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• This Day in MLB History: Carlos Beltran loses his job in the wake of 2017 Astros scandal

Photo by Rich Schultz/Getty Images The former star player sees his managerial career get impacted by his actions during his playing career. MLB History 1952: The U.S. Standardization Board clears the way for Stan Musial to get a salary increase to $85,000. Prior to this relaxation of the rules, there was a wage freeze in effect due to the Korean War. Under the new rules, a team is free to...2025
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• Today in MLB History: Rachel Balkovec becomes first woman to manage a team in the history of organized baseball

Photo by Mike Ehrmann/Getty Images The Yankees make a historic hiring Braves Franchise History 1994: Former All-Star pitcher Harvey Haddix dies at the age of 68 from emphysema. Haddix, who won 136 games over a 14-year career, was best known for pitching 12 perfect innings against the Milwaukee Braves in a game in 1959, only to lose in the 13th inning. 1996: Atlanta Braves trade OF Mike Ke...2025
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• Braves News: January Dates, Rumors, More

Photo by Matthew Grimes Jr./Atlanta Braves/Getty Images A few important January dates to remember. Now fully into the new year, there are a few important dates to remember when it comes to every baseball offseason in January. For one, there is the international signing period when every baseball franchise welcomes a new class of young international talents to boost their far system (which...2025
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• Braves News: NL East Trades, Rasiel Iglesias, More

Photo by David J. Griffin/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images The Beasts in the East continue to get better. The NL East just continues to get better. On Sunday, the Phillies acquired Jesus Luzardo from the Marlins. Later in the evening, the Nationals acquired first baseman Nathaniel Lowe from the Rangers. While opinions of each trade may vary in a vacuum, both Phillies and Nationals addres...2024
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• This day in Braves History: Braves trade Ryan Klesko

Photo by Don Kelsen/Los Angeles Times via Getty Images The long-time member of the Braves joins his first new team. Braves Franchise History 1999: The Atlanta Braves acquire second baseman Quilvio Veras, first baseman Wally Joyner and outfielder Reggie Sanders from the Padres in exchange for first baseman Ryan Klesko, second baseman Bret Boone and pitcher Jason Shiell. 1999: In an intervi...2024
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• Baseball is a game of numbers that’s about more than numbers

Peter G. Aiken-Imagn Images The beauty lies beyond the figures. After turning away from baseball for a while, earlier this week I returned to thinking about the game I love as there are a lot of things happening right now: Draft Lottery took place—Congratulations, Washington! St. Louis had a nice jump to No. 5. Free agency—With Juan Soto, Blake Snell, and Max Fried, among others, dominos ...2024
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• Today in MLB History: Rachel Balkovec becomes first woman to manage a team in the history of organized baseball
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• We have to get Witt back to the playoffs

Bobby Witt Jr. #7 of the Kansas City Royals walks through the dugout after a loss to the New York Yankees during Game Four of the Division Series at Kauffman Stadium on October 10, 2024 in Kansas City, Missouri. | Photo by Jamie Squire/Getty Images A great player deserves a stage A young superstar, not yet 25 years old, stands watching the opposing team celebrate an American League Divisio...2024
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• Royals RBI men

For just the sixth time in franchise history, two Royals have surpassed 100 RBIs in the same season. | Charles LeClaire-Imagn Images Hey, Dirty, baby I got your RBIs, don’t you worry Back in 1999, Jermaine Dye, Carlos Beltran, and Mike Sweeney accomplished something that no other trio of Kansas City Royal teammates had done in the franchise’s history: they each collected at least 100 runs ...2024
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• Random posting for the real start of the postseason

I did this post last year and it got so many "more, more" requests that I'm doing it again this year.As a review, to avoid too much flack for actually daring to root for teams during the postseason for a whole entire post, I went with a "most, oldest, newest" post to recognize the annual October ritual.Yeah, I know I'm a little late. But I planned it like this. I don't know what that thing w...2024
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• A look back at the 2003 Royals

