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• Today in White Sox History: January 1Eleven years before his World Series appearance with the White Sox, Earl Torgeson was attempting defensive wizardry in the Fall Classic with the Boston Braves. | UPI/Bettmann Archive/Getty Images Happy birthday to the Go-Go Sox’s first-sacker 1911 Future general manager of the White Sox, Hank Greenberg, was born in New York City. Greenberg came over to the White Sox from Cleveland, duplica...2025Read about White Sox
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• This Day in MLB History: Billy Martin passes awayMLB History 1940 - South Side Park, the first home of the Chicago White Sox, burns down. 1989 - Billy Martin dies in a car accident in Johnson City, New York at the age of 61. Martin was a former All-Star infielder and the former manager of the Minnesota Twins, Detroit Tigers, Texas Rangers, New York Yankees and Oakland Athletics. Martin had five stints as manager of the Yankees and was rumored t...2024Continue with South Side Park latest news
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• Baseball history unpacked, December 25Photo by Lachlan Cunningham/Getty Images A M-W-F digest, replete with #Cubs, #MLB, and #MiLB content, gathered from reputable sources. Holiday birthdays aplenty, and RIP to Rickey*. 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 unfo...2024See more articles Lachlan Cunningham news and rumors
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• This Day in Braves History: Braves acquire multiple players in exchange for Matt KempPhoto by Julio Aguilar/Getty Images Braves Franchise History 2013 - The Braves sign pitcher Gavin Floyd. 2017 - The Braves acquire first baseman Adrian Gonzalez, shortstop Charlie Culberson and pitchers Scott Kazmir and Brandon McCarthy in exchange for outfielder Matt Kemp. MLB History 1926 - Judge Landis is given a new seven-year term as commissioner with a raise to $65,000. 1974 - Arbi...2024Check it out Matt Kemp
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• Today in White Sox History: December 14Jim Delsing saw just a short stint on the South Side before being shipped away on this day, 76 years ago. | Transcendental Graphics/Getty Images A minor swap with New York that turned out about as even as can be 1948 The White Sox dealt young center fielder Jim Delsing to the Yankees for first baseman-left fielder Bud Souchock. And by any account the deal was a draw between 0.1 WAR players...2024See more White Sox headline news
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• Baseball history unpacked, November 13Happy birthday, Arodys Vizcaino | Photo by Keith Hamilton/Icon Sportswire/Corbis/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images A M-W-F digest, replete with #Cubs, #MLB, and #MiLB content, gathered from reputable sources. Happy birthday, Arodys Vizcaino, and other events in Cubdom, including Ryne Sandberg’s MVP Award. On Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays, Bleed Cubbie Blue is pleased to present a light-h...2024See more articles Arodys Vizcaino headline news
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Billy Martin injury and suspension
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• Baseball history unpacked, December 25
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• Baseball history unpacked, November 13
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• Yankees vs. Royals: Resuming a historical RivalrySometimes it’s heaven, sometimes it’s hell With the Royals and Yankees squaring off in the playoffs for the first time since 1980 (how is that possible??) I thought it might be fun to take a walk down memory lane. Depending on your age, it could be traumatic. The first time the two teams met was in the 1976 Championship Series. The Royals, in only their eighth season, held off the Oakland A’s for...2024Check it out George Brett injuries
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• This Day in Braves History: Atlanta trades Juan Uribe and Kelly Johnson to the MetsPhoto by Mike Zarrilli/Getty Images Braves Franchise History 1970 - Phil Niekro shuts down the Cubs on a two-hit, 9-0 shutout. Billy Williams accounts for both of Chicago’s hits. 1991 - Brian Hunter homers in a 7-4 loss to the Pirates. On the same day, the Richmond Braves finish a suspended game in Pawtucket. Hunter had homered for Richmond before the game was suspended giving him homers ...2024Continue with Juan Uribe injury
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• Baseball history unpacked, July 24Happy birthday, Miguel Socolovich! | Photo by Mitchell Layton/Getty Images A M-W-F digest, replete with #Cubs, #MLB, and #MiLB content, gathered from reputable sources. Happy birthday, Miguel Socolovich! The Pine-Tar Incident, Vince Coleman blows up his career, and other stories. On Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays, Bleed Cubbie Blue is pleased to present a light-hearted, Cubs-centric look...2024Visit the page Mitchell Layton injuries
