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  • Dodgers mural featuring Ohtani, Yamamoto, Betts and Valenzuela appears in downtown Los Angeles
    • Dodgers mural featuring Ohtani, Yamamoto, Betts and Valenzuela appears in downtown Los Angeles
    A new mural by artist Mister Alek honoring Dodgers stars Shohei Ohtani, Yoshinobu Yamamoto, Mookie Betts and the late Fernando Valenzuela has appeared in Los Angeles, celebrating the franchise’s past and present....2026
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  • Long overdue
    • Long overdue
     The internet has a great way of providing something you have always wanted, or never even imagined possible ... and then eventually ruining it. I experienced this great disappointment in duplicate in 2025. Two sites, so entrenched in my entertainment preferences for so many years, had evolved so far away from what I had valued them for that I could no longer ignore it. I am struggl...2026
  • A few oddballs for the oddball
    • A few oddballs for the oddball
      OK, now that I've established myself as an oddball in the current collecting landscape -- preferring vintage cards and all -- it's appropriate that I show off some recent "oddball" arrivals in my collection. This runs the gamut and covers 85 years of trading cards and some of it isn't even cardboard. Let's see: Fired-up by my first acquisition of a 1960 Leaf high-number ...2025
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  • Dodgers Legend Fernando Valenzuela Falls Short of Hall of Fame Induction
    • Dodgers Legend Fernando Valenzuela Falls Short of Hall of Fame Induction
    A vote was recently placed in order to determine who would be the newest members of the National Baseball Hall of Fame. Ultimately, only one player garnered a spot — and that was former Dodgers infielder Jeff Kent. Those who support the New York Yankees were quiet upset over Don Mattingly not garnering a spot. […]...2025
  • Barry Bonds, Roger Clemens learn fate as new Hall Fame member announced
    • Barry Bonds, Roger Clemens learn fate as new Hall Fame member announced
    Bonds, Clemens, Gary Sheffield and Fernando Valenzuela each received less than five votes and are not eligible to be voted on in the next cycle, meaning this group must wait until 2031 to be considered again....2025
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  • Stamped incomplete
    • Stamped incomplete
     I went to another card show yesterday with Dawg Day Cards blogger Angus. It'd been a little more than a year since we were able to go to a show together. I think the last one was the mall show in October of last year. I'll get to everything that went down at the show probably tomorrow, but I wanted to focus on one thing that I received from Angus before we journeyed down. He showed...2025