Photo credit should read DAVE KAUP/AFP via Getty Images The Royals BELIEVED and made an unexpected run. The Royals were the laughingstock of baseball in the late 90s and early 2000s, but one oasis in that cesspool of bad baseball was the 2003 Royals. It was a season of stupefying wins, an amazing season from an emerging star player, unwavering optimism from the skipper, and donuts, so many...2024
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• Remembering Orlando Cepeda

Photo by Louis Requena/MLB via Getty Images Last stop with the Royals This story originally ran July 25, 2022, and has been edited for content. After the advent of the designated hitter rule in 1973, American League clubs had to develop a plan as to who their DH would be. Some teams had an in-house option, such as Gates Brown with the Tigers or Tony Oliva with the Twins. Other teams went...2024
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• Royals trade partner history: The Red Sox

Photo by Reed Hoffmann/Getty Images These swahhps took players to Fenway Pahhk. This is a series that looks back at their trade history with each team in baseball. So far, we have looked back at trades with the Braves, Cubs, Diamondbacks, Orioles, White Sox, Angels, Marlins, Brewers , and Rockies. Today we look at the history of deals with the Boston Red Sox Total number of Royals/Red Sox ...2024
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• A deeper dive into Bobby Witt Jr.’s shiny new contract

Bobby Witt Jr. #7 of the Kansas City Royals runs the bases as he heads home for an inside-the-park home run in the fifth inning against the Seattle Mariners at Kauffman Stadium on August 14, 2023 in Kansas City, Missouri. | Photo by Ed Zurga/Getty Images As the best young Royals player since Hall of Fame talent Carlos Beltran roamed Kauffman Stadium’s outfield a quarter century ago, Bobby ...2024
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• A hypothetical 2024 Hall of Fame ballot

Photo by Matthew Grimes Jr./Atlanta Braves/Getty Images I don’t have a Hall of Fame vote, but if I did, this is what it would look like. This is an exercise that I have thought about doing for the last three years, but ultimately decided that it wasn’t worth the trouble. Voting for Baseball’s Hall of Fame in my opinion is the ultimate honor for a writer, but in recent years we have seen b...2024
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• Who should be elected to the Hall of Fame?

Will Carlos Beltrán get voted into Cooperstown? The Baseball Writers of America will announce their Hall of Fame selections next week to join manager Jim Leyland for induction into Cooperstown this summer. Among the first-time candidates on the ballot include Adrián Beltré, Joe Mauer, Chaes Utley, and David Wright. The ballot also features many holdovers, such as Gary Sheffield, who is in his fina...2024
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• Who’s the fastest Royal of all time?

Photo by David Cooper/Toronto Star via Getty Images That’s what speed do! Over the years, there is a perception that the Royals are a franchise infatuated by speed. Don’t get me wrong, speed is something you can’t teach, and I enjoy a stolen base, a triple or a terrific outfield play as much as the next guy. And speed most often facilitates those plays. But if a hitter can’t get on base, t...2023
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• Big Man, Big Personality: The Oral History of David Ortiz's MLB Adventure
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"Meanwhile, Carlos Beltran and Andruw Jones are both right above or below the required 75% voting line to get in."

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"For years, we have seen stars like Kevin Appier, Johnny Damon, Carlos Beltran, Jermaine Dye, Zack Greinke all traded out of town - heck, most of the championship core left after 2017."

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"Back in 2004, Carlos Beltran was traded 69 games into the season."

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"Carlos Beltran admits he and the 2017 Houston Astros “crossed the line” with their sign-stealing scheme during their championship season."

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"Carlos Beltran deserves second chance, but mea culpa must come first"

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"Carlos Beltran, before beginning his first season on the job with the New York Mets, becomes the third MLB manager to lose his job as a result of the Astros' sign-stealing scandal, joining A."

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"That long stint in San Francisco included a brief period working with Mets manager Carlos Beltran, who played for the Giants over the last two months of the 2011 season."

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"Carlos Beltran Says He Will Not Visit White House With Astros"

2017
"Less than a month after hoisting the World Series trophy with the Astros, Carlos Beltran is joining the crowded field of Yankees managerial candidates."