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• This Day in Braves History: Rico Brogna announces his retirementBraves Franchise History 1991 - Two naked fans run onto the field at Fulton County Stadium and slide into home plate. The Braves beat the Cubs 12-2. 2001 - Rico Brogna announces his retirement, effective immediately. He will be replaced on the roster by Bernard Gilkey. Undeterred, Greg Maddux will log his 34th career shutout in a 4-0 win. MLB History 1903 - Rube Waddell is arrested for assaultin...2024See more Fulton County availability report
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• Past All-Star games with four or more RoyalsRoyalty comes to the All-Star Game. This year, the Royals will have four representatives at the 2024 All-Star Game to be played at Globe Life Field in Arlington, Texas. Salvador Perez earns All-Star honors for the ninth time while Bobby Witt Jr., Seth Lugo, and Cole Ragans are part of the 32 players going to the All-Star Game for the first time. It is just the seventh time in Royals history the te...2024Check it out Globe Life injuries
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• This Day in Braves History: Atlanta trades Deion Sanders to the RedsPhoto by Mitchell Layton/Getty Images Braves Franchise History 1932 - The Red Sox split a doubleheader with the A’s in their final Sunday games played at Braves Field. With the ban on Sunday games at Fenway Park lifted, the Red Sox will play a Sunday game there on July 3. 1962 - Amado Samuel, Joe Torre and Joe Adcock all homer to help the Braves defeat the Cubs 11-9 at Wrigley Field. Erni...2024See more Mitchell Layton injuries
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• Baseball history unpacked, May 24Jon Lieber | Getty Images A M-W-F digest, replete with #Cubs, #MLB, and #MiLB content, gathered from reputable sources. Jon Lieber throws a shutout 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 unfold over the cou...2024Click for news about Clark Griffith injury report
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• This Day in Braves History: Warren Spahn becomes second oldest pitcher to throw a no-hitterPhoto by Los Angeles Examiner/USC Libraries/Corbis via Getty Images Braves Franchise History 1961 - Warren Spahn becomes the second oldest pitcher to throw a no-hitter in major league history. Milwaukee defeats the Giants 1-0. It is Spahn’s 290th career win, second no-hitter and 52nd shutout. Hank Aaron drove in the only run in the game with a single in the first inning. 2015 - Dan Uggla ...2024Click for news about Warren Spahn injury update
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• A look back on Harry SimpsonHave 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...2024Read about Kansas City Athletics
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• Brouhaha CityThe best of the worst If you’ve been watching the playoffs this season, and I’m sure you have, you’ve heard about the brouhaha that erupted after Game Two of the Braves-Phillies series, triggered by a somewhat innocuous bit of trash talking by the Braves Orlando Arcia after the game. First off, I just wanted to use the word “brouhaha” in a story. Brouhaha seems to be a word that belongs to basebal...2023Check it out Orlando Arcia
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"The White Sox wanted Ron Guidry as one of them, and only a last-minute veto from manager Billy Martin prevented the deal." - 2024
"Manager Billy Martin didn’t like him and exiled him to the bullpen." - 2023
"1969 - Twins manager Billy Martin punches pitcher Dave Boswell who will need 20 stitches." - 2022
"John Sterling’s habit for blown calls has wrecked Yankees games for decades" - 2021
"TAMPA — On a beautiful Saturday morning at the Yankees’ player-development complex, Aroldis Chapman threw live batting practice to teammates on Billy Martin Field (Field 1." - 2020
"To Billy Martin, he was Mr." - 2019
"Sports figures vs. reporters: Top confrontations, from Billy Martin to Russell Westbrook" - 2018
"Brett was ejected from a game against he Yankees when New York manager Billy Martin — an outright character in and of himself — asked umpires to check Brett’s bat for a pine tar violation." - 2017
"Somewhere, Billy Martin approved of this parting gesture" - 2016
"The intensity hit crescendos in the late 1940s, the mid 1970s—erstwhile Boston pitcher Bill Lee once referred to the Yankees as "Billy Martin's Brownshirts"—the late 1990s and in the first decade of the 21st century." - 2015
"Stephen Colbert: Best late night acquisition in New York since Billy Martin managed the Yankees." - 2014
"The franchise has enjoyed a rebirth under the guidance of manager Buck Showalter, whose 1,254th victory thrust him past mentor Billy Martin into sole possession of 36th place on the career list."
