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• This Day in Braves History: Atlanta trades Fred McGriff to Rays

Braves Franchise History 1958 – Milwaukee Braves second baseman Red Schoendienst is diagnosed as having tuberculosis and will appear in just five games in 1959. 1997 – The Braves trade Fred McGriff to the expansion Tampa Bay Rays in exchange for a player to be named later. 2002 – The Florida Marlins send recently-acquired pitcher […]...2025
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• This Day in Braves History: Braves acquire Dan Uggla

Braves Franchise History 1962 – Milwaukee Braves general manager John McHale and six former stockholders of the Chicago White Sox buy the team from the Perini Corporation for a reported $6.2 million. Bill Bartholomay will be named chairman of the board. 2002 – In the start of a three team trade, the Florida Marlins acquire […]...2025
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• There Was Hockey Tonight?

If hockey was played at any level tonight, I wasn't watching. A bad case of Blue Jays Fever has set in at HBIC Headquarters, and their battle against the Los Angeles Dodgers tonight was the only game I was watching. Call me out for my lack of hockey passion on this one, but Canada's only Major League Baseball team being in the World Series on Canadian soil playing against a team that has been port...2025
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• Baseball history unpacked, July 14

Photo by: Diamond Images/Getty Images A M-W-F digest, replete with #Cubs, #MLB, and #MiLB content. Santo’s great feet and other heroics. Happy birthday to Steve Stone and Carson Kelly, among others! 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...2025
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• Shane Smith is the 2025 White Sox All-Star!

Shane Smith hasn’t had a good start in a month, but he’s the default White Sox All-Star this summer. | Justin Edmonds/Getty Images It had to be somebody ... On Sunday came the announcement that today’s starter, Shane Smith, was named to the 2025 AL All-Star squad. MLB This selection makes Smith the first rookie pitcher in White Sox history to be selected to an All-Star T...2025
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• This Day in Braves History: Tim Hudson pitches eight scoreless innings and hits a homer

Photo by Kevin C. Cox/Getty Images Tim Hudson has a great day as the Blue Jays have a bad day. Braves Franchise History 1912: With no hint that a record is about to be set, the Giants coast to a 14-2 lead through eight innings at Boston, then score seven more in the 9th for a 21-2 lead. The Braves rally for ten in the last of the 9th but lose 21-12. The 17 runs are the NL post-1900 record...2025
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• Baseball history unpacked, June 16

Jerry Lai-Imagn Images A M-W-F digest, replete with #Cubs, #MLB, and #MiLB content. Happy birthday, Kerry Wood*! Mel Allen and Tony Gwynn pass, and other stories. On Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays, Bleed Cubbie Blue is pleased to present a light-hearted, Cubs-centric look at baseball’s colorful past, with plenty of the lore and various narratives to follow as they unfold over the course ...2025
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• This Day in Braves History; Braves trade Deion Sanders to the Reds

Photo by George Gojkovich/Getty Images Prime Time gets moved from Atlanta to Cincinnati Braves Franchise History 1916: Christy Mathewson pitches a 3-0 shutout over the Boston Braves, leading the New York Giants to their 17th consecutive victory, all on the road. In spite of their impressive winning streak, the Giants will finish second to the Brooklyn Robins in the National League pennant...2025
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• Baseball history unpacked, April 25

Getty Images A M-W-F digest, replete with #Cubs, #MLB, and #MiLB content, gathered from reputable sources. Rick Monday’s Flag Day* and other stories for the discerning reader. 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 ove...2025
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• Baseball history unpacked, April 21

Getty Images A M-W-F digest, replete with #Cubs, #MLB, and #MiLB content, gathered from reputable sources. Cubs fleece the Phillies for Fergie, Arrieta says no-no, and other stories for the discerning reader. 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 narra...2025
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• This Day in Braves History: Jason Heyward homers in his first career at-bat

Photo by Scott Cunningham/Getty Images “Welcome to the Show!” Braves Franchise History 1971: The Atlanta Braves defeat the Cincinnati Reds 7-4 in the first opener ever played at Riverfront Stadium. 1997: In the second game in the history of Turner Field, rain forced the suspension of the Braves and Cubs in the seventh inning. Several players will spend the night in the clubhouse. The Brav...2025
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• Baseball history unpacked, March 31

Photo By Raymond Boyd/Michael Ochs Archives/Getty Images A M-W-F digest, replete with #Cubs, #MLB, and #MiLB content, gathered from reputable sources. Ernie Banks’ statue* revealed, and other stories for the discerning reader. 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 ...2025
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• The San Diego Padres all-quarter-century team

