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Willie Mays news, rumors

  • This Day in Braves History: Hank Aaron hits his 450th career home run
    • This Day in Braves History: Hank Aaron hits his 450th career home run
    Braves Franchise History 1967 - Hank Aaron hits home run No. 450 against the Pirates. Roberto Clemente also homered in the game and the Braves fell to the Pirates 5-2. 1988 - Cardinals infielder Jose Oquendo becomes the first non-pitcher in 20 seasons to earn a decision when he allows a two-run double to Ken Griffey in the 19th inning of a 7-5 Braves win. MLB History 1913 - Walter Johnson extend...2024
  • This Day in Braves History: May 12
    • This Day in Braves History: May 12
    Braves Franchise History 1941 - The Boston Bees change their name back to Braves. 1966 - The Atlanta Braves fall to the St. Louis Cardinals 4-3 in the opening of Busch Memorial Stadium. Felipe Alou has two hits for Atlanta, but Lou Brock’s RBI single in the 12th is the difference. 1970 - The Braves fall to the Cubs 4-3 as Ernie Banks hits his 500th career home run off Pat Jarvis. Rico Carty exten...2024
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  • This Day in Braves History: Ted Turner takes over as manager
    • This Day in Braves History: Ted Turner takes over as manager
    Photo by George Gojkovich/Getty Images Braves Franchise History 1946 - The Boston Braves fall 5-1 to the New York Giants in the first night game played at Braves Field. The game drew the largest crowd in 13 years. 1977 - Braves owner Ted Turner decides to take over as manager of his team. Atlanta drops their 17th straight game in Turner’s debut with coach Vern Benson making most of the in...2024
  • Good Morning San Diego: Padres blockbuster trade changes expectations
    • Good Morning San Diego: Padres blockbuster trade changes expectations
    Joe Camporeale-USA TODAY Sports Everything you need to know about MLB news and your San Diego Padres for Tuesday, May 7, 2024. San Diego Padres News Luis Arraez trade: Padres working to acquire two-time batting champion from Marlins, per report (CBS Sports) Another Hitter for Their Collection: Padres Acquire Luis Arraez (FanGraphs) Padres Promote Journeyman, Demote Young Infielder In Sur...2024
  • Baseball history unpacked, May 6
    • Baseball history unpacked, May 6
    Photo credit should read JOHN ZICH/AFP via Getty Images A M-W-F digest, replete with #Cubs, #MLB, and #MiLB content, gathered from reputable sources. The greatest game ever pitched, Willie Mays’ birthday, and other stories. On Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays, Bleed Cubbie Blue is pleased to present a light-hearted, Cubs-centric look at baseball’s colorful past, with plenty of the lore and...2024
  • • Meet the former Negro Leagues player who grew up with Willie Mays
    Charles 'Coop' Willis -- who still lives in Fairfield, Ala. -- was 'best of friends' with living legend...2024

