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Derrek Lee news, rumors

  • Derrek Lee and Sammy Sosa voted to the Cubs Hall of Fame, and Cubs Convention open thread
    • Derrek Lee and Sammy Sosa voted to the Cubs Hall of Fame, and Cubs Convention open thread
    John J. Kim/Chicago Tribune/Tribune News Service via Getty Images Cubs players, past and present, and fans are gathered at the Sheraton Grand in downtown Chicago. Sammy Sosa was welcomed back to the Cubs family Friday night at the Opening Ceremony of the Cubs Convention, and at the same time, Cubs Chairman Tom Ricketts announced that Sosa and Derrek Lee would be the newest inductees to the...2025
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  • Cub Tracks’ unconventional
    • Cub Tracks’ unconventional
    Photo by Jeff Speer/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images #Cubs, #MLB, and #MiLB news, notes, and commentary, four days a week, rain or shine. News and notes from the Cubs Convention and otherwhere. WELCOME to today’s episode of Cub Tracks news and notes™, a greatest-hits collection of Chicago-style beat writers and bloggers, ground from #Cubs, #MiLB, and #MLB baseball, overheated, steeped...2025
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  • BCB After Dark: What was your favorite Cubs Convention Opening Ceremony moment?
    • BCB After Dark: What was your favorite Cubs Convention Opening Ceremony moment?
    Ryne Sandberg takes the stage a view from the Cubs Convention crowd | Ken Schultz There were some really good ones to choose from Welcome night owls and early risers to the late week, late night, indie coffee shop where we are talking all things Cubs while we enjoy a bevy of beverages. If you’re looking to wind down with a glass of wine or a cocktail, we can take care of that for you. If y...2025
  • • Sosa on Cubs Hall of Fame nod: 'Time was right'
    Former Cubs star Sammy Sosa was elected to the team's Hall of Fame along with former first baseman Derrek Lee....2025
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  • Sammy Sosa, Derrek Lee to Be Inducted into Cubs Hall of Fame
    • Sammy Sosa, Derrek Lee to Be Inducted into Cubs Hall of Fame
    The opening ceremonies are underway in Chicago at the 2025 Cubs Convention, with Sammy Sosa’s return standing as a hallmark of the event. Tom Ricketts formally invited Sosa back into the Cubs family on December 19th, giving fans more excellent news after the recent Kyle Tucker trade. Sosa apologized for his past actions, and all … The post Sammy Sosa, Derrek Lee to Be Inducted into Cub...2025
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  • Here are the attendees for the 2025 Cubs Convention
    • Here are the attendees for the 2025 Cubs Convention
    Craig Counsell greets Cubs players at the 2024 Cubs Convention | Chris Sweda/Chicago Tribune/Tribune News Service via Getty Images Most of the 40-man roster plus some alumni favorites will be in attendance. The Cubs Convention begins this Friday at the downtown Sheraton Grand Hotel. Passes are still available and you can get yours here. Here are all the current, past and future Cubs who wi...2025

