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• This Day in Braves History: Atlanta signs Nick Markakis to four-year $44 million contract

Photo by Justin K. Aller/Getty Images Braves Franchise History 1963 - The Milwaukee Braves acquire outfielder Felipe Alou, catcher Ed Bailey, pitcher Ernie Bowman and infielder Ernie Bowman from the Giants in exchange for catcher Del Crandell and pitchers Bob Hendley and Bob Shaw. 1974 - The Braves send catcher Jim Essian to the White Sox in exchange for Dick Allen and cash. Allen refuses...2024
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• Today in White Sox History: December 2

On this day 76 years ago, Bob Kuzava came to the White Sox. Traded in-season in five different years after that, it was wise for Bob to keep a suitcase packed at all times. The South Siders swing a solid, three-player deal 1937 It was a deal met with outrage from Detroit fans, as the Tigers sent outfielder Gee Walker, catcher Mike Tresh and third baseman Marv Owen to the White Sox for star...2024
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Take a look at all of their White Sox fare, along with designs across all teams/sports! BreakingT just launched its Black Friday/Cyber Monday deals: 20% off of best sellers, up to 80% off on clearance items — and you can get a FREE mystery shirt with your order. Use this link to get to the main BreakingT page, with all three deals explained. Happy Thanksgiving, Black Friday, Cyber Monday, and hol...2024
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• Today in White Sox History: November 15

On this day 76 years ago, the White Sox finally cut ties with stalwart outfielder Taffy Wright. Taffy gets pulled to Philly 1945 Harry Grabiner, the longest-tenured executive in White Sox history and certainly one of the longest-running employees overall, resigned as GM of the club. While not really formally holding a GM title, Grabiner had run the White Sox in tandem with three generation...2024
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• Outside The Confines: No baseball at Tropicana until 2026

Photo by Paul Hennessy/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images The damage report for the Rays’ stadium is back, and it’s grim. One of the biggest stories of the offseason isn’t where Juan Soto will sign or which team will land Roki Sasaki, it’s the devastation of Tropicana Field, and whether the Rays would be able to play at home in 2025. The answer is finally known, and in short: No. The...2024
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• Royals Rumblings - News for November 12, 2024

Photo by Ed Zurga/Getty Images Will the Royals make a deal? Craig Brown reacts to rumors the Royals are willing to deal Alec Marsh or Kris Bubic for a bat. I’m also skeptical because I’m not sure either brings back the return that would be desired. Bubic, as noted above, seemed to break out before his injury but by the time he makes another start in the majors, it will be almost two years...2024
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• Today in White Sox History: November 12

On this day 44 years ago, Steve Stone got the honor of his baseball life. | Focus on Sport/Getty Images A former South Side hurler and future broadcaster caps off the season of his life 1920 As a response to the Black Sox scandal that saw members of the White Sox throw the World Series in 1919, baseball owners unanimously elected Kenesaw Mountain Landis as the first baseball commissioner. ...2024
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• That Dick Allen and Tommy John aren’t already in the Hall of Fame is a travesty

These doors should open wide for two ex-Sox players. One that can be rectified, though too late for one of them to know it the state of being known or talked about by many people, especially on account of notable achievements That’s what the folks at Oxford say fame is, and when it comes to the English language, they’re the experts. Bear that definition in mind when we get to the second of...2024
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• Baseball Hall of Fame announces Classic Baseball Era Ballot

Photo by Focus on Sport/Getty Images Some Hall of Fame candidates will get a second look. The National Baseball Hall of Fame has released the nominees for the Classic Baseball Era Ballot, which includes eight candidates whose primary contributions occurred before 1980. The candidates include Dick Allen, Ken Boyer, John Donaldson, Steve Garvey, Vic Harris, Tommy John, Dave Parker, and Luis ...2024
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• The 1975 Topps countdown, worst to best (No. 40-21)

I would be remiss if I didn't mention on a post devoted completely to cards issued in 1975 that we recently lost two key members of the 1975 baseball postseason.Both Pete Rose and Luis Tiant were critical parts of the two teams that reached the 1975 World Series. Both wily veterans by the '75 series, their abilities were trumpeted all over the playoff telecasts that year.At least that's what...2024
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• Today in White Sox History: September 29