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  • • Baseball history unpacked, May 6
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  • Baseball history unpacked, May 3
    • Baseball history unpacked, May 3
    Photo by Justin K. Aller/Getty Images A M-W-F digest, replete with #Cubs, #MLB, and #MiLB content, gathered from reputable sources. Happy birthday to Ryan Dempster and other stories. On Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays, Bleed Cubbie Blue is pleased to present a light-hearted, Cubs-centric look at baseball’s colorful past, with plenty of the lore and various narratives to follow as they unf...2024
  • Mike Trout's injuries are carving into Hall of Fame legacy: Where Angels slugger stacks up against greats
    • Mike Trout's injuries are carving into Hall of Fame legacy: Where Angels slugger stacks up against greats
    Trout could still get to the Mickey Mantle tier, but it'll be tough. And he won't get close to Willie Mays...2024
  • This Day in Braves History: Chipper Jones passes Mickey Mantle on all-time RBI list
    • This Day in Braves History: Chipper Jones passes Mickey Mantle on all-time RBI list
    Photo by Marc Serota/Getty Images Braves Franchise History 1944 - Jim Tobin homers and tosses a no-hitter in a 2-0 win over the Brooklyn Dodgers. 1971 - Hank Aaron launches his 600th career home run off Gaylord Perry in a 6-5 loss to the Giants at Fulton County Stadium. Aaron joins Babe Ruth and Willie Mays as the only major league players with at least 600 home runs. 2011 - Chipper Jone...2024
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  • A.J. Minter takes his place among the best Atlanta Braves relievers
    • A.J. Minter takes his place among the best Atlanta Braves relievers
    A.J. Minter is the third longest tenured member of the 2024 Atlanta Braves. | Photo by Kevin D. Liles/Atlanta Braves/Getty Images Now the franchise leader in holds, Minter joins other long-time Braves relievers with elite career availability. What’s that old trope people love to throw around in sports and business? “The best ability is availability.” The older I’ve gotten, the more I have...2024
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  • This Day in Braves History: Atlanta acquires Marquis Grissom
    • This Day in Braves History: Atlanta acquires Marquis Grissom
    Braves Franchise History 1975 - The Astros purchase Joe Niekro from the Braves. 1979 - Bob Horner suffers an ankle injury and will miss the next 32 games. The Braves fall to the Astros 2-1. 1993 - Cubs pitcher Jose Guzman takes a perfect game into the eighth inning against the Braves. Otis Nixon breaks up the no-hit bid with a single with two outs in the ninth. The Cubs win 1-0. 1995 - The Brav...2024
  • This Day in Braves History: Braves Trade Kimbrel and Melvin Upton to Padres
    • This Day in Braves History: Braves Trade Kimbrel and Melvin Upton to Padres
    Photo by Denis Poroy/Getty Images Braves Franchise History 1971 - The Braves defeat the Cincinnati Reds 7-4 in the first opener ever played at Riverfront Stadium. 1997 - In the second game in the history of Turner Field, rain forced the suspension of the Braves and Cubs in the seventh inning. Several players will spend the night in the clubhouse. The Braves will win the completion of the ...2024
  • Baseball history unpacked, March 20
    • Baseball history unpacked, March 20
    Babe Didrickson makes her pitch. March 20, 1934. A M-W-F digest, replete with #Cubs, #MLB, and #MiLB content, gathered from reputable sources. Babe Didrikson makes her pitch, and other stories. Important events in world history. On Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays, Bleed Cubbie Blue is pleased to present a light-hearted, Cubs-centric look at baseball’s colorful past, with plenty of the lor...2024
  • Baseball history unpacked, March 18
    • Baseball history unpacked, March 18
    Charlie Lau, coaching with the Yankees in 1981 | Photo by Bruce Bennett Studios via Getty Images Studios/Getty Images A M-W-F digest, replete with #Cubs, #MLB, and #MiLB content, gathered from reputable sources. Charlie Lau passes, and other stories. On Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays, Bleed Cubbie Blue is pleased to present a light-hearted, Cubs-centric look at baseball’s colorful past, ...2024
  • This Day in Braves History: Tim Hudson signs four year extension with Atlanta
    • This Day in Braves History: Tim Hudson signs four year extension with Atlanta
    Photo by Focus on Sport/Getty Images Braves Franchise History 2000 - Arbitrator Shyam Das cuts Braves reliever John Rocker’s suspension from 28 days to just 14. 2005 - The Braves and Tim Hudson reach an agreement on a four-year, $47 million contract extension. MLB History 1889 - The Philadelphia Quakers head to Jacksonville, Florida for spring training and will be the only major league c...2024

Willie Mays lifestyle

  • A look back on Harry Simpson
    • A look back on Harry Simpson
    Have Suitcase, will travel I don’t think there’s much debate that baseball players today are better than they were 50 or 100 years ago. For one thing, MLB is now integrated. It’s truly an international sport. The second thing is players at nearly all levels now play and work out year-round. With AAU and traveling teams, pre-teen ballplayers probably play more games in a summer than I played in the...2024
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  • This Day in Braves History: Peter Moylan makes 75th appearance without allowing a homer
    • This Day in Braves History: Peter Moylan makes 75th appearance without allowing a homer
    Photo by Doug Pensinger/Getty Images Braves Franchise History 1960: At the age of 39, Warren Spahn pitches a no-hitter beating the Phillies, 4-0. The crafty lefty sets an all-time Braves record with 15 strikeouts. 1969: Juan Marichal blanks the Braves, 2-0, as the Giants regain first place. 1991 Atlanta outfielder Otis Nixon is suspended for 60 days for violating baseball’s drug policy. ...2023
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  • • Outside The Confines: Is the MLBPA going to stand up for MiLB?
    Photo by Scott W. Grau/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images Seems like some interesting changes might be coming. In some late-breaking Sunday news that we will most certainly be hearing a lot more about in the coming week, it appears that a vote is on the way to see how Minor League players feel about having the MLPBA act as their collective bargaining representative. BREAKING: Minor Leaguer...2022
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  • • Alex Rodriguez Apologizes to Yankees Organization over Past Actions
    2015
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Timeline

  • 2024
    "MLB History 1958 - Willie Mays of the San Francisco Giants signs a contract worth $65,000."

