conversation | June 22, 2007

Egos, team disarray have knocked Cubs down to size

Gene Wojciechowski, ESPN.com

How low can the big-money Cubs go? Humiliated by Friday's brawl between Carlos Zambrano and Michael Barrett, Chicago's lovable losers have turned into a train wreck.

Story | Conversation | June 01, 2007

Amnesty isn't perfect, but it sure beats the alternative

Gene Wojciechowski, ESPN.com

Nobody's crazy about the idea, but here's a way to finally deal with baseball's biggest migraine. Hint: it's semi-painless.

Story | Conversation | March 06, 2007