Cleveland Indians rumors, news

Breaking news and rumors

Injuries and suspensions

Lifestyle

Trade rumors, contract, salary

Stats and scores

Family

Top stories

Fantasy rankings and news

Schedules and games

Rumors and scandals

• This Day in Braves History: November 25th

Braves Franchise History 1911 - William Russell, head of the syndicate that owns the Boston Nationals passes away. Former player, now attorney, Monte Ward and New York politician James Gaffney will purchase 945 of the 1000 shares for $177,000. The team, also known as the Rustlers (or Doves) will start next season as the “Braves”. MLB History 1941 - With only three years of major league experienc...2024
Check it out Ted Williams latest news
• Baseball history unpacked, November 25

Derrek Lee hits one over the fence | Photo by Scott Cunningham/Getty Images A M-W-F digest, replete with #Cubs, #MLB, and #MiLB content, gathered from reputable sources. Derrek Lee arrives in one of the Cubs’ better trades, the Last Waltz, and other stories. On Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays, Bleed Cubbie Blue is pleased to present a light-hearted, Cubs-centric look at baseball’s colorfu...2024
See more articles Scott Cunningham breaking news today
• A look at Cubs trades in the pre-expansion era: 1954

Johnny Klippstein’s 1951 Bowman baseball card | Photo by Transcendental Graphics/Getty Images Another relatively quiet year for Cubs deals. The 1953 Cubs were spared a 90-loss season because they won the final two games of the season to finish 65-89. That didn’t seem to give GM Wid Matthews much impetus to improve the team. The ‘54 Cubs lost one more game and did have a 90-loss season, the...2024
See more Texas League news today
• This Day in Braves History: Eddie Matthews finishes 2nd to Ernie Banks in MVP voting

SetNumber: X3628 Braves Franchise History 1959 - Eddie Mathews finishes second in NL MVP Award balloting to Ernie Banks. Banks wins the award for the second straight time after hitting 45 home runs while driving in 143 runs. MLB History 1935 - Cal Hubbard, pro football tackle with the Green Bay Packers, joins the American League umpiring staff. 1980 - Steve Carlton wins his third Cy Young...2024
See more articles Eddie Matthews headline news
• 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
See also Don Baylor breaking news
• Baseball history unpacked, November 1

Happy birthday, Jeremiah Estrada | Photo by John Cordes/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images A M-W-F digest, replete with #Cubs, #MLB, and #MiLB content, gathered from reputable sources. 2016 Game 6 and other stories. Happy birthday, Jeremiah Estrada and others. On Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays, Bleed Cubbie Blue is pleased to present a light-hearted, Cubs-centric look at baseball’s colorfu...2024
Click for news about Jeremiah Estrada news

• Baseball history unpacked, November 25
2024

See more Scott Cunningham injury update
• Baseball history unpacked, November 1
2024

Click for news about Jeremiah Estrada availability report
• This day in Braves History: Tom Glavine pitches 1-0 gem in NLDS against Astros

Photo by Karen Warren/Houston Chronicle via Getty Images Yet another classic from the Hall-of-Famer Braves Franchise History 1957: Lew Burdette’s third victory of the World Series, a 5-0 decision over the New York Yankees, gives the Milwaukee Braves the World Champion 1996: Gary Gaetti hits a grand slam off Greg Maddux to lead the St. Louis Cardinals to an 8-3 win over the Atlanta Braves ...2024
Visit the page Tom Glavine injury
• Baseball history unpacked, September 4

Mordecai “Three Finger” Brown | Getty Images A M-W-F digest, replete with #Cubs, #MLB, and #MiLB content, gathered from reputable sources. Mordecai’s last outing 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 ...2024
Click for news about Christy Mathewson availability report
• ‘Voice of the Browns’ has called his final game

Photo by Nick Cammett/Diamond Images via Getty Images Longtime radio play-by-play man Jim Donovan retiring from the booth due to health issues. It was the end of an era for the Cleveland Browns on Thursday as Jim Donovan announced his retirement as the radio voice of the Browns. Donovan, who spent the last 25 years as the team’s play-by-play man on radio broadcasts, is retiring as “The Voi...2024
Read about Jim Donovan
• Baseball history unpacked, July 19

Getty Images A M-W-F digest, replete with #Cubs, #MLB, and #MiLB content, gathered from reputable sources. Happy birthday, Phil Cavarretta! More birthdays and more 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 t...2024
See more articles Phil Cavarretta injury status
• Baseball history unpacked, July 15

