La Velle E. Neal III has covered baseball for the Star Tribune since 1998 . Born and raised in Chicago, he grew up following the White Sox and hating the Cubs.
Nomar Garciaparra rejoined the Red Sox for one day and then retired, ending a 14-year career in which he won two batting titles with Boston and was once a beloved player in the city.
There are pieces of Nomar Garciaparra that we will always remember. The tapping toes.
If you marvel over Pablo Sandoval’s plus-sized exploits on the baseball field, you should have seen him as a pudgy 7-year-old. Carlos Zambrano did.
After watching the rival Chicago Cubs win back-to-back division titles in 2007 and 2008, the St.
Today: Acting locally - how baseball should prioritize domestic, rather than global, initiatives.
Joe Inglett broke open a tie game in the ninth inning with a two-run homer to send the Milwaukee Brewers past the Chicago Cubs, 5-3, in Cactus League action.
MESA, Ariz. - Before Tuesday’s Cactus League game, Cubs manager Lou Piniella was asked his impression of the new-look Brewers .
Every morning in spring training, Chone Figgins’s alarm clock wakes him up at 5:30. And every morning at the same time, he hears the garage door open and his roommate, Juan Pierre, leave for work.
With Spring Training baseball getting fully underway, this is the time of year where predictions are made.