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Billy Martin trade rumors, contract, salary rumors
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• Today in White Sox History: January 1
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• This Day in Braves History: Braves acquire multiple players in exchange for Matt Kemp
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• Today in White Sox History: December 14
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• This Day in Braves History: Braves come up short in legendary 1991 World SeriesSet Number: X42069 TK7 The worst-to-first season for the Braves ends but the divisional dynasty begins. Braves Franchise History 1991: The Atlanta Braves fall to the Twins, 1-0 in 10 innings in Game 7 of the World Series. Gene Larkin’s single in the 10th is the difference. Jack Morris tosses 10 shutout innings and is named MVP. 1999: The Yankees defeat the Braves, 4-1 to complete a four-...2024Continue with World Series
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• This Day in Braves History: Braves defeat the Dodgers in game 6 of NLCS to advance to the World SeriesPhoto by Daniel Shirey/MLB Photos via Getty Images Braves Franchise History 1991 - Mark Lemke hits his second triple of the game in the ninth inning and then scores on a sacrifice fly by Jerry Willard to give the Braves a 3-2 win over the Twins in Game 4 of the World Series. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VdfoMKVCtM8 1996 - The Braves jump out to a 6-0 lead at Fulton County Stadium, but w...2024Click for news about World Series contract rumors
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• Here are some players the Cubs let go who might have helped them win in 1969Ernie Banks (left) and Tony Taylor working out at Spring Training in 1958 | Getty Images Even more evidence of how poorly run the team was back then. The 1969 Cubs are a fabled team, perhaps the most loved group of players in MLB history that never won anything. They had four core players who became Hall of Famers — Ernie Banks, Billy Williams, Ron Santo and Fergie Jenkins — and several ot...2024See also Ernie Banks salary
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• Today in White Sox History: August 3In Milwaukee on this day 34 years ago, Frank Thomas came within inches of making his first career hit a home run. He had to settle for an game-deciding triple. Big Frank announces his presence with authority 1906 The 4-0 win over the Boston Americans was just the second victory of what would become a record-setting 19-game winning streak for the White Sox, but for Ed Walsh, this game was a...2024See more White Sox contract
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• This Day in Braves History: June 18thBraves Franchise History 1947 - Reds pitcher Ewell Blackwell throws a no-hitter in a 6-0 win over the Boston Braves. 1967 - Astros pitcher Don Wilson tosses the first of his two career no-hitters beating Phil Neikro while striking out 15. 2013 - The Mets sweep a doubleheader against the Braves as Matt Harvey strikes out 13 in a 4-3 win in the opener. Zack Wheeler makes his major league debut in ...2024See also Matt Harvey trade rumors
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• Former Cub Ken Holtzman has diedPhoto by Louis Requena/MLB via Getty Images The lefthander threw two no-hitters with the Cubs. Ken Holtzman burst onto the Cubs scene at age 19, barely three months after he was selected out of the University of Illinois in the very first amateur draft in 1965. A full-time member of the Cubs rotation by the following year, he tantalized Cubs fans with near no-hitters a couple of times, inc...2024Check it out Ken Holtzman trade rumors
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• The Oakland Athletics’ rich history is being set on fire by John FisherPhoto by Focus on Sport/Getty Images The A’s will officially be playing Sacramento in 2025 before a planned move to Vegas. A once-dynastic baseball town has been abandoned. It’s official. At the end of the 2024 campaign, the Oakland Athletics will be dead. They will play at least their next three seasons at Sutter Health Park, home of the minor-league Sacramento River Cats, and aim to move...2024Check it out Oakland Athletics contract rumors
Billy Martin stats and results
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• This Day in Braves History: Braves acquire multiple players in exchange for Matt Kemp
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• This Day in Braves History: Braves defeat the Dodgers in game 6 of NLCS to advance to the World Series
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• This Day in Braves History: Bases-loaded walk clinches 1999 NL Pennant for BravesThank you, Kenny Rogers! Braves Franchise History 1991: The Atlanta Braves fall to the Twins, 5-2 in Game 1 of the World Series. Greg Gagne hit a three-run home run off of Charlie Leibrandt in the fifth inning while Jack Morris picked up the victory. 1999: Kenny Rogers walks Andruw Jones with the bases loaded and one out in the 11th inning to send the Braves to the World Series with a, 10-9 win i...2024See also Atlanta Braves statistics
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• Baseball history unpacked, July 24
