Neal Cotts

The Rangers' pitching staff loves the way A.J. Pierzynski handles a game. When Pierzynski went on the disabled list last week with a strained right oblique, he had a 2.84 catcher's ERA compared with a 4.14 mark for Geovany Soto. … There have...

TV SPORTS Major League Baseball-Boston Red Sox at Detroit Tigers, Noon (ESPN2); Washington Nationals at Chicago Cubs, 1:10 p.m. (WGN); Miami Marlins at Cincinnati Reds, 3 p.m. (ESPN2) Golf-Masters Tournament, 2 p.m. (ESPN) NBA Basketball-New York...

TV SPORTS Men's College Basketball-Illinois at Ohio State, 6 p.m. (ESPN); Kansas State at Missouri, 6 p.m. (ESPN2); Auburn at Florida, 6 p.m. (ESPNU); Clemson at Georgia Tech, 6 p.m. (FXSP); Michigan at Northwestern, 7 p.m. (Big 10 Network); Kentucky at...

It's come to this. Here's the deal: A White Sox victory today clinches the American League Central. If the Sox lose today, they can still clinch the division, if the Indians lose tonight. After that it gets confusing. Let's just say the only way the Sox...

Paul Konerko thought the curtain call that followed his third-inning home run Tuesday was something special. But "after seven curtain calls, it was no big deal," Konerko said after the White Sox gave a zealous sellout crowd of 40,717 a wide spectrum of...

Welcome to tonight's live blog, covering every moment of the second game between the Mets and Cubs. Just so you know, we'll keep our eyes on the other important scores of the night. Hey, how huge was Johan Santana's start......