Alexei Ramírez and his record-breaking, game-winning home run on this day 16 years ago has become one of the most iconic images in White Sox history. Homer Hands! 1908 White Sox starting pitcher Ed Walsh fired two complete games in a doubleheader against the Red Sox. He won both, 5-1 and 2-0, allowing only seven total hits and one walk. That season, Walsh would have arguably the greatest ...2024
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• Today in White Sox History: September 14

On this day 26 years ago, Craig Wilson and Ray Durham went deep to lead off the 12th inning, bringing home a unique victory in extras. A loooooong game in Detroit ends well for the Good Guys 1952 In a 17-inning game in Chicago, Sox pitcher Saul Rogovin struck out 14 Red Sox in 15 innings of work. But it was Luis Aloma who got the decision, as the White Sox won, 4-3, thanks to a single by R...2024
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• Baseball history unpacked, September 11

Happy birthday, Shawn Armstrong! | Photo by Matt Dirksen/Chicago Cubs/Getty Images A M-W-F digest, replete with #Cubs, #MLB, and #MiLB content, gathered from reputable sources. Happy birthday, Shawn Armstrong! Paul Popovich goes deep, 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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• Today in White Sox History: September 1

Frank Thomas, partly due to a record-breaking homer on this day 31 years ago, earned a Sporting News cover heading into the 1993 playoffs. | Sporting News via Getty Images via Getty Images The Big Hurt sets a homer mark 1970 With the White Sox approaching the end of their worst season in franchise history, GM Ed Short was fired after nine years on the job. Short made brilliant offseason de...2024
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"Dick Allen, Dave Parker and Luis Tiant are among eight men on the ballot for the baseball Hall of Fame's classic era committee that meets Dec."

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"had taken a 1-0 lead in the second inning on a home run by Dick Allen, and Juan Marichal started and threw three scoreless innings, allowing just one A."

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"1972 White Sox slugger Dick Allen made history again."

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"2022 Golden Days Era Committee Candidate: Dick Allen"

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"Dick Allen, the oft-maligned superstar, played angry - understandably"

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"Dick Allen, James Grant, Kenny Lofton, Eddie Murray and J."

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"In December, 2014 Dick Allen missed being elected to the Hall of Fame by one Veterans Committee vote."

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"If he does in fact win, Donaldson will become the first AL player since 1972 (Dick Allen) to earn the award after being traded in the offseason, per ESPN's Buster Olney."

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"Tony Oliva and Dick Allen came the closest, each receiving 11 of 16 votes, one shy of the 75 percent needed for election."

• This Day in Braves History: Atlanta signs Nick Markakis to four-year $44 million contract
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• Outside The Confines: No baseball at Tropicana until 2026
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• The case for each of the Classic Baseball Hall of Fame candidates

Photo by Louis Requena/MLB via Getty Images Luis Tiant, Dick Allen and Tommy John are among eight players on this year’s Classic Era ballot. The Baseball Hall of Fame has had some form of “Veterans Committee” ballot in its induction process going all the way back to 1939. The committees have taken various forms over the years, but the most recent process breaks up potential candidates into...2024
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• Today in White Sox History: September 15

Red Faber spun a masterpiece in Boston on this day, 109 years ago. | George Rinhart/Corbis via Getty Images Red Faber paints a masterpiece 1901 In a doubleheader nightcap hosting Milwaukee, the White Sox hit an MLB-record five triples in the eighth inning — and three of them were consecutive! Sam Mertes, Fred Hartman and Herm McFarland started off the barrage with three three-baggers in a ...2024
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• Today in White Sox History: August 31

One year ago, ugh. | Michael Reaves/Getty Images Chris Getz hops from the highchair to the Big Chair 1926 In a twin bill at Detroit, White Sox infielder Ray Morehart tied a major-league record in cranking out nine hits in 10 at-bats! Morehart went 5-for-6 in the opener, and then capped it off with a 4-for-4 performance in the nightcap. Two of his nine hits were doubles. Morehead’s five hit...2024
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• Today in White Sox History: August 16

