Luke Appling, 55: election to baseball’s Hall of Fame. Famed, in approximately equalmeasure, for his 1) batting (.310 lifetime average), 2) versatility (he played first, second, shortstop and ...

After losing four straight exhibition games to the Cubs, a Luke Appling home run helps knock off the White Sox rivals, 10-9, in Los Angeles. That was the good news. The bad news came in the ninth ...