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  • Outside The Confines: For the love of baseball delete
    • Outside The Confines: For the love of baseball delete
    Photo by Brandon Soto/Minor League Baseball via Getty Images The trade deadline approaches. Hall of Fame weekend approaches. The Moon Mammoths are born. And other news around MLB. Good morning. Now that the All-Star Game is over, the trade deadline is the next event on the baseball calendar. Except for All-Star induction ceremonies this upcoming weekend. We’ll get to that later. But the ...2025
  • Outside The Confines: For the love of baseball
    • Outside The Confines: For the love of baseball
    Photo by Brandon Soto/Minor League Baseball via Getty Images The trade deadline approaches. Hall of Fame weekend approaches. The Moon Mammoths are born. And other news around MLB. Good morning. Now that the All-Star Game is over, the trade deadline is the next event on the baseball calendar. Except for All-Star induction ceremonies this upcoming weekend. We’ll get to that later. But the ...2025
  • This Day in Braves History: April 9th
    • This Day in Braves History: April 9th
    File photo/News& Observer/Tribune News Service via Getty Images Braves Franchise History 1980 - Two days after opening the season, the Durham Bulls home uniforms are stolen. Braves minor league director Hank Aaron sends the team a set of used Braves uniforms. MLB History 1912 - The Boston Red Sox defeat Harvard University in an exhibition game that is the first game ever played at Fenway ...2025
  • MLB Opening Day 2025: The Purple Row staff offers their season predictions
    • MLB Opening Day 2025: The Purple Row staff offers their season predictions
    Photo by Rachel O’Driscoll/Colorado Rockies/Getty Images How many games will the Rockies win in 2025? Who will take home hardware around baseball? It’s that time of year again...Purple Row staff predictions! The Rockies start their 162-game quest tonight in sunny Tampa, FL at Tropicana George M. Steinbrenner Field as they take on the Tampa Bay Rays, who are playing their season in the sp...2025
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  • This Day in Braves History: Chipper Jones will undergo knee surgery and begin his final season on the injured list
    • This Day in Braves History: Chipper Jones will undergo knee surgery and begin his final season on the injured list
    Photo by Mark Goldman/Icon SMI/Corbis/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images Braves Franchise History 1995 - Braves replacement player Dave Shotkoski is held up while out for a walk in West Palm Beach during spring training. Shotkoski is murdered by the assailant. Fellow replacement player Terry Blocker will help the police track down Neal Douglas Evans, who was out on parole. Evans will receive...2025
  • This Day in MLB History: Manny Machado signs a 10-year $300 million deal with the San Diego Padres
    • This Day in MLB History: Manny Machado signs a 10-year $300 million deal with the San Diego Padres
    Set Number: X162496 TK1 MLB History 1935 - Lou Gehrig signs a contract with the Yankees worth a reported $30,000. 1937 - The New York Giants open their spring training camp in Havana, Cuba. 1953 - Ted Williams safely crash-lands his Panther Jet after flying a combat mission in Korea. 1970 - Commissioner Bowie Kuhn announces the suspension of Tigers pitcher Denny McLain for his involveme...2025
  • In memoriam: Remembering the Cubs we lost in 2024
    • In memoriam: Remembering the Cubs we lost in 2024
    Ken Holtzman | Bettman Archive Rest in peace. At year’s end, it’s a good time to reflect and remember those who passed away throughout the year. In the baseball world in general: Hall of Famers Orlando Cepeda, Rickey Henderson, Whitey Herzog and Willie Mays and notables Bud Harrelson, Pete Rose, Luis Tiant and Fernando Valenzuela. There were also 12 members of the Cubs family who passed aw...2024
  • This Day in Braves History: John Smoltz wins N.L. Cy Young award
    • This Day in Braves History: John Smoltz wins N.L. Cy Young award
    Photo by SPX/Ron Vesely Photography via Getty Images Braves Franchise History 1995 - Gaffney Street, near the former site of Braves Field in Boston, MA, is renamed Harry Agganis Way, after the former Boston University and Boston Red Sox star, who died during the 1955 season. 1996 - John Smoltz, who won a major league-high 24 games for the Atlanta Braves, wins the 1996 National League Cy Y...2024
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  • Outside The Confines: LA Story
    • Outside The Confines: LA Story
    Photo by Alex Slitz/Getty Images The Dodgers break out to a 2-0 lead in the World Series thanks to Freddie Freeman’s dramatic home run. The Yankees and Aaron Judge search for answers. And other news from the World Series and baseball. Good morning. Has anything in baseball happened since Friday? I’m going to assume you know how Game 1 ended and who won Game 2 and that Los Angeles has a two...2024
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  • A remembrance of Fernando Valenzuela’s first game at Wrigley Field
    • A remembrance of Fernando Valenzuela’s first game at Wrigley Field
    Fernando Valenzuela pitching against the Cubs at Wrigley Field, June 6, 1981 | Getty Images It was at the height of Fernandomania in 1981. As you have likely heard, Dodgers legend Fernando Valenzuela passed away late Tuesday, far too young at 63. If you’re too young to remember Fernandomania, I hope this anecdote gives you an idea of how big a thing it was. He was called up by the Dodgers ...2024

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  • 2024: the best, the worst, the ... last of the real ones?
    • 2024: the best, the worst, the ... last of the real ones?
      Greetings in the last few hours of what I think was the very real year of 2024.It's difficult to tell what's real and what's not these days. Just yesterday I saw a report that said the brilliant minds that run Facebook and Instagram plan to infiltrate both social media sites with AI-generated users. This kind of stuff freaks me out. I've seen very real cases of people I know being fooled by...2025
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  • • It's Another Remarkable Day for Al Michaels, the Voice of Sports' Top Moments
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  • 2026
    "A new mural by artist Mister Alek honoring Dodgers stars Shohei Ohtani, Yoshinobu Yamamoto, Mookie Betts and the late Fernando Valenzuela has appeared in Los Angeles, celebrating the franchise’s past and present."

