The Major League Baseball lockout It has been ongoing for nearly a month, and the accompanying transaction freeze essentially halts all major league activity. Not expected the league and the Players Association MLB officials discuss the game’s core economic issues, the most contentious in collective bargaining, until sometime after the New Year. Some prominent players, … Read more
CLEVELAND – Lucas Giolito pitched six scoreless innings, Eloy Jiménez hit a two-touchdown single and the American League Central champions Chicago White Sox defeated the Cleveland Indians 5-2 on Sunday. Chicago secured its first division title since 2008 by beating the Indians in the first game of a doubleheader on Thursday, but is just 34-33 … Read more
CHICAGO – Rookie Gavin Sheets hit a long three-run homer and had four RBIs as the Chicago White Sox beat the Los Angeles Angels 9-3 on Tuesday night. Sheets had three hits in a meeting for the first time in his career, to sour Joe Maddon’s return to Chicago. In the second act, Sheets hit … Read more
Josh donaldson, third baseman for the Minnesota Twins, responded harshly to Lucas Giolito, a day after the Chicago White Sox starter called him “heavy” and “classless,” after the slugger apparently yelled at him after hitting a home run in Tuesday night’s game. After Giolito allowed the home run in the first inning of Tuesday’s game, … Read more