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  • • Derrek Lee and Sammy Sosa voted to the Cubs Hall of Fame, and Cubs Convention open thread
    2025
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  • • Here are the attendees for the 2025 Cubs Convention
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  • Hall of Famers and other significant players who had brief cameos with the Cubs
    • Hall of Famers and other significant players who had brief cameos with the Cubs
    Goose Gossage pitching for the Cubs in 1988 | Photo by Rich Pilling/MLB Photos via Getty Images This article was prompted by a reader comment. In the comments regarding Max Scherzer in BCB After Dark, discussion turned to players who had good or great careers and who eventually wound up with the Cubs late in their careers. I said that “never, ever” worked and of course, that’s my usual hyp...2025
  • This day in Braves History: Braves trade rookie blocked by Eddie Mathews
    • This day in Braves History: Braves trade rookie blocked by Eddie Mathews
    Photo by Hy Peskin/Getty Images The future Hall of Famer had third base locked down for the Braves, so Ed Charles was sent elsewhere. Braves Franchise History 1948: The Dodgers trade Pete Reiser to the Braves for outfielder Myron McCormick. The marvelously talented but reckless Reiser crashed into too many outfield walls and, according to Red Smith, was carried off on a stretcher 11 times...2024
  • Baseball history unpacked, November 25
    • 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
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  • Cub Tracks’ uphill both ways
    • Cub Tracks’ uphill both ways
    Photo by Dustin Bradford/MLB Photos via Getty Images #Cubs, #MLB, and #MiLB news, notes, and commentary, four days a week, rain or shine. Well, they’re keeping things interesting. The Cubs are going to have to meatloaf the next two games to remain in the chase. WELCOME to today’s episode of Cub Tracks news and notes™, a greatest-hits collection of Chicago-style beat writers and bloggers, g...2024
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  • Baseball history unpacked, September 6
    • Baseball history unpacked, September 6
    Happy birthday, D-Lee! | Photo by Jonathan Daniel/Getty Images A M-W-F digest, replete with #Cubs, #MLB, and #MiLB content, gathered from reputable sources. Ernie takes Koufax deep, Lou Brock passes, and other stories. Happy birthday to Derrek Lee! On Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays, Bleed Cubbie Blue is pleased to present a light-hearted, Cubs-centric look at baseball’s colorful pas...2024
  • Baseball history unpacked, August 14
    • Baseball history unpacked, August 14
    Happy birthday, Chris Valaika! | Photo by Ric Tapia/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, Chris Valaika! 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
  • Guardians 9, Cubs 8: Frustrating
    • Guardians 9, Cubs 8: Frustrating
    Photo by Jason Miller/Getty Images Just... not... quite... enough. The Cubs don’t really have any margin for error as they seek a wild-card berth in the season’s home stretch. And, unfortunately, it was a fielding error that helped lead to the team’s 9-8 loss to the Guardians in the series opener in Cleveland. Oh, yes, and an egregiously bad umpiring call that might have changed the course...2024
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  • A look at Cubs trades in the expansion era: 2003
    • A look at Cubs trades in the expansion era: 2003
    Getty Images Not much happened, and then one BIG deal went down. The Cubs stood pat trade-wise over the 2002-03 offseason, though they did sign some free agents, including Tom Goodwin and Lenny Harris — the latter, terrible for the Cubs, wound up with a World Series ring after the Cubs let him go and he signed with the Marlins. Trade-wise... here we go. May 9: Traded Alan Benes to the Rang...2023

Derrek Lee lifestyle

  • • BCB After Dark: 15 years ago
    Photo by Lisa Blumenfeld/Getty Images The late-night/early-morning spot for Cubs fans asks you to reminisce about the 2008 Cubs. It’s another week here at BCB After Dark: the hippest happening for night owls, early risers, new parents and Cubs fans abroad. I hope you had a good weekend—or at least a better weekend than the Cubs did. Please get out of the heat and come and join us. There a...2023
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  • • Giancarlo Stanton Taking Big Bucks, Bigger Risk with Marlins, Loria
    2014

Timeline

  • 2025
    "Former Cubs star Sammy Sosa was elected to the team's Hall of Fame along with former first baseman Derrek Lee."

  • 2024
    "2010: The Braves acquire 1B Derrek Lee from the Chicago Cubs in return for three minor league pitchers (Robinson Lopez, Tyrelle Harris and Jeffrey Lorick) on the same day they place starting first baseman Troy Glaus on the disabled list with inflammation around his left knee."

  • 2023
    "A Happy Birthday to Derrek Lee, plus other historical events."

  • 2022
    "Only four other Cubs have ever hit more than 42 (Billy Williams’ mark in 1970, and the team record for a lefthanded hitter, and that one’s probably not going to be broken either): Derrek Lee (46 in 2005), Andre Dawson (49 in 1987), Dave Kingman (48 in 1979), and Ernie Banks, who did it four times: 44 in 1955, 43 in 1957, 47 in 1958 and 45 in 1959."

  • 2017
    "Derrek Lee and Alex Gonzalez, teammates on the Marlins' 2003 World Series champions, were among dignitaries attending an All-Star Legacy ceremony at Marlins Park as Major League Baseball and the Marlins dedicated a newly purchased, All-Star branded Mobile Eye Unit for Miami's Lighthouse for the Blind and Visually Impaired."