2016
"Carlos Beltran hit a two-run shot in the sixth inning on Sunday to become the fourth switch-hitter to reach 400 home runs."

2015
"The foreshocks started in the sixth inning with RBIs from Mark Teixeira, Brian McCann and Carlos Beltran."

2014
"Really the only time he went for anything even remotely resembling a blockbuster deal was in the summer of 2011, when he traded then-top prospect Zack Wheeler to the New York Mets for Carlos Beltran, a risky venture that ultimately failed."

• This Day in MLB History: Carlos Beltran loses his job in the wake of 2017 Astros scandal
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• Today in MLB History: Rachel Balkovec becomes first woman to manage a team in the history of organized baseball
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• Braves News: NL East Trades, Rasiel Iglesias, More
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• This day in Braves History: Braves trade Ryan Klesko
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• Baseball is a game of numbers that’s about more than numbers
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• This Day in Braves History: Chris Sale joins the Red Sox

Photo by Paul Rutherford/Getty Images This is as close as you’re going to get to Braves-related history on this day. MLB History 1952: The American League approves a two-league waiver rule curbing inter-league trading after June 15th. 1952: At the Winter Meetings a new bonus rule is approved‚ replacing the one that was instituted in 1946 and repealed in 1950. This new rule sets the bonus ...2024
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• We have to get Witt back to the playoffs
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• A look back at the 2003 Royals
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• The 2024 Royals are giving major 2003 Royals vibes

Maikel Garcia #11 of the Kansas City Royals walks off the field after striking out against the Oakland Athletics in the seventh inning at Oakland Coliseum on June 18, 2024 in Oakland, California. | Photo by Eakin Howard/Getty Images The team is slipping, slipping away The 2024 Royals are likely to end up winning at least 25 more games than the 2023 squad. In fact, this year’s team has alre...2024
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• The National Ballpark Museum

Must see for fans On a recent trip to Denver to see the Royals play, more on that later, my son and I had the opportunity to make a visit to the National Ballpark Museum. The Museum is located at 1940 Blake Street, just a long home run from Coors Field. The museum is the brainchild of one Bruce “B” Hellerstein, who started putting this astounding collection together in the 1980s, securing the curr...2024
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• This Day in MLB History: Carlos Beltran loses his job in the wake of 2017 Astros scandal
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• Royals RBI men
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• A look back at the 2003 Royals
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• Lorenzen outpitches his old team, Royals win 7-1

Bobby Witt Jr. celebrates with Salvador Perez after hitting a home run in the fourth inning. Don’t look now, but Bobby and the Bullpen had a fantastic night. Michael Lorenzen used to be a Cincinnati Red, years ago. Today marked his first opportunity to pitch against his old team at their home stadium and he appeared to relish it. It wasn’t exactly a dominant performance, but as the Royals’...2024
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• The 2024 Royals are giving major 2003 Royals vibes
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• Braves News: 2024 Hall of Fame class, prospect list and more

Kevin Jairaj-USA TODAY Sports Atlanta Braves news and notes from Tuesday The Baseball Hall of Fame grew by three on Tuesday night as Adrian Beltre, Joe Mauer, and Todd Helton make up the 2024 class. The three will be officially inducted on July 21, alongside former manager Jim Leyland. The Hall of Fame voting results pic.twitter.com/rPofj0hyYj— Talkin’ Baseball (@TalkinBaseball_) January...2024
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• A hypothetical 2024 Hall of Fame ballot
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• This Day in MLB History: January 16

MLB History 1886 - The Washington Nationals are admitted to the National League, bringing the league total to seven teams. 1891 - A new national agreement was signed by the National League, American Association and the Western Association. The agreement creates a three-man panel to settle problems among the leagues. 1964 - American League owners vote down Charlie Finley’s proposed move of the Ka...2024
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• Who should be elected to the Hall of Fame?
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• The best Royals seasons by age