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• Today in White Sox History: June 13On this day 77 years ago, Dave Philley really enjoyed playing under the lights in Boston. | Transcendental Graphics/Getty Images The Pale Hose lose under the Fenway lights, but Dave Philley has fun 1946 He set records that will never be broken, including winning an incredible 40 games in 1908, and on this day White Sox star pitcher Ed Walsh was inducted into the Hall of Fame. Walsh played...2024Click for news about White Sox statistics
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• Baseball history unpacked, May 24
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• This Day in Braves History: Atlanta trades Matt Kemp to DodgersPhoto by Mitchell Layton/Getty Images Braves Franchise History 2013 - The Braves sign pitcher Gavin Floyd. 2017 - The Braves acquire first baseman Adrian Gonzalez, shortstop Charlie Culberson and pitchers Scott Kazmir and Brandon McCarthy in exchange for outfielder Matt Kemp. MLB History 1926 - Judge Landis is given a new seven-year term as commissioner with a raise to $65,000. 1974 - ...2023Continue with Matt Kemp stats
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• A look at Cubs trades in the expansion era: 1963Jim Brewer | Getty Images The Cubs didn’t do much dealing in this year. The Cubs made just one trade during the 1963 season, and only a couple others during the year. They must have thought their brief period of contention meant they didn’t have to deal anyone. June 24: Acquired Leo Burke from the Cardinals for Barney Schultz Schultz, a career minor leaguer who had a couple of cups o’ coff...2023See more articles Leo Burke statistics
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• This Day in Braves History: Eddie Rosario helps send Atlanta back to World SeriesPhoto by Michael Zarrilli/Getty Images Braves Franchise History 1991 - Mark Lemke hits his second triple of the game in the ninth inning and then scores on a sacrifice fly by Jerry Willard to give the Braves a 3-2 win over the Twins in Game 4 of the World Series. 1996 - The Braves jump out to a 6-0 lead at Fulton County Stadium, but watch it slip away as Jim Leyritz hits a game-tying, thr...2023Check it out Eddie Rosario scores
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• This Day in Braves History: John Smoltz shuts out Pirates to send Atlanta to NLCSSet Number: X42016 TK3 Braves Franchise History 1991 - John Smoltz shuts out the Pirates, 4-0 as the Braves beat the Pirates in Game 7 of the NLCS to win their first pennant since moving from Milwaukee. Brian Hunter’s two-run home run in the first inning is all the runs that Smoltz will need. 1992 - Tom Glavine tosses a complete game in a 3-1 win over the Blue Jays in Game 1 of the World...2023See also John Smoltz
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• Yankees vs. Royals: Resuming a historical Rivalry
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• Back to the basementFour months ago I was contacted by a collector from Toronto who sent me some cards from his childhood collection, all of them O-Pee-Chee from the 1970s.They came from his basement -- I'm guessing they were patiently waiting for someone to come around, as cards in the basement do -- and while I expected just some Dodgers, Jeff sent me so much more.Well, I got another unexpected envelope from...2024Continue with White Sox
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• Baseball triviaPhoto by: Paul Tepley Collection/Diamond Images/Getty Images That can’t be true The longer I’m around baseball, the more I’m fascinated by some of the strange occurrences that happen in the game. I’m going to start with the old-timers and work my way forward. Next week, I’ll do a piece on Kansas City baseball oddities. Let’s start with Ray Caldwell, who was a generational talent when he fi...2024Continue with Red Sox
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• Former Cub Ken Holtzman has died
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• A look back on Harry Simpson
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• The Oakland Athletics’ rich history is being set on fire by John Fisher
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• Twenty Great Biscuits Moments, Willie Mays All Stars, Offseason NewsEnsberg at Rickwood ClassicWe start with a bang as the Montgomery Biscuits stand a strong chance of getting a new manager for next season. Current skipper Mo Ensberg, along with current Durham Bulls manager Michael Johns, have both interviewed for the Tampa Rays open first base coaching position. While the Rays are yet to interview "outside candidates" its been the practice of the Tampa brass to p...2023Continue with Montgomery Biscuits
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• Brouhaha City
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• The two John DonaldsonsBoth played in KC Recently, my wife, daughter and I were on a short road trip and drove through Lehigh, Iowa, a small burg of 395 people located in central Iowa which was founded in 1881. Lehigh sits in a steep valley of the Des Moines river which cuts through the center of what is left of the town. The east part of Lehigh has 10-15 houses plus the local bar and grill. Most residents live in west ...2023Check it out Des Moines
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• Backdoor sliders and knuckle curves