  • 2016
    "Derrek Lee, Aramis Ramirez and Moises Alou did the same for the 2004 Cubs."

  • 2015
    "If he keeps up this pace and the Cubs make the postseason, he could be the first North Sider to finish in the top three in MVP voting since Derrek Lee in 2005."

  • 2014
    "In an effort to slash payroll, Loria traded Josh Beckett, Mike Lowell, Brad Penny, Luis Castillo, Juan Pierre, Alex Gonzalez, Derrek Lee and Juan Encarnacion—all key members of that championship team—over the next two years."

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Derrek Lee trade rumors, contract, salary rumors

  • • Hall of Famers and other significant players who had brief cameos with the Cubs
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  • • This day in Braves History: Braves trade rookie blocked by Eddie Mathews
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  • Cubs 9, Royals 4: Words of Wisdom
    • Cubs 9, Royals 4: Words of Wisdom
    Peter Aiken-USA TODAY Sports A pinch-hit grand slam by Patrick Wisdom won this game for the Cubs. (No, I did not make that up.) Hey, look! The Cubs beat the Royals 9-4 Saturday evening mainly on the strength of Patrick Wisdom’s pinch-hit grand slam in the seventh inning, and in so doing scored as many runs in this game as they had in all seven previous games since the All-Star break combin...2024
  • BCB roundtable: 2024 Cubs season preview
    • BCB roundtable: 2024 Cubs season preview
    Getty Images A discussion of the season to come from the BCB staff. BCB’s front-page writers have done several of these roundtable discussions previewing Cubs seasons and postseasons, so here we are again to kick off the 2024 season. Josh, Sara, Thomas, Duane and I had a lively online conversation Wednesday afternoon. The online chat has been lightly edited for clarity. Ashley was unable t...2024
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  • A look at Cubs trades in the expansion era: 2010
    • A look at Cubs trades in the expansion era: 2010
    Blake DeWitt bats for the Cubs in September 2011 | Photo by Denis Poroy/Getty Images This was a VERY slow year for deals. After the 2008 division title and a decline in 2009, Jim Hendry tried to keep the Cubs in contention in 2010. They muddled around .500 early in the year, then fell out of contention and a 16-5 loss to the Braves was Lou Piniella’s last game as manager. The Cubs had a de...2024
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  • • A look at Cubs trades in the expansion era: 2003
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  • This Day in Braves History: December 15th
    • This Day in Braves History: December 15th
    Photo by Underwood Archives/Getty Images Braves Franchise History 1948 - The Dodgers trade Pete Reiser to the Braves for outfielder Myron McCormick. The marvelously talented but reckless Reiser crashed into too many outfield walls and, according to Red Smith, was carried off on a stretcher 11 times. 1960 - The Braves acquire shortstop Roy McMillan and a player to be named later from the R...2023
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  • Baseball history unpacked, August 14
    • Baseball history unpacked, August 14
    Happy birthday, Chris Valaika! | 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. Dick Ellsworth, Bob Gibson, and more! 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 var...2023
  • • BCB After Dark: Must everything go?
    Brad Penner-USA TODAY Sports The late-night/early-morning spot for Cubs fans asks if the Cubs should trade Adbert Alzolay. It’s another evening here at BCB After Dark: the swingin’ spot for night owls, early risers, new parents and Cubs fans abroad. Come on in and join us. It’s hot out there but things are cool in here. There’s no cover charge this evening. We still have a prime table avai...2023