Jim Thorpe | Getty Images A M-W-F digest, replete with #Cubs, #MLB, and #MiLB content, gathered from reputable sources. Mordecai Brown, Alvin Dark, Fergie Jenkins, Nolan Ryan’s arm, Albert Belle’s bat, Thorpe’s Decathlon win, and other tales of whoa. On Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays, Bleed Cubbie Blue is pleased to present a light-hearted, Cubs-centric look at baseball’s colorful past, ...2024
Click for news about Jim Thorpe availability report
• Big Blue View mailbag: Pro Bowl predictions, Daniel Jones, Evan Neal, more

The mail’s here! Edwin Gommers asks: A question I’ve been wondering about. How much of the Evan Neal problems are skill related and how much of it you think is psychological. Neal was a LT in college (a very good one) and when the Giants drafted him he was immediately moved to RT. AT is at a solid All Pro/Pro Bowl level, I get it. But being moved from LT to RT and expecting a 10+ year career proba...2024
See more Pro Bowl
• Royals Rumblings - News for July 1, 2024

Garfield is right about Mondays, lasagna, and much more | Photo by Steve Parsons - PA Images/PA Images via Getty Images Very nice series over the weekend! Ed note: I was mistaken on Friday. I guess I will be doing one day of Rumblings this month as Max is out for a few days. That said, I’m leaving on vacation this week so we’re not getting the full Friday Rumblings experience. Also, I ...2024
See more articles John Schuerholz
• Browns announcer sells professional wrestling attack on team’s show

Photo by Frank Jansky/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images Nathan Zegura is a Browns fan first but wrestling is also close to his heart Pardon me while two things I have great interest in are intersecting for this article. The Cleveland Browns are the primary focus on not only my writing career but also my fandom at this point in time of life. (My first sports love was the Cleveland Indians.) ...2024
Click for news about Nathan Zegura

• Royals Rumblings - News for July 1, 2024
2024

Continue with John Schuerholz
• Baseball history unpacked, April 15

Getty Images A M-W-F digest, replete with #Cubs, #MLB, and #MiLB content, gathered from reputable sources. Jackie Robinson Day 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 course of time. Here’s a...2024
See more articles Jackie Robinson
• 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
Check it out Kansas City Athletics
• Who is John Sherman?

Photo by Ed Zurga/Getty Images Like the guy next door, except richer In the past, I’ve written stories critical of how the Royals organization has handled their downtown stadium negotiations. And while I don’t back away from the ham-handed way that process has been going, I did start to wonder if perhaps I have gotten the wrong idea about Royals owner John Sherman. After all, I’ve never m...2024
Read about John Sherman
• Exclusive interview with John Big Dawg Thompson years after the mask was retired

Photo by Tom Cammett/Diamond Images/Getty Images 25 questions with the original iconic Cleveland Browns dawg character It seems like every NFL club has a Superfan who began as a season ticket holder and evolved into some sort of “character.” The idea of Superfans may not have begun with “The Hogettes” which embodied the Washington Redskins, but this group brought out the concept for all to...2024
Click for news about Municipal Stadium
• Where are your former Browns now? QB Jim Ninowski
25 questions with a member of the 1964 NFL Championship Browns Former Cleveland Browns signalcaller Jim Ninowski could have been in the conversation of one of the franchise’s greatest quarterbacks. Four things killed his path to greatness of which none was his fault. After college, Ninowski played in the North-South Shrine Game where he was selected the game’s MVP. Then to the Hula Bowl, Senior B...2023
Visit the page Municipal Stadium
• Are the Browns leaving downtown Cleveland?
A commitment to remain in Ohio has been given, but what’s next? The owners of the Cleveland Browns, Jimmy and Dee Haslam, are not going to do their best Art Modell impression and relocate the franchise to NFL-hungry areas such as San Antonio, Texas, Mexico City, Mexico, Memphis, Tennessee, or Birmingham, Alabama. The Haslams have stated that the team will remain in Ohio. Just where is the big ques...2023
See more Cleveland Browns
• Baseball history unpacked, March 20
Steve Bilko, who did not play today, but was a huge figure in Wrigley Field West history. | Photo by Transcendental Graphics/Getty Images A thrice-weekly digest, replete with #Cubs, #MLB, and #MiLB content, gathered from reputable sources. Wrigley West and other stories. On Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays, Bleed Cubbie Blue is pleased to present a light-hearted, Cubs-centric look at baseb...2023
Continue with Wrigley Field
• Baseball history unpacked, November 16
Happy birthday, Harry Chiti | Photo by Transcendental Graphics/Getty Images A thrice-weekly digest, replete with #Cubs, #MLB, and #MiLB factoids, gathered from reputable sources. White bicycles, 3 am arrives, 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...2022
Visit the page Chicago Cubs
• Indians P Trevor Bauer shares story about funny encounter
Cleveland Indians pitcher Trevor Bauer shared a funny story on Sunday about an encounter he had at a P.F. Changs restaurant.Bauer says he was informed by someone at the restaurant that he shared the name with a pitcher for the Indians: Credit to the employee for having enough baseball knowledge to know Trevor Bauer is an MLB pitcher. Not so good on him for not knowing what he looks like or connect...2018
Continue with Trevor Bauer