  • 2023
    "Happy B-day, Say Hey: 24 amazing Willie Mays stats"

  • 2022
    "Mets retire Willie Mays' No. 24 during Old Timers' Day"

  • 2021
    "“A Day in the Bleachers” recalled what he saw, heard and felt at the Polo Grounds during a 1954 World Series game in which Willie Mays made “the Catch."

  • 2020
    "Angels' Albert Pujols hits 660th career home run, ties Willie Mays for fifth-most all-time"

  • 2019
    "Henry "Hank" Aaron was born in Alabama two years before Willie Mays, 85 years ago today."

  • 2018
    "Willie Mays implores writers to elect Bonds into HOF: 'Vote this guy in'"

  • 2017
    "The World Series Most Valuable Player Award will now be tied to one of the all-time greats of the game: Willie Mays."

  • 2016
    "Celebrate Willie Mays' 85th birthday by remembering his career"

  • 2015
    "Alex Rodriguez hit career homers 657 and 658 as he closes in on Willie Mays, then added the decisive hit, an RBI single in the eighth, for his fourth RBI of the night to lead the Yanks to a 5-4 win over the Rays, who got back-to-back homers by Allan Dykstra and Logan Forsythe on Friday night."

  • 2014
    "Marichal said that his manager, Alvin Dark, visited the mound in the ninth inning of what eventually was a game the Giants won 1-0 on a Willie Mays homer."

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Willie Mays trade rumors, contract, salary rumors

  • • Baseball history unpacked, May 6
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  • This Day in Braves History: Tim Hudson records his 200th career win
    • This Day in Braves History: Tim Hudson records his 200th career win
    Daniel Shirey-USA TODAY Sports Braves Franchise History 1961 - Willie Mays becomes the ninth player in major league history to hit four home runs in a game to help the Giants to a 14-4 win over the Milwaukee Braves. 1970 - Billy Williams becomes the first player in National League history to play in 1,000 consecutive games in a 9-2 loss by the Cubs to the Atlanta Braves at Fulton County S...2024
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  • • A.J. Minter takes his place among the best Atlanta Braves relievers
    2024
  • • This Day in Braves History: Braves Trade Kimbrel and Melvin Upton to Padres
    2024
  • This Day in Braves History: Hank Aaron ties Babe Ruth with 714th home run
    • This Day in Braves History: Hank Aaron ties Babe Ruth with 714th home run
    Braves Franchise History 1974 - Hank Aaron ties Babe Ruth with 714 career home runs with a three-run shot off of Reds pitcher Jack Billingham. MLB History 1911 - Automobile maker Hugh Chalmers announces that he will award a new car to the player who is selected as MVP by the baseball writers. 1977 - The Pirates acquire outfielder Mike Easler from the California Angels in exchange for minor leagu...2024
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  • • Baseball history unpacked, March 20
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  • • Baseball history unpacked, March 18
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  • • This Day in Braves History: Tim Hudson signs four year extension with Atlanta
    2024
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  • Wax Pack 2024
    • Wax Pack 2024
    Photo by Mark Cunningham/MLB Photos via Getty Images Break those babies open! During the pandemic, I read a baseball book titled: “The Wax Pack: On the Open Road in Search of Baseball’s Afterlife” by Brad Balukjian. It was an entertaining book that I highly recommend, somewhat reminiscent of “The Glory of Our Times” which was one of the best baseball books ever written. Each year since re...2024
  • This Day in Braves History: Andrelton Simmons signs 7-year extension with Atlanta
    • This Day in Braves History: Andrelton Simmons signs 7-year extension with Atlanta
    Daniel Shirey-USA TODAY Sports Braves Franchise History 1923 - Christy Mathewson leads a group that purchases the Boston Braves for a reported $300,000. 2001 - Andruw Jones is awarded an $8.2 million contract through arbitration breaking Mariano Rivera’s record for the highest single season salary in league history. 2014 - The Braves and shortstop Andrelton Simmons agree to a seven-year, ...2024
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Willie Mays stats and results

