Mark Loretta

After a long, strange night at Chavez Ravine, got back to my hotel room in time to catch the 11th inning on a late replay of the game. Right after the near-collision between between Angel Pagan and Carlos Beltran, Vin......

Gameday Live 38: Mets at Dodgers Good evening Mets enthusiasts! I'm Chris Mascaro and I'll be bringing you all of tonight's live game action, as the Mets (21-16), first place in the NL East, take on the team with the......

Jason Marquis correctly pointed out "it's not the end of the world" after the Cubs stranded 15 baserunners in a 5-4, 11-inning loss to the Astros on Tuesday night at Minute Maid Park. And while that may be true, the general mood in the Cubs clubhouse,...

The powerball attack Cubs manager Lou Piniella envisioned in March finally made a cameo appearance Thursday night at Minute Maid Park. Alfonso Soriano, Aramis Ramirez, Daryle Ward and Cliff Floyd all homered off Houston starter Woody Williams as the Cubs...

After Carlos Zambrano finished off his no-hitter Sunday night at Miller Park, Cubs manager Lou Piniella spoke to Ted Lilly about his start on Monday. "I told him 'You've got a tough act to follow, young man,' " Piniella said. "He said that game charged...

Mark Teixeira, Huston Street and Brad Lidge were among 22 players who avoided arbitration by agreeing to contracts Thursday, one day before teams and players exchange figures. Toronto reliever Scott Downs cashed in on a breakout season, getting a $10...

When Houston shortstop Mark Loretta started the bottom of the ninth inning with a ground ball that took a freakish bounce off the first base bag and wound up in right field for a base hit, any student of Cubs history knew exactly what was going to...

First, suspend the perception that any baseball short of the major-league variety is dinner theater in Dubuque compared with Broadway. If you're willing to make that concession, you might find the constant hustle of a college team appealing. You might...

For the last few innings, at least, the New York Mets looked less like a division leader and more like the hapless Mets of the early 1960s. And the Dodgers took full advantage. Mark Loretta scored on a throwing error by first baseman Jeremy Reed and the...

When home runs are flying out of U.S. Cellular Field, fundamentals don't seem to matter much. But when the home runs stop, as they did Sunday, fundamentals are everything. The White Sox squandered a magnificent pitching performance by Jon Garland, had...

Imagine the shock for an Atlanta Braves fan who spent the winter abroad without giving his favorite team a second thought. Hey, that isn't Tom Glavine in a New York Mets uniform, is it? And what's the deal with Kevin Millwood wearing that Phillies cap?...

Let's try this again. Since it rained yesterday, Mark Prior will make his 2005 Cubs debut today after a stint on the DL and some time in Triple-A convalescing from his latest bout with elbow tenderness. But please do not confuse this with the tenderness...