  • 2025
    ") Kara Alexander writes about the reveal of a new mural at Dodger Stadium honoring Fernando Valenzuela."

  • 2024
    "Fernando Valenzuela, the impetus behind "Fernandomania" while starring for the Los Angeles Dodgers in the 1980s, has died at the age of 63."

  • 2023
    "1981 - Fernando Valenzuela tosses his third shutout in four starts, strikes out 11 and drives in the games only run in a 1-0 victory over the Astros."

  • 2022
    "Mike Brito, the legendary Dodgers scout who discovered Fernando Valenzuela and Julio Urias, among many others, died Thursday."

  • 2021
    "In 1981, 20-year-old lefty Fernando Valenzuela seemingly came out of nowhere to shake up the baseball world and lead the Dodgers to a championship — much to the delight of this young fan."

  • 2018
    "The baseball franchise that blazed diverse trails with Jackie Robinson, Sandy Koufax, Fernando Valenzuela and Hideo Nomo, among many others, took another bold step into inclusion by bringing tennis legend Billie Jean King and her partner, Ilana Kloss, into Dodgers ownership."

  • 2017
    "86 ERA, Alex Wood is the first Dodgers starter since Fernando Valenzuela in 1981 to start a season 8-0, and he's the first Dodgers starter since Orel Hershiser in '85 to remain unbeaten 11 starts into a season."

  • 2016
    "Per Weisman, Urias, "at 19 years, 289 days old will be the youngest Major League pitcher since Felix Hernandez’s 2005 season with Seattle, the youngest Dodger pitcher since Fernando Valenzuela made his debut as a reliever in 1980 and the youngest Dodger starting pitcher since Dick Calmus on August 23, 1963."

  • 2015
    "Los Angeles loves the Los Angeles Dodgers, and one of the iconic moments in the team's history was "Fernandomania," when Mexican-born pitcher Fernando Valenzuela took LA and Major League Baseball by storm in the early 1980s."