2024
"A look at Lower’s social media shows him in Cleveland Indians/Guardians gear with his last repost about the Browns."

2023
"Joe Thomas was often as Cavs games, LeBron James would show up at Cleveland Indians (now Guardians) playoff games or Browns training camp practices."

2022
"In addition to this one: September 15, 1901, Detroit Tigers 21, Cleveland Blues 0 August 13, 1939, New York Yankees 21, Philadelphia Athletics 0 September 16, 1975: Pittsburgh Pirates 22, Chicago Cubs 0 August 31, 2004, Cleveland Indians 22, New York Yankees 0 So the Cubs came within one run of “revenge” for that 1975 shutout the Bucs laid on them."

2021
"The Cleveland Indians announced Friday they were changing their team name to the Cleveland Guardians."

2020
"If the Cleveland Indians change their team name, here are some of the best options"

2019
"Joey Greaber of ABC 15 Arizona reported Tuesday that the Cleveland Indians manager had his two World Series rings stolen while in Arizona last month."

2018
"Cleveland Indians Will Abandon Chief Wahoo Logo Next Year"

2017
"World Series Champion Chicago Cubs Visit President Obama at the White House"

2016
"Willson Contreras and Anthony Rizzo hit home runs off Dodgers starter Clayton Kershaw to advance Chicago to the World Series, where the Cleveland Indians await."

2015
"If the Cleveland Indians and Kansas City Royals engage in a benches-clearing brawl on Monday night, Indians pitcher Trevor Bauer is ready to go."

2014
"Corey Kluber of the Cleveland Indians was named the American League's top pitcher, winning his first Cy Young Award."

• This Day in Braves History: November 25th
2024

See more articles Ted Williams trade rumors
• Baseball history unpacked, November 1
2024

Read about Jeremiah Estrada trade rumors
• This day in Braves History: Greg Maddux makes history with three straight Cy Young Awards

Photo credit should read BRIAN BAHR/AFP via Getty Images The strike-shortened season bears golden fruit for Greg Maddux Braves franchise history 1991: The Atlanta Braves take the lead in the World Series with a 14-5 rout of the Minnesota Twins in Game 5. Atlanta blows open a 5-3 game with nine runs in the last two innings. 1992: The Toronto Blue Jays take the major league baseball champio...2024
Continue with Greg Maddux trade rumors
• This day in Braves History: Joc Pederson pushes Braves to 3-0 win against Brewers in NLDS

Photo by Daniel Shirey/MLB Photos via Getty Images Pearls Fever hits Atlanta Braves Franchise History 1948: The Cleveland Indians defeat the Boston Braves, 4-3, to win the World Series in six games. Joe Gordon hits a home run in support of future Hall of Famer Bob Lemon, who earns a 4-3 victory - his second of the Series. After pitching a five-hit shutout in Game 3, rookie Gene Bearden re...2024
Click for news about Joc Pederson contract
• This day in Braves History: John Smoltz pushes Braves to NLDS sweep of Astros

Good times and great memories in Houston for John Smoltz. Braves franchise history 1957: In Game 2 of the World Series, Lew Burdette wins the first of his three decisions against the Yankees. Burdette and the Milwaukee Braves beat Bobby Shantz 4-2 1997: The Atlanta Braves and Florida Marlins both sweep their respective NL Division Series. The Braves, behind a three-hitter by John Smoltz, complet...2024
Check it out John Smoltz salary
• History: Cleveland and Pro Football