On this day 50 years ago — and for the third time in 1974 — fives were wild for Jorge Orta. Jorge Orta is wild about fives 1927 Babe Ruth hit the first rooftop home run in Comiskey Park history, when he blasted a shot off of Tommy Thomas. The ball was estimated to have gone 474 feet. The Yankees won, 8-1. Ruth’s home run came in the fifth inning, and was a solo shot. Former White Sox manag...2024
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• For the White Sox, deja vu all over again would actually be good

Roland Hemond was no Chris Getz, lucky for the White Sox. | Ron Vesely/MLB Photos via Getty Images But don’t count on Yogi being prescient this time around As the White Sox rush toward the worst major league record of the modern era (post-1901), they are almost certain to blow by the team’s most losses ever, the 56-106 calamity of 1970. It could be history would repeat itself when it comes...2024
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• Today in White Sox History: August 23

In a series 39 years ago, George Bell murdered the White Sox with a succession of titanic blasts. Two huge blasts at Comiskey, in one day 1906 The Sox beat Washington, 4-1, for their 19th straight win, a franchise record that still stands. Roy Patterson picked up the win. It ended up being (tied for) the longest American League winning streak of the 20th Century. This was the streak that p...2024
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• Today in White Sox History: July 27

Iván Calderón makes the steal of the season 1951 Among many injustices betraying a pro-Yankees slant in Major League Baseball over the years, this was egregious as they come. It was the start of a four-game series at Yankee Stadium, with Chicago trailing New York and Boston by just 3 1⁄2 games in the standing. The White Sox trailed the Yankees, 3-2, when the game was delayed 25 minutes by rain. Wh...2024
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• Today in White Sox History: April 26

Hitting machine Dick Allen had his first White Sox walk-off home run on this day, 52 years ago. It wouldn’t be his last. Dick Allen takes his first hero turn on the South Side 1925 The White Sox forfeited a game to Cleveland. It happened in front of a Comiskey Park-record crowd of 44,000 fans. So many fans were at the game that owner Charles Comiskey allowed them on the field, behind rope...2024
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• The most colorful hobby box I've ever opened, part 1

All right, welcome to my 2024 Heritage box break. This is the first hobby box I have purchased since 2011 when I bought a box of Allen & Ginter for the third year in a row. After that I went into box-breaking rehab and have done quite well, except for falling off the wagon ... right now.I don't buy hobby boxes these days for a lot of reasons, but one of the big ones occurring to me now is I ...2024
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• Today in White Sox History: December 2
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• Today in White Sox History: October 31

Ed Walsh [left] coached his sons Ed and Bob at Notre Dame. | George Rinhart/Corbis via Getty Images The younger Ed Walsh is beset by tragedy 1937 Ed Arthur Walsh, son of White Sox legend Ed Walsh, died of rheumatic fever after falling into a coma at his childhood home in Meriden, Conn. He was just 32 years old. Quite obviously, the younger Walsh would never escape the shadow of his father,...2024
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• Catching up

Lots to blog about but I just haven't gotten the urge to type much lately. However, my guilt won't let me go too long without acknowledging cards received from a fellow cardblogger, so let's check out what John Miller surprised me with recently.Photo came out blurry, but here are a bunch of Gavins. Mr. Williams has the biggest start of his life tonight for Cleveland. Good luck to him, but it's loo...2024
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• The 1975 Topps countdown, worst to best (No. 60-41)

After a hiatus lasting months, I grabbed my first 1975 Topps buyback since the Great Splurge during April, May and June.I was a bit burned out and the prices set on these things weren't helping. I wanted to see if prices went down. That doesn't appear to be the case yet, but a single card isn't going to hurt me, so now the Greg Luzinski buyback is mine.This is the 518th card in my buyback q...2024
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• Today in White Sox History: September 1
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• Today in White Sox History: August 11

Informal full-length portrait of baseball player Ray Schalk of the American League’s Chicago White Sox, holding his hands in front of him, crouching in a catching position on the field at Comiskey Park, in the Armour Square community area of Chicago, Illinois, 1912. | Chicago Sun-Times/Chicago Daily News collection/Chicago History Museum/Getty Images A Hall of Fame backstop makes his South...2024
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• Today in White Sox History: June 24