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  • 2026 Contemporary Baseball Era Committee Candidate: Fernando Valenzuela
    • 2026 Contemporary Baseball Era Committee Candidate: Fernando Valenzuela
    Beyond his years as a star pitcher, Valenzuela's cultural impact and role as a global ambassador are worthy of recognition in Cooperstown....2025
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  • Elusive '80s cards ... really? Part 2
    • Elusive '80s cards ... really? Part 2
    This is the continuation of a series I started in February, about how that even for the 1980s, there are elusive cards for team collector types. I went through what I still need from sets issued between 1980-83 in the first post. Today I'm going through what I need for Dodgers from 1984-85. Yeah, just two years this time. The amount I need increases as the '80s progress. Who would've figured ...2025
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  • Today in White Sox History: March 28
    • Today in White Sox History: March 28
    One year ago, Garrett Crochet made the seemingly impossible possible. | Quinn Harris/Getty Images Garrett Crochet kicks off a most memorable season 1940 During a 10-1 preseason loss at Wrigley Field, White Sox second baseman Jackie Hayes is hit by a drifting speck of cinder in his eye. Hayes’ eye became infected, and by the end of the season had lost full sight in it, and retired from the ...2025
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  • • MLB Opening Day 2025: The Purple Row staff offers their season predictions
    2025
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  • • This Day in Braves History: Chipper Jones will undergo knee surgery and begin his final season on the injured list
    2025
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  • • This Day in MLB History: Manny Machado signs a 10-year $300 million deal with the San Diego Padres
    2025
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    2025
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  • • In memoriam: Remembering the Cubs we lost in 2024
    2024
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  • • Sunday Notes: Colorado Reliever Juan Mejia Has a Brayan Bello Connection
    Plus Dana Brown on Astros scouting, Peter Bender on Marlins prospects, Randy Jones, Fernando Valenzuela, Phil Maton, Win Noyes, facts and stats galore, and more....2025
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  • • Elusive '80s cards ... really? Part 2
    2025
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    2025
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  • Paul Skenes’ dominant season worthy of Rookie of the Year
    • Paul Skenes’ dominant season worthy of Rookie of the Year
    Photo by Dustin Satloff/Getty Images Skenes came in with big expectations and surpassed all of them. It’s hard to put into words how much one player could mean to a sports franchise. Patrick Mahomes to the Kansas City Chiefs, Steph Curry to the Golden State Warriors, Sidney Crosby to the Pittsburgh Penguins. In the same city as Crosby as past greats like Mario Lemieux, Jaromir Jagr, Joe...2024
  • This Day in Braves History: Atlanta fires Billy Hitchcock
    • This Day in Braves History: Atlanta fires Billy Hitchcock
    Braves Franchise History 1914: The Robins stop Grover Cleveland Alexander’s win streak at nine games, defeating the Phillies 2-1, behind Jeff Pfeffer. Alexander is done in by three Phillies errors. In front of a handful of fans, the pennant-winning Braves top the Giants, 7-1 in the first of two. Boston then beats Christy Mathewson for six runs in three innings, but the game ends in a 7-7 tie. For...2024
  • This Day in Braves History; Braves win 23rd straight game started by Kris Medlen
    • This Day in Braves History; Braves win 23rd straight game started by Kris Medlen
    Photo by Pouya Dianat/Atlanta Braves/Getty Images Braves Franchise History 1914: The Robins stop Grover Cleveland Alexander’s win streak at nine games, defeating the, Phillies 2 - 1, behind Jeff Pfeffer. Alex is done in by three Phillies errors. In front of a handful of fans, the pennant-winning Braves top the Giants, 7 - 1 in the first of two. Boston then beats up Christy Mathewson for s...2023
  • BCB After Dark: Cubs in the Hall?
    • BCB After Dark: Cubs in the Hall?
    Photo by Justin Berl/Getty Images The late-night/early-morning spot for Cubs fans asks if any 2016 Cubs player is going into Cooperstown. It’s another week here at BCB After Dark, the coolest club for night owls, early risers, new parents and Cubs fans abroad. We’re so happy to see you stop by this evening. If you’re a regular or a first-timer, everyone is welcome here. There’s no cover ch...2023
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  • Baseball history unpacked, August 18
    • Baseball history unpacked, August 18
    Happy birthday, Seiya Suzuki! | Photo by Mark Blinch/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. Seiya’s birthday 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 o...2023
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  • Baseball history unpacked, August 16
    • Baseball history unpacked, August 16
    Happy birthday! We still miss Yu. | Photo by Nuccio DiNuzzo/MLB Photos via 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 Yu Darvish, among others, farewell to Ray Chapman, Babe Ruth, and Bobby Thomson, and more. On Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays, Bleed Cubbie Blue is ...2023
  • Monday Rockpile: Cole Tucker is embracing his fresh start with the Rockies
    • Monday Rockpile: Cole Tucker is embracing his fresh start with the Rockies
    Photo by John E. Moore III/Getty Images Colorado Rockies news and links for Monday, August 14, 2023 Cole Tucker was originally drafted by the Pittsburgh Pirates in the first round of the 2014 draft (24th overall) out of Mountain Pointe High School in Phoenix, AZ. He made his MLB debut on April 20, 2019 against the San Francisco Giants and played 56 games during his rookie season. Unfortuna...2023
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  • A 1983 Donruss pack break and a completely unrelated card
    • A 1983 Donruss pack break and a completely unrelated card
     Isn't it the best when you get sick on the weekend? I'm way under the weather with what I think is a bad cold and it killed all my weekend catch-up plans. I'm pretty much in a zombie state, waiting for my next round of meds. I'm a little more capable of sitting upright today so I can get a post out for you to read. A little under a week ago, when I was operating properly, I received ano...2025
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  • • Elusive '80s cards ... really? Part 2
    2025
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  • • 2024: the best, the worst, the ... last of the real ones?
    2025
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  • • In memoriam: Remembering the Cubs we lost in 2024
    2024
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  • • Paul Skenes’ dominant season worthy of Rookie of the Year
    2024
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  • • This Day in Braves History: John Smoltz wins N.L. Cy Young award
    2024
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  • • A remembrance of Fernando Valenzuela’s first game at Wrigley Field
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  • • Dodgers legendary pitcher Valenzuela dies at 63
    2024
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  • • This Day in Braves History: John Smoltz records his 3,000th strikeout
    Braves Franchise History 1966 - The Braves win their first game in Atlanta defeating the Mets, 8-4. 1982 - The Braves see their 13-game winning streak to start the season come to an end with a 2-1 loss to the Reds. 2008 - John Smoltz becomes the 16th pitcher to strike out 3,000 batters. He is the sixth fastest player to the mark in terms of innings pitched with 3,386. MLB History 1876 - The Bos...2023
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  • • Giovani Dos Santos enters LA sports lore by throwing out first pitch at Dodgers game | SIDELINE
    2015
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  • Fernando Valenzuela dies at 63: Dodgers legend was rookie sensation, became MLB's best Mexican-born player
    • Fernando Valenzuela dies at 63: Dodgers legend was rookie sensation, became MLB's best Mexican-born player
    Valenzuela will be honored when the 2024 World Series begins at Dodger Stadium on Friday...2024
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  • • Julio Urias Called Up by Dodgers: Latest Comments and Reaction
    2016
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  • • Fernando Valenzuela Passes Away
    The Dodgers announced that six-time All-Star Fernando Valenzuela has passed away. He was 63. MLB will honor Valenzuela during the upcoming World Series games at Dodger Stadium. “On behalf of the Dodger organization, we profoundly mourn the passing of Fernando,” Dodger president and CEO Stan Kasten said in a statement. “He is one of the most…...2024
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  • Brito, L.A. scout who discovered Valenzuela, dies
    • Brito, L.A. scout who discovered Valenzuela, dies
    Mike Brito, the legendary Dodgers scout who discovered Fernando Valenzuela and Julio Urias, among many others, died Thursday. He was 87....2022
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  • Dodgers to retire number of Fernando Valenzuela during three-day celebration
    • Dodgers to retire number of Fernando Valenzuela during three-day celebration
    Valenzuela debuted at just 19 years old in 1980...2023