  • • Good Morning San Diego: Padres blockbuster trade changes expectations
    2024
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  • • Baseball history unpacked, May 3
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  • • This Day in Braves History: Atlanta acquires Marquis Grissom
    2024
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  • Identifying background photos in 1956 Topps baseball
    • Identifying background photos in 1956 Topps baseball
    IntroductionI spent this week inspecting 1956 Topps baseball cards in more detail than usual. Many cards with background action show actual games and some contain enough context to suss out date and situation.Play at the plate for ol' Puddin' Head, but which one?Today's post investigates several of them, seeking clear dates and situations. I rely on Baseball-Reference.com for box scores,...2024
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  • • This Day in Braves History: Tim Hudson signs four year extension with Atlanta
    2024
  • Outside The Confines: Third-degree Burnes
    • Outside The Confines: Third-degree Burnes
    Charles LeClaire-USA TODAY Sports More fallout from the Corbin Burnes trade. The White Sox make a couple of deals, as do the A’s. And other news from around baseball. Good morning. The groundhog saw his shadow on Friday, which means there will be six more weeks of not signing Cody Bellinger. We should nickname Corbin Burnes “Third Degree,” as in Corbin “Third Degree” Burnes. That’s a shou...2024
  • Good Morning San Diego: Shohei Ohtani ‘very confident’ he’ll play Dodgers vs. Padres Opening Day
    • Good Morning San Diego: Shohei Ohtani ‘very confident’ he’ll play Dodgers vs. Padres Opening Day
    Photo by Matt Thomas/San Diego Padres/Getty Images Everything you need to know about MLB news and your San Diego Padres for Monday, February 5, 2024. San Diego Padres News Dodgers’ Shohei Ohtani is ‘very confident’ he’ll be in Opening Day lineup vs. Padres as DH (CBS Sports) MLB News It’s Willie Mays Day! Icon honored by San Francisco on 2/4/24 (MLB.com) Here is our All-Time Prospect Tea...2024
  • Your 1914 Montgomery Rebels!
    • Your 1914 Montgomery Rebels!
     1914 Game AdA hundred and ten years has passed since the 1914 Montgomery Rebels took the field in what was essentially a swan song for baseball in Alabama's capitol city. After the '14 season The Rebels would lose their franchise in the Southern Association and not see upper level affiliated baseball for nearly 30 years. Montgomery would not field a team at all in 1915 and only weakly in 191...2024
  • BCB After Dark: Who goes next?
    • BCB After Dark: Who goes next?
    Photo by Sarah Stier/Getty Images The late-night/early-morning spot for Cubs fans asks what other free agents will the Cubs sign this winter. Welcome back to BCB After Dark: the hippest hole-in-the-wall for night owls, early risers, new parents and Cubs fans abroad. We’re so glad that you braved the weather to make it here. Come on in out of the cold. We can check your coat for you. There’...2024
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  • This Day in Braves History: Bobby Cox wins 2,000th game
    • This Day in Braves History: Bobby Cox wins 2,000th game
    Photo by Ron Vesely/MLB Photos via Getty Images Braves Franchise History 1914 - The Boston Braves complete an incredible second-half comeback to clinch the pennant. They will forever be remembered as the “Miracle Braves”. 1959 - In Game 2 of a three-game playoff, the Dodgers defeat the Milwaukee Braves in 12 innings to clinch the National League pennant. Gil Hodges scores the winning run o...2023
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Willie Mays parents, kids, wife / husband, girlfriend / boyfriend