US PRESSWIRE A city’s storied history with the sport of professional football The City of Cleveland has been a city of champions in many sports. In Major League Baseball, the Cleveland Indians have won two World Series titles (1920, 1948). Prior to the Indians, the Cleveland Spiders had a single title (1895). Meanwhile, the Negro League Cleveland Buckeyes began in 1942 and found success ...2024
See also World Series contract rumors
• Browns history: 2024 marks the 40th anniversary of the Dawg Pound

Matthew Emmons-USA TODAY Sports Something that carried from the practice field to the stadium turned out to be a Cleveland mainstay The Cleveland Browns. The Dawg Pound. How did a team named after its original head coach morph into a canine-themed franchise? The “Brownie the Elf” logo was pretty simple. The original owner, Mickey McBride, wanted a logo to represent his team. But what repre...2024
Read about George Gojkovich contract
• Baseball history unpacked, July 15
2024

See also Jim Thorpe salary rumors
• Big Blue View mailbag: Pro Bowl predictions, Daniel Jones, Evan Neal, more
2024

Read about Pro Bowl
• Wednesday Rockpile: Turns out the Rockies aren’t very good at recouping value when trading stars

Photo by Brace Hemmelgarn/Minnesota Twins/Getty Images Colorado Rockies news and links for Wednesday, July 3, 2024 Trades are fickle things. In general, it’s tough to predict how they will turn out, especially for a team that is trading away one of their notable star players. As the Rockies designated Elehuris Montero for assignment recently, the prized prospect of the Nolan Arenado trade,...2024
Continue with Brace Hemmelgarn trade rumors

• Baseball history unpacked, November 1
2024

Read about Jeremiah Estrada statistics
• This day in Braves History: Steve Avery tosses 6 great innings in Game 4 of 1995 World Series

Set Number: X49459 Atlanta inches closer to their first World Series title in the South. Braves Franchise History 1995: Atlanta Braves pitcher Steve Avery throws six innings of three-hit baseball and reliever Pedro Borbón, Jr. comes out of the bullpen for his first appearance in 19 days to save a 5-2 victory over the Cleveland Indians in Game 4 of the World Series. Set Num...2024
Read about World Series statistics
• This Day in Braves History: Atlanta pitches third shutout through four postseason games

Set Number: X163406 Braves Franchise History 2013: The Dodgers are the first team to clinch a spot in the League Championship Series as they eliminate the Braves with a 5-4 win in Game 4 of the NLDS. Trailing 3-2 in the bottom of the eighth, the Dodgers reversed the tide on Juan Uribe’s two-run homer off David Carpenter. Carl Crawford hits a pair of solo homers for Los Angeles’s other two...2024
See more Juan Uribe statistics
• This day in Braves History: John Smoltz pushes Braves to NLDS sweep of Astros
2024

Continue with John Smoltz scores
• History: Cleveland and Pro Football
2024

Visit the page World Series statistics
• Baseball history unpacked, July 19
2024

Check it out Phil Cavarretta
• Baseball history unpacked, July 15
2024

Check it out Jim Thorpe statistics
• Royals Rumblings - News for July 1, 2024
2024

Continue with John Schuerholz statistics
• History: How the AAFC Panthers became the Browns became the NFL Champion Browns

Photo my David Dermer/Diamond Images/ Getty Images Cleveland dominated one entity, then set sights on another league The Cleveland Browns have captured eight pro football championships. This ranks as tied for third-most with the New York Football Giants behind the Green Bay Packers (13) and the Chicago Bears (9). At one time, Cleveland won five titles in a row which tied with the Edmonto...2024
Click for news about Municipal Stadium scores
• 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
See more articles Ryan Dempster

• Browns history: 2024 marks the 40th anniversary of the Dawg Pound
2024

Continue with George Gojkovich
• ‘Voice of the Browns’ has called his final game
2024

See more articles Jim Donovan
• This day in Braves History: Braves send Lou Pinella into retirement

Photo by David J. Griffin/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images The legendary manager went down in defeat, with the Braves being the team to hand him his final loss. Braves franchise history 1927: Braves outfielder Eddie Brown surpasses Fred Luderus’s modern National League mark of 533 consecutive games played from 1916 through 1919. Steve Brodie played 574 consecutive games from 1893 throug...2024
Visit the page Jackie Robinson
• Big Blue View mailbag: Pro Bowl predictions, Daniel Jones, Evan Neal, more
2024

