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• This day in Braves History: Bobby Cox reaches 2,000 career wins

Photo by Jamie Squire/Getty Images The old skipper hits an incredible milestone. Braves Franchise History 1914: The Boston Braves complete an incredible second-half comeback to clinch the pennant. They will forever be remembered as the “Miracle Braves”. 1959: In Game 2 of a three-game playoff, the Dodgers defeat the Milwaukee Braves in 12 innings to clinch the National League pennant. Gil ...2024
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• This day in Braves History: Eddie Mathews leads baseball in home runs

Photo by Hy Peskin/Getty Images Henry Aaron was one homer away from joining Mathews in the 40-homer club back in 1959. Braves Franchise History 1952: The Braves tied the Dodgers 5-5 in their final game representing Boston. The team will move to Milwaukee before the start of the next season. 1959: Eddie Mathews hits his league leading 46th home run in a 3-2 loss to the Dodgers. Ernie Banks...2024
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• This day in Braves History: The Niekro brothers make history together

Phil beats his brother Joe and they both end up going down in baseball history. Braves Franchise History 1912: The Giants clinch the National League flag with a sweep of the Braves, winning, 8-3 and 4-0. Christy Mathewson coasts to his 23rd win in the opener and Al Demaree, recently called up from Mobile where he was 25-10, shuts out the Braves on seven hits in the nitecap. Demaree strikes out ni...2024
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• This Day in Braves History: The final home game in Boston

Photo by Transcendental Graphics/Getty Images Also, baseball returns to New York in 2001 following the tragic events of 9/11 Braves Franchise History 1919: The Cubs beat the Braves, 3 - 0, in 58 minutes. It took the Robins 55 minutes to beat the Reds, 3 - 1. Slim Sallee throws 65 pitches, topping Christy Mathewson’s 69-pitch complete game. 1947: The Braves’ Warren Spahn delays the Dodgers...2024
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• Baseball history unpacked, September 20

Photo by Louis Requena/MLB via Getty Images A M-W-F digest, replete with #Cubs, #MLB, and #MiLB content, gathered from reputable sources. Ernie hits his first, no-hitters galore, 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 t...2024
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• Baseball history unpacked, September 18

Getty Images A M-W-F digest, replete with #Cubs, #MLB, and #MiLB content, gathered from reputable sources. Happy birthday to Hall-of-Famer Ryne Sandberg, and other stories. Klaatu barada nikto. 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 fo...2024
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• Baseball history unpacked, September 18
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• Baseball history unpacked, September 9

Happy birthday, Ben Brown! | Photo by Jeff Dean/Getty Images A M-W-F digest, replete with #Cubs, #MLB, and #MiLB content, gathered from reputable sources. We got your no-hitters right here. But wait! There’s more! Happy birthday, Ben Brown and many others. On Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays, Bleed Cubbie Blue is pleased to present a light-hearted, Cubs-centric look at baseball’s colo...2024
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• 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
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• Baseball history unpacked, September 2

Happy birthday, Christian Bethancourt! | Photo by Matt Dirksen/Chicago Cubs/Getty Images A M-W-F digest, replete with #Cubs, #MLB, and #MiLB content, gathered from reputable sources. Pappas throws a no-no and other stories. Happy birthday to Christian Bethancourt! On Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays, Bleed Cubbie Blue is pleased to present a light-hearted, Cubs-centric look at baseba...2024
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• Baseball history unpacked, August 2

Peanuts Lowrey sliding into home | Getty Images A M-W-F digest, replete with #Cubs, #MLB, and #MiLB content, gathered from reputable sources. The Big Train debuts, the Dodgers have yellow balls, RIP Thurman Munson, farewell Vin Scully, 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 pa...2024
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• Baseball history unpacked, July 31

Happy birthday, Leon Durham! | Photo by Focus on Sport/Getty Images A M-W-F digest, replete with #Cubs, #MLB, and #MiLB content, gathered from reputable sources. Happy birthday to Leon Durham, Jon Lester lays it down, 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...2024
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• Baseball history unpacked, July 12