  • • Good Morning San Diego: Padres blockbuster trade changes expectations
    2024
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  • • This Day in Braves History: Chipper Jones passes Mickey Mantle on all-time RBI list
    2024
    Read about Chipper Jones
  • • A look back on Harry Simpson
    2024
  • • Identifying background photos in 1956 Topps baseball
    2024
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  • • Wax Pack 2024
    2024
  • Royals Rumblings - News for January 19, 2024
    • Royals Rumblings - News for January 19, 2024
    When I searched “Comiskey” and “Royals”, I got “Tartabull” and I’m good with that | Photo by Focus on Sport/Getty Images A surprisingly busy mid-January news day Sigh. I guess I get to start with stadium talk again as that was the biggest news. We’ll start with The Star story on this: With only hours to spare Thursday, Jackson County Executive Frank White vetoed an ordinance that would h...2024
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  • • BCB After Dark: Who goes next?
    2024
    Read about Sarah Stier
  • Ronald Acuña Jr.’s stunning 40/70 Club season is the stuff of legend
    • Ronald Acuña Jr.’s stunning 40/70 Club season is the stuff of legend
    Photo by Rich von Biberstein/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images Ronald Acuña Jr. stared down the 40/40 Club and blew it out of the water When Jose Canseco, ahead of the 1988 MLB season, predicted that he would post the first 40 home run and 40 stolen base season in league history, it was one of the boldest predictions ever made. Not just because the Oakland A’s slugger had managed just 15 st...2023
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  • Baseball history unpacked, August 28
    • Baseball history unpacked, August 28
    Photo by Focus on Sport/Getty Images A M-W-F digest, replete with #Cubs, #MLB, and #MiLB content, gathered from reputable sources, a little bit cheesy but nicely displayed. Sammy slugs, Sandberg clubs, and other stories. On Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays, Bleed Cubbie Blue is pleased to present a light-hearted, Cubs-centric look at baseball’s colorful past, with plenty of the lore and va...2023
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  • The Cubs lineups are not as effective as they could be
    • The Cubs lineups are not as effective as they could be
    Mike Tauchman rounds the bases after a home run against the Mets | Photo by Dustin Satloff/Getty Images A cautionary tale of handedness obsessions If you are reading Bleed Cubbie Blue you likely obsess about the Chicago Cubs. You are probably watching all of the games, reading Al’s game recaps, joining in on the game threads here and there, and, if you’re anything like me, waiting obsessiv...2023
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Top Willie Mays news

  • • A-Rod carries Yanks to victory in series opener vs. Rays
    2015
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  • • Stephen Curry Gets Warm Welcome at San Francisco Giants Game, Crowd Chants 'MVP'
    2015
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  • • A-Rod's 661st HR, clutch Tex power Yanks to win
    Alex Rodriguez hit his 661st career homer to pass Willie Mays for sole possession of fourth place on the all-time list, and Mark Teixeira drove in a pair of runs as the Yankees defeated the Orioles, 4-3, on Thursday night at Yankee Stadium....2015
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  • • A-Rod crushes home run No. 659, moves within 1 of Willie Mays for 4th all-time
    2015
  • • World Series MVP Award renamed for Mays
    The World Series Most Valuable Player Award will now be tied to one of the all-time greats of the game: Willie Mays. Major League Baseball announced Friday that the award has been renamed the "Willie Mays World Series Most Valuable Player" in honor of the Hall of Famer....2017
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  • • World Series MVP Award renamed for Mays
    The World Series Most Valuable Player Award will now be tied to one of the all-time greats of the game: Willie Mays. Major League Baseball announced Friday that the award has been renamed the "Willie Mays World Series Most Valuable Player" in honor of the Hall of Famer....2017
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  • • A-Rod Continues to Turn Back the Clock for His Best Season in Years
    2015
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  • • Alex Rodriguez Collects His 3,000th Hit With a Home Run
    Rodriguez became only the third player to reach that milestone and 600 home runs. The two others are Hank Aaron and Willie Mays....2015
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  • • The Cubs lineups are not as effective as they could be
    2023
    Check it out Mike Tauchman
  • • Gary Peters, 1937-2023
    Our tribute to the Rookie of the Year and dominant 1960s pitching force comes in the form of an extended Q&A With the passing of Gary Peters, once again we are able to produce a wonderful tribute to him in the form of an extended Q&A. Peters, by WAR, was the 17th-best pitcher in the history of a very pitching-rich franchise, and tied with Ray Durham for 38th-best player overall. Our sincerely cond...2023
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  • • Sharing Sox Podcast 91 — Phillies phulphil while White Sox phlail and phlunk
    And who needs a manager, anyway? Trying to stay awake during what seems like a 5 1⁄2 -year break between LCSs and the World Series, SSS duty geezer Leigh Allan and his son and west coast correspondent, Will, indulge in a little nostalgia. That nostalgia ranges from the prospect of the return of Ozzieball to the new book that casts Frank Thomas as much more Big Jerk than Big Hurt in his playing day...2022
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  • • Scott Miller's Starting 9: Why Won't Anyone Take a Chance on Yoenis Cespedes?
    2016
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Willie Mays schedule, game