See also Pro Bowl
• The most collected teams - AL

Here's the first of a series of three posts that have been on my mind for years.Every time I'm looking for cards online, it pops into my head: which teams seem to be the most collected?This is not based on research or anything on TCDB or any other site that may have compiled this. It's based on my own experience. When I'm looking to buy a team lot or I'm looking for cards of my team, which teams s...2024
See more articles Red Sox
• Royals Rumblings - News for July 1, 2024
2024

See more articles John Schuerholz
• Baseball legend Willie Mays passes away at 93

Photo by Jason O. Watson/Getty Images The baseball world is mourning the passing of one of the greatest players who ever lived Hall of Famer Willie Mays, one of the greatest players in Major League Baseball history, passed away on Tuesday. Mays made his MLB debut with the San Francisco Giants in 1951, and was named the MLB Rookie of the Year after hitting 20 home runs that season, helping...2024
Read about Willie Mays
• A look back on Harry Simpson
2024

Check it out Kansas City Athletics
• Who is John Sherman?
2024

Check it out John Sherman
• Rays Madness: elite eight matchups

Part 2! In the spirit of march madness, I created a 16 team bracket with different Rays teams of the past, and have been utilizing a baseball simulator to play out a single elimination bracket and to determine the winner of each matchup. The seeding was decided on a ranking of each previous Rays team’s regular season winning percentage, with the 2020 Rays earning the no. 1 seed with a .667 winning...2024
Check it out Blake Snell

• Cleveland Indians Will Abandon Chief Wahoo Logo Next Year
The team was under pressure from baseball’s commissioner to stop using the logo, which is deemed racist by many....2018
• Indians removing Chief Wahoo logo in 2019
The Cleveland Indians are removing the divisive Chief Wahoo logo from their jerseys and caps starting in the 2019 season....2018
Click for news about Chief Wahoo
• Indians Pitcher Trevor Bauer Wears Boxing Gloves During Game vs. Royals
2015

Read about Kansas City Royals
• Cubs 5, Dodgers 0 | Chicago wins series, 4-2: Cubs Defeat Dodgers to Clinch First Pennant Since 1945
2016

Read about Willson Contreras
• Mike Aviles' Young Daughter Who Is Battling Leukemia Throws First Pitch
2015

See also New York Yankees
• Boston Fans Cheer Blind and Autistic 14-Year-Old's Rendition of National Anthem
2015

See more Red Sox
• Game 7: 2 teams enter, 1 will end drought
We are about to witness the most anticipated Game 7 in baseball history. This seemingly subjective idea is actually objectively accurate, because the Chicago Cubs and Cleveland Indians came into this World Series with a combined championship drought -- an unthinkable 176 years -- that is the longest in the history of the Fall Classic....2016
See more articles Chicago Cubs
• Cubs 8, Indians 7 | Extra innings: Cubs End 108-Year Wait for World Series Title, After a Little More Torment
The Chicago Cubs shattered their championship drought in epic fashion: with an 8-7, 10-inning victory over the Cleveland Indians in Game 7 of the World Series....2016
Check it out World Series

1. White Sox

2. World Series

3. Red Sox

. . .

114. Cleveland Indians

• Browns history: 2024 marks the 40th anniversary of the Dawg Pound
2024

Visit the page George Gojkovich
• 2021 Fantasy Baseball: Two Start Pitchers Week 25 (9/13-9/19)
Welcome to the beginning of the end, baseball fans. Playoffs in fantasy baseball are underway, and this list of two start pitchers might make or break your season. Before we get to the list, we need to take a moment to talk about the Cleveland Indians, soon to be Defenders. This name change is perfect for them because their lineup is actually, quite "offensive", too hitters everywhere. The Indians...2021
Click for news about Fantasy Baseball
• 2021 Fantasy Baseball: Two Start Pitchers Week 24 (9/6-9/12)
Another week of great baseball is in the books. Pennant and wild card races are in full swing and every inning matters right now. For fantasy owners, the same can be said. The playoffs are here for most of us so every roster move matters. Every start matters, if you want to reach the pinnacle of excellence in your league, and more importantly bragging rights. With that said let's not waste any tim...2021
See more Fantasy Baseball
• Top 25 Fantasy Second Basemen for 2021 – Week 17
At this point of the season, we all know who the top players are at each position. Unless you already own them are can make a trade for them, players like Marcus Semien, Jose Altuve, or Ozzie Albies won't be helping your fantasy lineup this year. But as we gear up for the trade deadline and the final stretch of the season, the difference between winning your league and falling short could be find...2021
Visit the page Marcus Semien
• Are the Yankees Headed for a Third Straight Year Without a Playoff Appearance?
2014