Photo by Paul Natkin/Getty Images A M-W-F digest, replete with #Cubs, #MLB, and #MiLB content, gathered from reputable sources. Disco Demolition, Cy’s 300th, 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, with plenty of the lore and various narratives to follow as they unf...2024
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• This Day in Braves History: July 9th

Photo by Kevin C. Cox/Getty Images Braves Franchise History 1906 - The Boston Beaneaters snap an NL record 19-game losing streak with a 6-3 win over the Cardinals. 1992 - The Dodgers beat the Braves 3-2 as Kal Daniels hits a two-run home run in the eighth inning off of Mike Stanton. Orel Hershiser allowed four hits over eight innings and picked up his 12th straight win over Atlanta dating...2024
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• This Day in Braves History: Warren Spahn outduels Don Drysdale

Braves Franchise History 1963 - Warren Spahn outduels Don Drysdale with a three-hitter to beat the Dodgers 1-0. It is the first time that Spahn has beaten the Dodgers on the road since 1948. He had lost 14 straight. (nine at Ebbets Field, four at Memorial Coliseum and one at Dodger Stadium). MLB History 1907 - The Washington Senators steal a record 13 bases off of catcher Branch Rickey in a 16-5 ...2024
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• Baseball history unpacked, May 15

Happy birthday, Rafael Ortega! | Photo by Nuccio DiNuzzo/Getty Images A M-W-F digest, replete with #Cubs, #MLB, and #MiLB content, gathered from reputable sources. Happy birthday, Rafael Ortega! No-hitters 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 an...2024
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• Cub Tracks gets into the end zone

Photo by Joe Sargent/Getty Images #Cubs, #MLB, and #MiLB news and notes plus extras, four days a week. The Cubs put up a seven spot with late runs and looked good in the first game of a weekend series at PNC Park. 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, over...2024
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• Baseball history unpacked, May 8

Photo by Michael Reaves/Getty Images A M-W-F digest, replete with #Cubs, #MLB, and #MiLB content, gathered from reputable sources. Ryne Sandberg wins a game, no-hitters and other performances on a busy day in history. 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 vario...2024
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• With Lessons of Game's Greats, Mike Trout Poised for Move from MVP to MLB Icon
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• Sammy Sosa in Exile: There's Silence Rather Than Apology from Former Cubs Star
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"Notable names among the others who did it: Grover Cleveland Alexander (only pitcher), Ernie Banks, Glenn Beckert, Jose Cardenal, Frank Chance, Andre Dawson, Gabby Hartnett, Billy Herman, Rogers Hornsby, Randy Hundley, Jerry Morales, Andy Pafko and Ryne Sandberg."

2023
"It will include the 1876, 1907 and 1908 championship trophies, Ernie Banks’ 1959 MVP Award, Pat Hughes’ 2023 Ford Frick Award and more."

2022
"Sure, Ernie Banks received a standing ovation before a crowd of 18,505 at Wrigley before his first inning at-bat — an infield hit — in what would be his final game Sept."

2021
"To paraphrase the late, great Chicago Cub Ernie Banks: “Let’s race two!"

2019
"Miggy surpasses Ernie Banks on all-time RBI leaderboard"

2018
"While the 500-homer club boasts sluggers such as Ted Williams, Mickey Mantle and Ernie Banks, the 400-homer club offers us a glimpse into one of baseball's superglues: a diversity of skills."

2017
"This year's fourth annual Cactus League Hall of Fame induction, the first to recognize players, honors four pioneering African-Americans who helped pave the way for others: Larry Doby, Willie Mays, Monte Irvin and Ernie Banks, all of whom were among the first handful of players to integrate Spring Training baseball in Arizona."

2016
"David Ortiz belted career homer Number 513 in the third inning against Astros right-hander Collin McHugh on Saturday at Fenway Park, passing Hall of Famers Ernie Banks and Eddie Mathews on Major League Baseball's all-time home run list to take sole possession of 22nd place."

2015
"Cub" Ernie Banks, a Hall of Famer who hit 512 home runs in 19 seasons in Chicago, has died at age 83."