  • • Baseball history unpacked, May 6
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  • • Baseball history unpacked, May 3
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  • This Day in Braves History: Chipper Jones drives in 1,500th career run
    • This Day in Braves History: Chipper Jones drives in 1,500th career run
    Photo by Marc Serota/Getty Images Braves Franchise History 1925 - The Boston Braves release Stuffy McInnis. He will sign with the Pirates and hit .368 in 59 games while playing in his fifth World Series. 1953 - The Braves play their first game since moving to Milwaukee and defeat the Reds, 2-0. 1954 - Hank Aaron makes his major league debut for the Milwaukee Braves and goes 0-for-5 in a ...2024
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  • • A look back on Harry Simpson
    2024
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  • • This Day in Braves History: Braves Trade Kimbrel and Melvin Upton to Padres
    2024
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  • • Baseball history unpacked, March 20
    2024
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  • This Day in Braves History: Atlanta releases Ron Gant
    • This Day in Braves History: Atlanta releases Ron Gant
    Photo by Mitchell Layton/Getty Images Braves Franchise History 1953 - The Milwaukee Braves became the first franchise to move since 1903 when the Baltimore Orioles became the New York Highlanders. The Braves had been in Boston for 77 years. In a related move, the minor league Milwaukee Brewers move to Toledo, Ohio where they will become the Toledo Mud Hens. 1994 - The Atlanta Braves relea...2024
  • • Baseball history unpacked, March 18
    2024
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  • • Identifying background photos in 1956 Topps baseball
    2024
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  • • This Day in Braves History: Tim Hudson signs four year extension with Atlanta
    2024
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Willie Mays rumors, scandals

  • • Baseball history unpacked, May 3
    2024
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  • • This Day in Braves History: Tim Hudson signs four year extension with Atlanta
    2024
  • • Your 1914 Montgomery Rebels!
    2024
  • • Royals Rumblings - News for January 19, 2024
    2024
  • • BCB After Dark: Who goes next?
    2024
    Click for news about Sarah Stier buzz
  • • Today in Cubs history: The Lindy McDaniel game
    lindymcdaniel.com The Cubs reliever did it all, helping put his team in a first-place tie. 1963 was a watershed year for the Chicago Cubs. The widely-mocked College of Coaches was quietly ended. Bob Kennedy led the team for the entire year, though his title was still given as “head coach,” and the team got off to a surprisingly good start. A good 16-12 May had them in contention, led by tw...2023
  • • Baseball history unpacked, May 3
    Photo by George Gojkovich/Getty Images A thrice-weekly digest, replete with #Cubs, #MLB, and #MiLB content, gathered from reputable sources. Happy birthday, Ryan Dempster! DiMaggio’s debut, Cey’s 300th, and other stories. On Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays, Bleed Cubbie Blue is pleased to present a light-hearted, Cubs-centric look at baseball’s colorful past, with plenty of the lore and v...2023
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  • • Baseball history unpacked, November 25
    Happy birthday, D-Lee! | Photo by George Gojkovich/Getty Images A thrice-weekly digest, replete with #Cubs, #MLB, and #MiLB factoids, gathered from reputable sources, “cheap notoriety and the money there is in it” plus D-Lee and bad Nyborg. On Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays, Bleed Cubbie Blue is pleased to present a light-hearted, Cubs-centric look at baseball’s colorful past, with plent...2022
  • • Sharing Sox Podcast 91 — Phillies phulphil while White Sox phlail and phlunk
    2022
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  • • Baseball history unpacked, September 2
    Happy birthday, Jason Hammel | Photo by Jon Durr/Getty Images A thrice-weekly digest, replete with #Cubs, #MLB, and #MiLB factoids, gathered from reputable sources. This one has a bit of everything. On Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays, Bleed Cubbie Blue is pleased to present a light-hearted, Cubs-centric look at baseball’s colorful past, with plenty of the lore and various narratives to fo...2022

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