On this day 61 years ago, Pete Ward extended his hitting streak and helped the White Sox catch the first-place Yankees. A White Sox rookie makes his all-time mark 1914 In a telegram discovered in 2012, White Sox owner Charles Comiskey told scout George Mills that the asking price for pitcher Babe Ruth was too high at $16,000. At the time, Ruth was playing for the Baltimore Orioles. Comis...2024
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• Today in Cubs All-Star history: Fergie Jenkins ties a strikeout record
Fergie Jenkins at Wrigley Field in September 1967 | Photo by Walter Iooss Jr./Sports Illustrated via Getty Images It has not been matched in the ASG since — and likely never will be. Fergie Jenkins is a beloved Cubs elder statesman, one of the greatest pitchers in franchise history. He posted six straight 20-win seasons for the team, back when that was a true accomplishment, and was electe...2023
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• This Day in Braves History: John Smoltz strikes out 13
Photo by SPX/Ron Vesely Photography via 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 Wrig...2023
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• No one elected to Hall of Fame by Golden Era Committee
No one was elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame on Monday by the museum's Golden Era Committee. Tony Oliva and Dick Allen came the closest, each receiving 11 of 16 votes, one shy of the 75 percent needed for election....2014
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• The rise of Luis Robert Jr.
How many of you would have guess that Luis Robert Jr. would have played the most games for the White Sox in the first half of the season? Stop lying, the correct answer is: ZERO. | Darren Yamashita-USA TODAY Sports In a miserable season, one person has carried the Chicago White Sox on his back If you follow me on the dying website known as Twitter, you know I tweet a certain thing wheneve...2023
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• This Day in Braves History: Babe Ruth returns to Boston
Photo by New York Times Co./Getty Images Braves Franchise History 1935 - Babe Ruth signs a contract with the Boston Braves. Ruth will serve as a player, coach and team vice president. MLB History 1901 - The National League Rules Committee declares that all foul balls will count as strikes, except after two strikes. The American League will not adopt this rule for several more years. 1907...2023
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• Dick Allen, the oft-maligned superstar, played angry - understandably
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• What can be learned from White Sox history?

Figure out a way to bring these two guys back to life, and all shall be well. The history of the inglorious season of 1970, that is The White Sox of 1970 have been ingloriously brought to the fore by the White Sox of 2023, as 101 losses is the most for the team since that dreaded 1970 record-setter. But while there is very little hope that the current powers-that-be in Bridgeport can keep...2023
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• Allen, Parker, Tiant on Hall classic era ballot
Dick Allen, Dave Parker and Luis Tiant are among eight men on the ballot for the baseball Hall of Fame's classic era committee that meets Dec. 8 at the winter meetings in Dallas....2024
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• Gary Peters, 1937-2023
Our tribute to the Rookie of the Year and dominant 1960s pitching force comes in the form of an extended Q&A With the passing of Gary Peters, once again we are able to produce a wonderful tribute to him in the form of an extended Q&A. Peters, by WAR, was the 17th-best pitcher in the history of a very pitching-rich franchise, and tied with Ray Durham for 38th-best player overall. Our sincerely cond...2023
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• Today in White Sox History: December 2
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• Today in White Sox History: March 30

On this day 46 years ago, Pablo Torrealba came to the White Sox, at a pretty steep cost. | Topps A bad trade that helped doom the 1978 club 1970 In a swap of arms, the White Sox deal Jerry Nyman to San Diego for Tommie Sisk. Both players would throw their last in the majors in 1970, with Nyman making two starts (15.19 ERA, -0.4 WAR). Sisk did a lot of damage quickly, throwing 17 (1-1, 5.4...2024
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• Vote for the 2024 South Side Sox White Sox Hall of Fame!

Jack McDowell came the closest to being elected, without topping the 75% threshhold, in our last Hall of Fame election. | Otto Greule Jr/Allsport/Getty Images Let’s immortalize our sixth class of the best South Siders of all time Once upon a time, the Chicago White Sox had a team Hall of Fame — until they decided to put it in mothballs, in favor of an extended gift shop. Now the Sox have ...2024
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• Today in White Sox History: November 15

Some 15 years before leaving the White Sox, GM Harry Grabiner [left] surveys Comiskey Park with one of his former players, Billy Sullivan. A long, long, long GM tenure ends 1945 Harry Grabiner, the longest-tenured executive in White Sox history and certainly one of the longest-running employees overall, resigned as GM of the club. While not really formally holding a GM title, Grabiner had...2023
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