2014
"New manager Joe Maddon and pitcher Jon Lester will join Anthony Rizzo, Kerry Wood and Hall of Famers Billy Williams, Ernie Banks and Fergie Jenkins at the 30th Cubs Convention, Jan."

• This Day in Braves History: The final home game in Boston
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• Baseball history unpacked, July 31
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• This Day in Braves History: July 9th
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• This Day in Braves History: Tim Hudson does it all in 2-0 win over Blue Jays

Photo by Scott Cunningham/Getty Images Braves Franchise History 1951 - Billy Southworth records his first win as Braves manager as Warren Spahn shuts out the Cubs while going 3-for-4 at the plate with a home run. 1962 - Hank Aaron homered in the third and sixth inning to give the Braves a 3-2 win over the Mets in a six-inning rain-shortened game. Aaron drives in all three of the Braves ru...2024
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• Royals Rumblings - News for June 20, 2024

That was a fun moment between Butler and Gordon | Photo by Jamie Squire/Getty Images Thursdays are the new Friday! Ed note: Yes, I know, it’s not Friday. But when we get down to OT, this will make sense. Greg was gracious enough to switch when I realized the game today fit with the topic. For those of you who skip Friday Rumblings... shame on you. Or not. But this is the wild and bori...2024
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• This Day in Braves History: John Smoltz slows down Rockies

Photo credit should read TIMOTHY CLARY/AFP via Getty Images Braves Franchise History 1906 - The Boston Beaneaters snap an NL record 19-game losing streak with a 6-3 win over the Cardinals. 1992 - The Dodgers beat the Braves 3-2 as Kal Daniels hits a two-run home run in the eighth inning off of Mike Stanton. Orel Hershiser allowed four hits over eight innings and picked up his 12th straigh...2024
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• This Day in Braves History: Atlanta selects Chipper Jones with the first pick of the 1990 MLB draft

RVR Photos-USA TODAY Sports Braves Franchise History 1952 - The Reds purchased veteran outfielder Willard Marshall from the Boston Braves. 1975 - The Braves draft second baseman Glenn Hubbard in the 20th round of the MLB Draft. 1986 - Barry Bonds hits his first career home run off of Craig McMurtry in a 12-3 Pirates win over the Braves. Bonds will finish with four hits in the game. 1990...2024
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• Cubs 7, Reds 5: Dansby Swanson’s homer wins it

Photo by Quinn Harris/Getty Images It was a long, wet journey into night, but the Cubs came out on top. It rained in Chicago Saturday. A lot. And the game between the Cubs and Reds was delayed. A lot. Three hours and 20 minutes, to be exact. In the end, the wait was worth it, as a two-run homer by Dansby Swanson in the eighth inning broke a 5-5 tie and gave the Cubs a 7-5 win over the Reds...2024
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• This Day in Braves History: Atlanta fires Chuck Tanner

Photo by George Gojkovich/Getty Images Braves Franchise History 1919 - Boston holds Hank Gowdy Day at the ballpark as he plays in his first game after returning from the Army. Gowdy singles on the first pitch he sees but the Braves fall to the Reds 10-4. 1920 - Jack Scott allows three hits as the Braves beat the Reds 7-0. 1928 - Jack Slattery quits as manager of the last place Braves and...2024
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• This Day in Braves History: Ryan Klesko extends Atlanta’s home run streak to 25 games

Photo credit should read DOUG COLLIER/AFP via Getty Images Braves Franchise History 1942 - Jim Tobin has a huge day as he throws a five hitter and slugs three consecutive home runs in a 6-5 win over the Cubs at Braves Field. Tobin is the first pitcher in modern history to collect three home runs in a game. 1998 - Ryan Klesko hits a two-run home run against the Cardinals to help the Braves...2024
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• This day in Braves History: Bobby Cox reaches 2,000 career wins
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• Baseball history unpacked, September 6
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• Baseball history unpacked, September 2
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• Cubs 6, Blue Jays 5: Sure, they won, but...