Peter G. Aiken-USA TODAY Sports Odds and ends this week I’m fortunate that my wife is also a baseball fan. It runs in her family as her maternal grandmother almost always had a game on. We’d arrive at her home late on a Friday and she’d have on a Dodger game, or some other west coast game on TV. Good memories. Despite being a fan, my wife struggles with the names of the players. Birthdates...2023Visit the page Texas Rangers
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• Al Kaline, Tigers’ Perennial All-Around All-Star, Is Dead at 85
One of baseball’s finest hitters, he was also one of its best defensive outfielders, playing 22 seasons in Detroit. To Billy Martin, he was Mr. Perfection....2020
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• Scott Miller's Starting 9: Kershaw Can Bring 300 Strikeout Feat Back from Dead
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• John Sterling’s habit for blown calls has wrecked Yankees games for decadesFrom Jim Kaat’s book releasing Tuesday, “Good as Gold: My Eight Decades in Baseball”: After one year in the Yankees’ TV booth [1986], “Lev Pope, the president of WPIX, wanted to sign me to a multi-year deal, but [George] Steinbrenner wouldn’t approve it. He had fired [Billy] Martin as manger [for the fourth of five......2022See also John Sterling
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• Scott Miller's Starting 9: Rocking the All-Star Vote and Upsetting the Cart
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• This Day in Braves History: Atlanta retires Tom Glavine’s No. 47Photo by Scott Cunningham/Getty Images Braves Franchise History 1914 - Rabbit Maranville hits a 10th inning homer to give the Braves their ninth win in a row with a 5-4 victory over Pittsburgh. 1973 - Warren Spahn and Roberto Clemente are inducted into the Hall of Fame. 1973 - An exhibition game between the Brewers and Atlanta Braves draws more than 33,000. Hank Aaron homers for Atlanta,...2023Visit the page Tom Glavine
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• WATCH: Yankees' Girardi goes old-school, covers home plate in dirt following ejection
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• This Day in Braves History: Atlanta wins first World Series titlePhoto by Sporting News via Getty Images via Getty Images Braves Franchise History 1995 - The Braves win their first World Series as Tom Glavine and Mark Wohlers combine on a one-hitter. David Justice’s sixth inning home run off Jim Poole acounts for the only run. MLB History 1953 - Red Barber resigns from the Brooklyn Dodgers broadcast booth and takes a job with the rival New York Yanke...2023Check it out World Series
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• Did a John Denver song get Billy Martin fired?
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• Today in White Sox History: January 1
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• Baseball history unpacked, November 13
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• Here are some players the Cubs let go who might have helped them win in 1969
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• Yankees vs. Royals: Resuming a historical Rivalry
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• This Day in Braves History: Atlanta acquires Terry Pendleton from the MarlinsBraves Franchise History 1921 - John Watson tosses two complete game victories in a doubleheader against the Phillies. 1984 - In Cooperstown, the Tigers defeat the Braves 7-5 in the annual Hall of Fame Game. 1996 - The Braves acquire third baseman Terry Pendleton from the Marlins in exchange for minor league outfielder Roosevelt Brown. 2018 - Ronald Acuña Jr. homers to lead off both games of a ...2024See more Terry Pendleton
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• This Day in Braves History: Atlanta retires Tom Glavine’s No. 472024Click for news about Tom Glavine
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• Today in White Sox History: August 3
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• This Day in Braves History: Atlanta snaps Pete Rose’s 44-game hitting streakBraves Franchise History 1914 - The miracle Braves beat the Cardinals 4-3 in 10 innings to reach the .500 mark at 45-45. 1953 - Warren Spahn tosses his 31st career shutout in a 5-0 win over Philadelphia. An infield single by Richie Ashburn is the only hit Spahn will allow. 1954 - The Dodgers and Braves mix it up after Clem Labine beans Joe Adcock in the head. Gene Conley answers by knocking down...2024See more articles Pete Rose
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• This Day in Braves History: Rico Brogna announces his retirement
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• Past All-Star games with four or more Royals
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• Yankees vs. Royals: Resuming a historical Rivalry
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• Twenty Great Biscuits Moments, Willie Mays All Stars, Offseason News
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• The second manager card invasionManagers no longer get baseball cards and I've devoted more than one post to what a tragedy that is. Thanks to legal hoo-ha and a general not caring about anything except stars and rookies by the general card collecting public, managers haven't showed up regularly on cards for nearly a dozen years. And now the poor people who have been collecting since 2020 are wondering what to do wit...2023See more articles Pete Rose
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• The two John Donaldsons
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