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  • • It's Another Remarkable Day for Al Michaels, the Voice of Sports' Top Moments
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  • • A 1983 Donruss pack break and a completely unrelated card
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  • I might watch
    • I might watch
      You may have heard that there is a new documentary out on artist Dick Perez, who is well-known for drawing the Diamond King cards for Donruss through the 1980s and 1990s. I've seen the trailer for the movie and I might watch the whole documentary, but it's not appointment-viewing for me. "Diamond Kings" are a big part of childhood for collectors of a certain age and SABR has been ...2025
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  • This Day in Braves History: John Smoltz earns his 3,000th career strikeout
    • This Day in Braves History: John Smoltz earns his 3,000th career strikeout
    Photo by Paul Abell/Atlanta Braves/MLB Photos via Getty Images Braves Franchise History 1966 - The Braves win their first game in Atlanta defeating the Mets, 8-4. 1982 - The Braves see their 13-game winning streak to start the season come to an end with a 2-1 loss to the Reds. 2008 - John Smoltz becomes the 16th pitcher to strike out 3,000 batters. He is the sixth fastest player to the ma...2025
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  • • Today in White Sox History: March 28
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  • • MLB Opening Day 2025: The Purple Row staff offers their season predictions
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  • • This Day in Braves History: Chipper Jones will undergo knee surgery and begin his final season on the injured list
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  • Elusive '80s cards ... really? Really
    • Elusive '80s cards ... really? Really
     I have written many times that I view cards from the 1980s as the most accessible. The hobby was booming, "artificial rarity" was barely a thought, cards were plentiful. That, combined with being a very active collector of Dodgers cards, has given me a inflated idea of the '80s portion of my Dodgers collection: I HAVE THEM ALL! I never truly think that 100 percent, but part of me believ...2025
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  • • This Day in MLB History: Manny Machado signs a 10-year $300 million deal with the San Diego Padres
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