Photo by Nuccio DiNuzzo/Getty Images Hector Neris just can’t be the Cubs closer anymore. We have many spirited discussions on Cubs topics here at Bleed Cubbie Blue. And often, we disagree, hopefully in a civil manner, about various Cubs things. One thing I think everyone here can agree on at this point: Hector Neris must be removed from the closer role. Believe it or not, Friday’s was just...2024
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• Baseball history unpacked, July 12
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• Ryne Sandberg is honored with the fifth player statue at Wrigley Field

Ryne Sandberg poses with his new statue moments after it was unveiled before a packed Gallagher Way crowd outside Wrigley Field | Photo by Jamie Sabau/Getty Images “It’s amazing what can happen when dreams meet hard work” People arrived to claim their spot in line by 9:30 a.m. Sunday while Cubs staff were setting up for a day to honor Ryne Sandberg. A banner reading “Ryne Sandberg Second t...2024
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• Royals Rumblings - News for June 20, 2024
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• Baseball history unpacked, May 13

Happy birthday, Willson Contreras! | Photo by Stacy Revere/Getty Images A M-W-F digest, replete with #Cubs, #MLB, and #MiLB content, gathered from reputable sources. Happy birthday, Willson Contreras! 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 var...2024
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• Baseball history unpacked, May 8
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• Outside The Confines: To bee or not to bee

Mark J. Rebilas-USA TODAY Sports A hero emerges in Phoenix. Another injury for Mike Trout and another broadcast dispute. A look at home runs in college ball and other news from around baseball. Good morning. It’s good to be home. See you at 1:20. As you no doubt heard, Angels superstar Mike Trout is injured again. Will Leitch has five questions about Trout, his injury and the Angels. Ke...2024
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• This day in Braves History: The Niekro brothers make history together
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• 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
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• Ryne Sandberg is honored with the fifth player statue at Wrigley Field
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• Outside The Confines: To bee or not to bee
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• Cubs 3, Astros 1: PCA saves the day

Photo by Michael Reaves/Getty Images Pete Crow-Armstrong won the game with his first MLB hit. The first thing I thought when I saw Pete Crow-Armstrong’s sixth-inning blast head toward the right-field bleachers was, “You have got to be kidding me!” PCA had struggled so mightily in his first exposure to MLB pitching last September, and Justin Verlander had just made him look silly in his fir...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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• The 2024 Cubs by the numbers

Photo by Michael Reaves/Getty Images A complete numerical list of this year’s Cubs as they get ready for this year’s Spring Training. As I do here every spring, I present to you a full numerical roster of all the players and coaches in Cubs spring camp. Also included are the Cubs’ retired numbers, so you can see the full numerical progression. There are 59 players in camp, the 40-man roste...2024
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• Sammy Sosa, Tom Ricketts and the Cubs

Phil Velasquez/Chicago Tribune/Tribune News Service via Getty Images It’s time to touch the third rail. Wednesday, I posted the text of an email Cubs Chairman Tom Ricketts had sent to fans. Many of the comments to that post had to do with the relationship, or non-relationship, between Ricketts and former Cubs star Sammy Sosa. So I thought it’s time I addressed this issue. Let’s stipulate ...2023
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• Cub Tracks’ sheer piracy

Photo by Quinn Harris/Getty Images Four days a week — the latest #Cubs, #MLB, and #MiLB news, all in one tidy package. Pittsburgh returned fire with a 13-run barrage. 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 in writers’ tears, and then col...2023
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• Beloved Mr. Cub, Hall of Famer Banks dies at 83
"Mr. Cub" Ernie Banks, a Hall of Famer who hit 512 home runs in 19 seasons in Chicago, has died at age 83....2015
• Beloved 'Mr. Cub' Ernie Banks dies at age 83
"Mr. Cub" Ernie Banks has died at 83, just days before his 84th birthday....2015
• Hall of Famer, Cubs legend Ernie Banks dies
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• Cubs Legend Ernie Banks Dies at Age 83
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• Ernie Banks, the Eternally Hopeful Mr. Cub, Dies at 83
Banks, whose mantra was “It’s a beautiful day, let’s play two,” hit 512 home runs and won consecutive M.V.P. awards in 19 seasons, but he never reached the postseason....2015
• Mark Grace and Shawon Dunston will be inducted into the Cubs Hall of Fame next month