Get that young man a Hamm’s Baseball is hard. Hitting a 95 MPH pitch is tough business. Throwing one might be even harder than hitting one. When looking at the Royals best seasons by age, I was a little surprised how bereft they were at the young ages. The Royals have had very few players, let alone stars, at young ages. Those guys are like unicorns. Dwight Gooden was worth 5.5 WAR at the age of ...2024
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• This day in Braves History: Braves trade Ryan Klesko
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• Baseball is a game of numbers that’s about more than numbers
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• In search of excellence

Jayne Kamin-Oncea-Imagn Images You know it when it happens. Many of you watched Game One of the World Series, a classic game that ended when the Dodgers Freddie Freeman slammed a walk-off grand slam home run with two outs in the bottom of the tenth inning. Freeman’s game-winning blast overshadowed a fantastic catch by New York left fielder Alex Verdugo on a Shohei Ohtani fly ball that drif...2024
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• Remembering Orlando Cepeda
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• Backdoor sliders

Photo by Focus on Sport/Getty Images Baseball’s mystical side With roster moves and opening day bearing down on us, I wanted to explore some of the oddball and sometimes almost mystical occurrences in the history of the Royals and in baseball. How rare is an Opening Day home run on the first pitch of the season? Turns out, it’s really rare. It happened only once, on Opening Day 1986, Bosto...2024
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• Cedric Tallis belongs in the Royals Hall of Fame

Time to right a wrong Last year I made a vow to write an annual story about why the Royals’ first General Manager, Cedric Tallis, should be in the Royals Hall of Fame. Like it or not, it’s that time of year. Many of us have speculated as to why Tallis has been snubbed. His credentials are far too impressive for just a plain oversight, so there must be another underlying reason. The most common the...2024
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• This Day in Braves History: Atlanta trades Ryan Klesko to the Padres

Photo by Jon Soohoo/Getty Images Braves Franchise History 1999- The Atlanta Braves acquire second baseman Quilvio Veras, first baseman Wally Joyner and outfielder Reggie Sanders from the Padres in exchange for first baseman Ryan Klesko, second baseman Bret Boone and pitcher Jason Shiell. 1999 - In an interview in Sports Illustrated magazine, Atlanta Braves pitcher John Rocker offends vir...2023
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• Who’s the fastest Royal of all time?
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• Remembering the career of Blue Moon Odom

Photo by Louis Requena/MLB via Getty Images The player, not the beer There are a few nicknames in sports that tell you exactly who the athlete is. For example, when I say “Night Train”, older fans know who I’m talking about. Same with Hammer, The Big Hurt, The Hick from French Lick or the Say Hey Kid. Blue Moon Odom was also one of those names. Contrary to popular belief, John “Blue Mo...2023
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• A salute to Zack Greinke