Derrek Lee stats and results

  • • Baseball history unpacked, September 6
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  • Baseball history unpacked, September 6
    • Baseball history unpacked, September 6
    Photo by George Gojkovich/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. A Happy Birthday to Derrek Lee, plus other historical events. 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...2023
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  • • 2023 Cubs Heroes and Goats: Game 45
    Photo by Rich Schultz/Getty Images The Cubs were crushed in Philly Well, that rebound didn’t last long. This is my seventh year writing about the Cubs. Before that, I was a long time commenter on this site. I’ve had an awful lot of positive things to say about this organization. I came to Bleed Cubbie Blue while the Cubs were terrible. Back then, Theo Epstein was still new here and we spen...2023
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  • • Chicago Cubs vs. Washington Nationals preview, Monday 5/1, 6:05 CT
    Rich Storry-USA TODAY Sports The Cubs open a four-game set in the nation’s capital. Monday notes... THOSE ONE-RUN LOSSES: The Cubs have lost three straight games by one run: 3-2, 7-6 and 4-3. This is their 50th such three-game streak since 1901. They have had six such streaks of four straight, the last in 1972. They lost five one-run games in a row in September of 2019, the last four to ...2023
  • • Chicago Cubs vs. San Diego Padres preview, Tuesday 4/25, 6:40 CT
    David Banks-USA TODAY Sports The Cubs host yet another team from the West. Today's roster move: Here Tuesday notes... THE NICO FILES: Nico Hoerner has reached base in 20 of the Cubs’ 21 games this season. He is the 19th Cub to go 20 for 21. The previous one was Sammy Sosa, in 2003. Seven reached in all 21: Jimmy Sheckard (1911), Frank Demaree (1936), Phil Cavarretta (1946), Lee Walls (19...2023
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  • • Here are 5 Cubs franchise career records that are unbreakable
    Ernie Banks in action in 1960 | Photo by Focus on Sport/Getty Images “Records are made to be broken,” goes the saying. These won’t be. I suppose it should be said of sports records that all of them could be broken, theoretically, at one time or another. Some of them, though, are going to stand forever, largely because the sorts of conditions under which they were set no longer exist. The g...2022
  • • Baseball history unpacked, November 2
    CUBS WIN!!!!!!! | Brian Cassella/Chicago Tribune/Tribune News Service via Getty Images A thrice-weekly digest, replete with #Cubs, #MLB, and #MiLB factoids, gathered from reputable sources. You know what day it is. CUBS WIN!!!!! 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...2022
  • • Three up, three down: An update on the Cubs, September 20 edition
    Photo by Michael Reaves/Getty Images The Cubs had a really good week and a bad one rolled into one. Since the last update in this series, the Cubs swept a really good team and then... went 1-3 against bad teams. Go figure. Three up Zach McKinstry makes his case for the 2023 roster Since the last update here, McKinstry is batting .269/.269/.615 (7-for-26). That’s a weird slash line, because...2022
  • • Is 2016 a Do-or-Die Year for the Blue Jays' Offensive Juggernaut?
    2016
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  • • Derrek Lee and Sammy Sosa voted to the Cubs Hall of Fame, and Cubs Convention open thread
    2025
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  • • Sammy Sosa, Derrek Lee to Be Inducted into Cubs Hall of Fame
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  • • BCB After Dark: Must everything go?
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  • • BCB After Dark: 15 years ago
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  • • Today in Cubs history: Kerry Wood and Hee Seop Choi collide
    Dusty Baker talking with Hee Seop Choi as the latter is taken away by ambulance | Photo by Jonathan Daniel/Getty Images Choi had to be taken off the field in an ambulance. The interleague series in June 2003 at Wrigley Field between the Cubs and Yankees had been highly hyped. It was the Yankees’ first appearance at the North Side ballpark in 65 years, and the first-ever regular-season set ...2023
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  • • 2023 Cubs Heroes and Goats: Game 45
    2023
    Check it out Rich Schultz
  • • BCB After Dark: ‘Tis the season
    Photo by Keith Birmingham/MediaNews Group/Pasadena Star-News via Getty Images The late-night/early-morning spot for Cubs fans asks which Cubs jersey do you want as a present. Welcome back to BCB After Dark: the merriest meet-up for night owls, early risers, new parents and Cubs fans abroad. It’s our last performance before the holiday break and we’re so glad that you stopped by. We’re in ...2022
  • • Is 2016 a Do-or-Die Year for the Blue Jays' Offensive Juggernaut?
    2016
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Top Derrek Lee news