Mark Grace and Shawon Dunston in 1997 | VINCENT LAFORET/AFP via Getty Images They’ll be honored at Wrigley Field September 8-10. Cubs greats Mark Grace and Shawon Dunston were announced as the 2023 Cubs Hall of Fame inductees at last January’s Cubs Convention. Today, the team announced that these two popular former Cubs will be honored at Wrigley Field the weekend of September 8-10, when t...2023
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• Kurkjian: Saying goodbye to Mr. Cub
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• This day in Braves History: Bobby Cox reaches 2,000 career wins
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• Baseball history unpacked, September 6
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• Chicago Cubs vs. Toronto Blue Jays preview, Saturday 8/17, 1:20 CT

Photo by Nuccio DiNuzzo/Getty Images The Cubs go for two in a row over the visitors from Toronto. SITE NOTE: I’ll be attending an annual BBQ post-game today so today’s recap might be delayed a while past its normal posting time. It’ll still be up this evening, though. Saturday notes... WALKING IT OFF: Friday’s 10-inning, 6-5 victory was the Cubs’ seventh walk-off win of the season, 787t...2024
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• Baseball history unpacked, August 2
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• Today in Cubs history: The Cubs in contention for the first time in late July in 13 years

Getty Images It didn’t last, but it was a fun team to watch. After the Cubs won the NL pennant in 1945, the remnants of that team contended for a while the following year, as close as four games out of first place on July 20 before fading and finishing third, 13½ games behind the pennant-winning Cardinals. And then... a whole bunch of nothing. The next five seasons were losing ones, includ...2024
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• Baseball history unpacked, July 12
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• This Day in Braves History: Warren Spahn outduels Don Drysdale
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• Ryne Sandberg is honored with the fifth player statue at Wrigley Field
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• Baseball history unpacked, September 2
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• Baseball history unpacked, July 31
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• Andre Dawson wants his Hall of Fame plaque changed to a Cubs cap — and the Hall is listening

Andre Dawson with his Hall of Fame plaque at the induction ceremony in Cooperstown, July 25, 2010 | Photo by Jim McIsaac/Getty Images Give the man what he wants. Tuesday, Paul Sullivan of the Chicago Tribune posted a column in which he wrote that Hall of Famer Andre Dawson wants the cap on his Hall of Fame plaque changed from an Expos cap to a Cubs cap. Dawson’s reasoning, per Sullivan: “...2023
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• A perfect tribute to Lin Brehmer on what would have been his 69th birthday

Sara Sanchez Lin’s Binge was a home run all on its own Saturday at Wrigley Field The weather was perfection. The vibes were good with the Cubs unexpectedly in a Wild Card and Division race in mid-August. It was a quintessentially Chicago weekend with the Air and Water Show punctuating the normal cadence of a Cubs game with the roar of fighter jets. The Cubs’ 6-4 win over the Royals was the...2023
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• Baseball history unpacked, July 31
Photo by Focus on Sport/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. Happy birthday to Leon Durham, Mike Bielecki, and others, plus a plethora of good stories. On Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays, Bleed Cubbie Blue is pleased to present a light-hearted, Cubs-centric look at baseball’s co...2023
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• 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
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• Baseball history unpacked, September 8
Gabby Hartnett | Photo by Bruce Bennett Studios via Getty Images Studios/Getty Images A thrice-weekly digest, replete with #Cubs, #MLB, and #MiLB factoids, gathered from reputable sources. The “Homer in the Gloaming” and other Cubs legends. 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
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• Baseball history unpacked, September 23
Charles Conlon A thrice-weekly digest, replete with #Cubs, #MLB, and #MiLB factoids, gathered from reputable sources. Fred Merkle memorialized. 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 h...2022
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• Baseball history unpacked, September 2
Happy birthday, Jason Hammel | Photo by Jon Durr/Getty Images A thrice-weekly digest, replete with #Cubs, #MLB, and #MiLB factoids, gathered from reputable sources. This one has a bit of everything. 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 fo...2022
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