Photo by Jamie Squire/Getty Images If this is it for Zack Greinke, it has been quite a ride. Zack Greinke made me love baseball. I was a freshman in high school back in 2009 and for pretty much all of my conscious (and sub-conscious life, really) the Kansas City Royals were not a very good baseball team. Well, scratch that. For pretty much my entire life to that point, the Royals were amon...2023
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• Yankees Bombard Red Sox with 9 Runs in 7th-Inning Blitz
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• Beltran's clutch HR puts Yanks back in first
Pinch-hitter Carlos Beltran came through with a crucial homer as the Yankees staged a come-from-behind, 4-3 victory to snap the Blue Jays' 11-game winning streak in the series opener at Rogers Centre on Friday. With the win, the Yankees reclaimed first place in the American League East from the Blue Jays. New York leads the division by a half-game....2015
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• Beltran's clutch HR puts Yanks back in first
Pinch-hitter Carlos Beltran came through with a crucial homer as the Yankees staged a come-from-behind, 4-3 victory to snap the Blue Jays' 11-game winning streak in the series opener at Rogers Centre on Friday. With the win, the Yankees reclaimed first place in the American League East from the Blue Jays. New York leads the division by a half-game....2015
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• Yanks ride early strike to hold off Orioles
Brian McCann slugged a two-run homer and Carlos Beltran delivered a key two-run double, helping to lead the Yankees to a 5-4 victory over the Orioles on Friday at Yankee Stadium....2015
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• Yanks walk off past Astros for division-lead tie
Carlos Beltran lifted a sacrifice fly to deep center field off Chad Qualls in the bottom of the ninth inning, driving home Brett Gardner with the only run of the game as the Yankees defeated the Astros, 1-0, on Monday night at Yankee Stadium....2015
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• Yanks walk off past Astros for division-lead tie
Carlos Beltran lifted a sacrifice fly to deep center field off Chad Qualls in the bottom of the ninth inning, driving home Brett Gardner with the only run of the game as the Yankees defeated the Astros, 1-0, on Monday night at Yankee Stadium....2015
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• Yanks power up late to muscle past Marlins
Carlos Beltran and Brett Gardner hit big home runs and Alex Rodriguez moved just one hit from reaching 3,000 for his career, helping power the Yankees to a 9-4 victory over the Marlins on Thursday at Yankee Stadium....2015
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• Yanks power up late to muscle past Marlins
Carlos Beltran and Brett Gardner hit big home runs and Alex Rodriguez moved just one hit from reaching 3,000 for his career, helping power the Yankees to a 9-4 victory over the Marlins on Thursday at Yankee Stadium....2015
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• Wain You’re Wright, You’re Right
"When you come through Ellis Island with a whole boatload of Nootbaars, do you go to immigration or declare them with VAT?" That's me talking to myself while watching Lars Nootbaar with a game-saving catch for Alex Reyes and the Cards, and securing the win for Adam Wainwright (8 IP, 0 ER, 2 hits, zero walks, 9 Ks, ERA at 3.10). Adam Wainwright has a 3.10-ish ERA across the past two seasons. Sudden...2021
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• Yankees Need Yoan Moncada Signing to Continue to Build New Future
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• How Can New York Yankees Build a True Contender in 2014-2015 Offseason?
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• Unexpected Trades New York Yankees Could Pull off This Offseason
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• Today in MLB History: Rachel Balkovec becomes first woman to manage a team in the history of organized baseball
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• This day in Braves History: Braves trade Ryan Klesko
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• Baseball is a game of numbers that’s about more than numbers
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• We have to get Witt back to the playoffs
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• Royals RBI men
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• Random posting for the real start of the postseason
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• A look back at the 2003 Royals
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• Lorenzen outpitches his old team, Royals win 7-1
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• The 2024 Royals are giving major 2003 Royals vibes
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• The National Ballpark Museum
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• This Day in MLB History: Carlos Beltran loses his job in the wake of 2017 Astros scandal
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• Today in MLB History: Rachel Balkovec becomes first woman to manage a team in the history of organized baseball
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• Baseball is a game of numbers that’s about more than numbers
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• This day in Braves History: Braves coach Don Baylor gets hired as Cubs manager

Baylor spent one year on Atlanta’s coaching staff before joining the Cubs as the skipper. Braves Franchise History 1979: In separate deals, the New York Yankees acquire OF Ruppert Jones from the Seattle Mariners and C Rick Cerone and P Tom Underwood from the Toronto Blue Jays, giving up seven players, including popular 1B Chris Chambliss, SS Damaso Garcia, OF Juan Beniquez, and Ps Jim Beattie and...2024
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• In search of excellence
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• Cedric Tallis belongs in the Royals Hall of Fame
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• A hypothetical 2024 Hall of Fame ballot
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• This Day in MLB History: January 16
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• This Day in Braves History: November 1

Set Number: X58919 Braves Franchise History 1999 - Braves coach Don Baylor is named as the new manager of the Chicago Cubs. MLB History 1894 - Charlie Sweeney, who pitched for the Providence Grays, St. Louis Maroons and Cleveland Blues is convicted of manslaughter in San Francisco, California. 1909 - The Boston Red Sox hire former Senators skipper Patsy Donovan as their new manager repla...2023
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• Mets’ Carlos Beltrán won’t discuss role in Astros’ cheating scandal

Carlos Beltran refused to discuss his role in the Astros cheating scandal, preferring to concentrate on his new role with the Mets....2023
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