  • • Here are 5 Cubs single-season records that are unbreakable
    Anthony Rizzo plunked in 2019 | Photo by Quinn Harris/Getty Images No one’s ever going to have seasons like this for the Cubs going forward. Yesterday we looked at five Cubs franchise records for an overall career with the team that I think will stand forever. Today, I present to you five single-season records that I think will remain on the record books for all time. Again, I’ve generally...2022
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  • • Baseball history unpacked, September 6
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  • This Day in Braves History:  Greg Maddux picks up 200th win against Giants
    • This Day in Braves History:  Greg Maddux picks up 200th win against Giants
    Photo by Focus on Sport/Getty Images Braves Franchise History 1914: The Braves express slows as the Reds beat Dick Crutcher, 3-1. 1915: The new Braves Field opens in Boston as an estimated 46,500 jam the park to see the Braves and Dick Rudolph beat the Cards, 3-1. 1942: After going 1-6 before the All-Star break, Carl Hubbell posts his eighth straight win, beating the Braves, 10 - 2. The 3...2023
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  • • Cubs free agent target: Cody Bellinger
    Photo by Ronald Martinez/Getty Images Now that the Dodgers have let him go, the Cubs should go get him. EDITOR’S NOTE: I first wrote an article about Cody Bellinger as a free agent here about four weeks ago, before he actually hit the FA market. Bellinger was non-tendered by the Dodgers Friday, granting him free agency. I still believe he’s a good idea for the 2023 Cubs. So, here’s my arti...2022
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  • • A look at Cubs trades in the expansion era: 2003
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  • • Here are 10 really great Cubs comeback wins from the divisional play era
    Getty Images You asked for this — and here it is. After the Cubs blew a five-run lead in Houston last Wednesday, I wrote this article about similar — and even bigger — blown Cubs leads over the last half-century or so. Never let it be said that I don’t respond to suggestions. Several of you thought I should do a companion piece on great Cubs comebacks from big deficits. And so... here is t...2023
    Continue with Dave Kingman
  • • Three up, three down: An update on the Cubs, September 20 edition
    2022
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  • • Cubs free agent target: Cody Bellinger
    Photo by Ronald Martinez/Getty Images Wait, hear me out. The first thing you need to know here is that Cody Bellinger is not a free agent — yet. He’s 27 years old and just finished up a $17 million contract in his second-to-last year of arbitration eligibility. Bellinger has had three really bad years in a row, mostly due to multiple injuries. In 2022 alone he missed time due to illness an...2022
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Derrek Lee fantasy rankings and news

  • • Daily Fantasy Baseball 2015: Best MLB DFS DraftKings Lineup for May 13
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Derrek Lee schedule, game

  • • Cub Tracks’ unconventional
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  • • BCB After Dark: What was your favorite Cubs Convention Opening Ceremony moment?
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  • • Here are the attendees for the 2025 Cubs Convention
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  • • Hall of Famers and other significant players who had brief cameos with the Cubs
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  • • Cub Tracks’ uphill both ways
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  • • Baseball history unpacked, September 6
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  • This Day in Braves History: Greg Maddux wins his 200th game
    • This Day in Braves History: Greg Maddux wins his 200th game
    Braves Franchise History 1914: The Braves express slows as the Reds beat Dick Crutcher, 3-1. 1915: The new Braves Field opens in Boston as an estimated 46,500 jam the park to see the Braves and Dick Rudolph beat the Cards, 3-1. 1942: After going 1-6 before the All-Star break, Carl Hubbell posts his eighth straight win, beating the Braves, 10 - 2. The 39-year-old veteran is backed by Mel Ott’s thr...2024
    Check it out Greg Maddux
  • • Baseball history unpacked, August 14
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  • • Guardians 9, Cubs 8: Frustrating
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  • • Cubs 9, Royals 4: Words of Wisdom
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Derrek Lee rumors, scandals

  • • Baseball history unpacked, November 25
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  • • A look at Cubs trades in the expansion era: 2003
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  • • BCB After Dark: 15 years ago
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    Visit the page Elvis Presley
  • • 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
  • • Is 2016 a Do-or-Die Year for the Blue Jays' Offensive Juggernaut?
    2016
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