See more articles New York Yankees
• Corey Kluber Completes Meteoric Rise with Suprising AL Cy Young Win
2014

Check it out Corey Kluber

• Baseball history unpacked, November 1
2024

Continue with Jeremiah Estrada
• This day in Braves History: Steve Avery tosses 6 great innings in Game 4 of 1995 World Series
2024

Click for news about World Series
• This day in Braves History: Greg Maddux makes history with three straight Cy Young Awards
2024

See also Greg Maddux
• This day in Braves History: John Smoltz pushes Braves to NLDS sweep of Astros
2024

Visit the page John Smoltz
• History: Cleveland and Pro Football
2024

Visit the page World Series
• Baseball history unpacked, September 4
2024

Read about Christy Mathewson
• Browns history: 2024 marks the 40th anniversary of the Dawg Pound
2024

Check it out George Gojkovich
• Baseball history unpacked, July 19
2024

Visit the page Phil Cavarretta
• Baseball history unpacked, July 15
2024

Check it out Jim Thorpe
• Big Blue View mailbag: Pro Bowl predictions, Daniel Jones, Evan Neal, more
2024

See more Pro Bowl

• Baseball history unpacked, November 25
2024

See more Scott Cunningham rumors
• This day in Braves History: Braves coach Don Baylor gets hired as Cubs manager
2024

Click for news about Don Baylor buzz
• Baseball history unpacked, May 3
2024

Read about Ryan Dempster scandals
• It’s time for the Royals to honor George Spriggs

Our only alumni The Royals have made some significant moves this spring, inducting Bo Jackson, John Schuerholz and Cedric Tallis into the team’s Hall of Fame. Now that Tallis has been inducted, I’ll need to find a new windmill to tilt at. Bringing attention to the Tallis oversight has been one of my main passions the last five years and I’m very happy for the Tallis family to see this long-overdu...2024
See more John Schuerholz scandal
• Baseball history unpacked, March 15

Getty Images A M-W-F digest, replete with #Cubs, #MLB, and #MiLB content, gathered from reputable sources. The wrong Hall-of-Famer 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 course of time. Here...2024
Click for news about Chicago Cubs whispers
• This Day in MLB History: January 29

Photo by Scott Halleran/Getty Images MLB History 1901 - The Rules Committee comprised of Connie Mack, John McGraw and Charles Comiskey reject a proposal that would have banned the bunt and recommends no changes to the game at this time. 1930 - The Boston Red Sox sell former home run champ Ken Williams to the New York Yankees. However after acquiring him, New York will release Williams bef...2024
Read about Connie Mack whispers
• Braves Hall of Fame Profile: Bartolo Colon

Bartolo Colon’s 21-year career saw him play for 11 different teams including the Atlanta Braves in 2017. | Photo by Patrick Duffy/Beam Imagination/Atlanta Braves/Getty Images He won more games than any Latin American pitcher in MLB history and won an American League Cy Young Award. Should that be enough for “Big Sexy” to gain entrance into Cooperstown? When you say the nickname “Big Sexy” ...2024
See also Bartolo Colon gossip
• Baseball history unpacked, January 8

Happy birthday, James Russell! A M-W-F digest, replete with #Cubs, #MLB, and #MiLB content, gathered from reputable sources. Happy birthday to James Russell and others, 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 the...2024
Visit the page New York Yankees buzz
• Steelers History: Franchise has been called eight different team names

Photo by Al Bello/Getty Images The club has been the “Steelers” three different times The Pittsburgh Steelers is the undisputed “Team of the 1970s with four Super Bowl victories. Another facet of the franchise is they have had 16 head coaches since they entered the NFL in 1933, but since 1969 the club has employed just three men to lead them: Chuck Noll (1969-1991), Bill Cowher (1992-2006)...2023
See also New York Yankees whispers
• Baseball history unpacked, February 10
Happy birthday Randy (Ransom) Jackson! | Photo by Transcendental Graphics/Getty Images A thrice-weekly digest, replete with #Cubs, #MLB, and #MiLB factoids, gathered from reputable sources. It’s a no from me, dog. The Astros’ sign-stealing case and other stories. On Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays, Bleed Cubbie Blue is pleased to present a light-hearted, Cubs-centric look at baseball’s co...2023
Click for news about Veterans Committee scandal