Antonio Alfonseca

People are high on the Cubs, but I don't see it....

JESSE ROGERSCubs radio broadcaster, while interviewing Chicago reliever Antonio Alfonseca, who has six fingers on each hand: "Were you born that way?"

Held Hitless•Madonna (Mich.) University, in both ends of an NAIA doubleheader against Indiana Tech on March 17. Both Indiana Tech starters, John Zamora and Shaun Geise, pitched complete games, hit one batter and...

Don't Walk on WalkerThe Expos' Larry Walker, who may have the best arm of any rightfielder in baseball, says he threw out five pitchers at first base on one-hop liners to right when he was in the minors. In an...

THE X FACTORThere have been 33 major leaguers whose last name begins with Q and 62 with Z, but none with X. Joe Xavier, a 27-year-old infielder for Greenville (S.C.), Atlanta's Double A team in the Southern League,...