Kenny Lofton

This wasn't the way that Blake Beavan wanted to end his rookie season. A strong second half by the young right-hander ended on a sour note on Tuesday as the A's rolled to a 7-0 victory at Safeco Field in the second-to-last game of the season. Beavan,...

Lou Piniella stood in his office for the entirety of his postgame news conference after Thursday's 6-5 loss to Texas, wondering aloud when his team was going to get on a hot streak. "It should have started a month ago," Piniella said, laughing. "We're in...

The Tribune's White Sox reporter answers reader questions throughout the season. This week, shifting Paul Konerko to DH and Swisher to first, tracking Ken Williams' trades and Nick Swisher's pants. I know trades are too hypothetical to ask about...

Paul Konerko would be the first to admit he has a pretty hard head. But not even Konerko could have imagined a curveball bounced off his noggin could change the complexion of a ballgame, if not a season.After Cubs starter Kerry Wood hit him in the...

Ask Paul returns from hibernation to address burning issues such as Felix Pie's playing time, Big Z's velocity and, of course, whether Soriano should be leading off. So much for our starting pitching surplus! Paul, do you think we messed up by not...

After the White Sox rearranged their rotation Wednesday night, they were forced to scramble more than they imagined. It meant Jose Contreras making his first regular-season relief appearance in nearly four years. A.J. Pierzynski came off the bench in the...

One by one, the members of the beleaguered White Sox bullpen paraded to the mound in the seventh inning of Tuesday night's Sox-Mariners game. And one by one, they paraded back into the dugout, victimized by a collective inability to throw the ball across...

Most Angelenos have spent at least part of a day at one of these six locations in the Southland. Some are no longer in use, some have seen their best days, and some look as nice as the day they were built, but they all remain landmarks of life in Los...

After an all-night session with his Sox therapist, Dr. Georgia, Paul Sullivan decides to end all moratoriums and start answering your Sox questions. Or so he says. Paul, I'm not being a smart-ass nor am I ripping you. I actually respect your knowledge of...

Dusty Baker walked around Wrigley Field at 9:45 a.m. Wednesday, taking small handfuls of a dirt-like substance from a bag and spreading it throughout the infield and outfield, sort of like Dusty Appleseed. Baker wouldn't reveal the bag's contents or...

The immutable law of averages, which seemed to favor the Cubs in Friday's marathon 14-inning victory over Arizona, came back to pay its respects to the visiting Diamondbacks on Saturday. "As good as I felt [Friday] night, I feel just as bad today,"...

Whenever the Cubs won a game late last season, outfielders Sammy Sosa, Kenny Lofton and Moises Alou converged in center field and high-fived each other in midair. Watching from the bench after his season-ending knee injury, Corey Patterson could only...