Memories of Bartman Die Hard for Cubs Fans
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It was a birthday gift from his girlfriend and brother, a box-seat ticket to a Chicago Cubs game against Montreal at Wrigley Field.
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Eleven months after winning two straight at Wrigley Field to take the NL pennant, the Florida Marlins returned Friday and split a doubleheader with Chicago. Moises Alou and Aramis Ramirez hit back-to-back homers, and the struggling Cubs routed the Florida Marlins 11-2 Friday to gain the split. Carl Pavano allowed seven hits as Florida won the opener 7-0.
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It was the kind of game Phillies fans had seen thousands of times before.
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Greg Maddux pitched the Chicago Cubs into the lead in the NL wild-card race and gave Dusty Baker a win to remember. Maddux threw seven shutout innings for his 302nd career win, Baker got his 1,000th victory
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By John Dell, Winston-Salem Journal, N.C.  Feb. 4--As the clock wound down and I was certain that Steve Bartman wasn't at Soldier Field on Jan. 21, it hit me that the Chicago Bears were going to the Super Bowl.   After a 21-year wait, my Bears were back in the big game.
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A year ago, Wally Backman was considered to be a strong contender to become manager of the White Sox, having been a successful skipper in the Sox&#39;s minor league system.
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CHICAGO - Eleven months after winning two straight at Wrigley Field to take the NL pennant, the Florida Marlins returned Friday and split a doubleheader with Chicago. Moises Alou and Aramis Ramirez hit back-to-back homers, and the struggling Cubs routed the Florida Marlins 11-2 Friday to gain the split...
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Johnny Pesky is still holding on. He's holding on to a baseball career in its seventh decade and to the affection of Red Sox fans who once blamed him for Boston's loss to the St. Louis Cardinals in the 1946 World Series.
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By Michael Klein, The Philadelphia Inquirer  Dec. 17--Some guys put their sweetie's name on the scoreboard at the ballpark and pop the question in front of 30,000 screaming fans.  "I'm not a big, public-eye kind of guy," says Charlie Warner of West Berlin.   Right.
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Au revoir, Expos. The team's final game in Montreal on Wednesday night brought sadness and a flood of memories back for Canadians and former players, who had long ago resigned themselves to saying so long to the country's first major league team.
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The Mets may reach back into one of their most successful eras in their manager search. Wally Backman, the sparkplug second baseman on the 1986 championship team
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CHICAGO - Welcome home, Cubbies. Former Beantowners Nomar Garciaparra and Todd Walker added three hits and combined to drive in six runs as the Chicago Cubs hammered the Cincinnati Reds Monday night at Wrigley Field, 12-5.
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The Cubs are hoping that the expensive free-agent signings of left fielder Alfonso Soriano, left-hander Ted Lilly and third baseman Aramis RamÃ­rez will help them end a championship drought that dates to 1908.
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Readers at www.PackersNews.com recall their favorite memories of former Green Bay Packers player Reggie White, who died Sunday at age 43.
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ST. LOUIS - The baseball franchise famous for âwhat if?â questions and âwhat now?â musings turned an 86-year tradition of tearful endings on its ear Wednesday night.
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These are crazy days for the Cubs, who have known a lot of them in their long, anguished history.
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Mark Prior&#39;s previous appearance against the Florida Marlins at Wrigley Field turned into one of the most agonizing losses in Chicago Cubs&#39; history.