San Diego Padres Jake Peavy | Photo by Nick Doan/Icon SMI/Icon Sport Media via Getty Images A group of past and present stars of the game We are one day away from Opening Day at Petco Park. Before setting our sights on the Atlanta Braves, let us take a moment to appreciate a significant sports moment. The Friar Faithful have witnessed a quarter-century of San Diego Padres baseball since fl...2025
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• This Day in Braves History: March 26th

Photo by John Reid III/MLB Photos via Getty Images Braves Franchise History 1998 - Free agent second baseman Mark Lemke signs a minor league contract with the Boston Red Sox. MLB History 1936 - Hank Greenberg agrees to a $20,000 contract with the Detroit Tigers. 1937 - On the advice of Ty Cobb, Joe DiMaggio reduces the weight of his bat from 40 ounces to 36 ounces. 1974 - The Boston Red...2025
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• How a journeyman reliever was immortalized in the MLB rule book

Photo by Jed Jacobsohn/Getty Images The “Justin Miller rule” and inked up pitchers As part of my daily routine, I like to explore the historic transactions page on Baseball-Reference and look into the careers for various players and discover each of their unique stories. Justin Miller Justin Miller’s life centered around two things during his youth: Baseball and Tattoos An athlete that ha...2023
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• Ozzie Guillen interviewed for White Sox job while blackout drunk
Ozzie Guillen’s tenure as the Chicago White Sox manager was nothing if not colorful. So, it’s only fitting that it started in an especially colorful way. In a story on ESPN, Guillen said that he interviewed for the White Sox job the day after an all-night party, celebrating the then Florida Marlins (whom he coached for) winning the World Series in 2003. “We started drinking all kinds of drinks. B...2016
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• Ozzie Guillen interviewed for White Sox job while blackout drunk
Ozzie Guillen’s tenure as the Chicago White Sox manager was nothing if not colorful. So, it’s only fitting that it started in an especially colorful way. In a story on ESPN, Guillen said that he interviewed for the White Sox job the day after an all-night party, celebrating the then Florida Marlins (whom he coached for) winning the World Series in 2003. “We started drinking all kinds of drinks. B...2016
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• Giancarlo Stanton Taking Big Bucks, Bigger Risk with Marlins, Loria
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"You have to go back to the 2003 Florida Marlins to top what the Pacers could pull off"

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"2011 - The Padres retire Trevor Hoffman’s Number 51 before their game against the Florida Marlins."

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"2009 - The Florida Marlins break ground on construction of a new ballpark to replace Dolphin Stadium."

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"The then-Florida Marlins selected Conley out of Washington State University in the second round of the 2011 draft."

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"He turned the 1997 Florida Marlins, a 1993 expansion team, into a World Series Champion."

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"Pierre spent more time with the Marlins than any other organization over the course of a 14-year MLB career, first playing every game from 2003-05 for the Florida Marlins and eventually returning to Miami for his final season."

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"Braden Halladay was just nine when his dad Roy threw a perfect game against the then-Florida Marlins in 2010."

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"This is the third of a three-part series looking back at the 1992 MLB Expansion Draft, when the Colorado Rockies and then-Florida Marlins mined their competitors’ rosters to launch their respective organizations."

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"Prior to his stunning late-career comeback as the surprising World Series-winning manager of the 2003 Florida Marlins, Jack McKeon was known best for one thing: trading future Hall of Fame shortstop, defensive "Wizard" and baseball icon Ozzie Smith to the Cardinals."

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"He helped lead the Tigers to the past four American League Central titles and also served as the general manager for the Montreal Expos and Florida Marlins before joining Detroit."

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"” Ramirez was traded by the Red Sox to the Florida Marlins after the 2005 season in a deal that brought Josh Beckett and Mike Lowell to Boston."

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• Baseball history unpacked, June 16
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• Today in White Sox History: June 15

On this day 47 years ago, Steve Stone pitched eight innings that capped the 17th White Sox win in 19 games. | Barb Urbanek Steve Stone gets the 1978 club razor-close to .500 1950 It was only the beginning for him: White Sox pitcher Billy Pierce threw a one-hitter, the first of the four he’d have in his career. Pierce shut down the Yankees at Comiskey Park, 5-0. The only Yankees hit that af...2025
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• This Day in Braves History; Braves trade Deion Sanders to the Reds
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• This Day in Braves History: Jason Heyward homers in his first career at-bat
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• Baseball history unpacked, March 31
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• The San Diego Padres all-quarter-century team
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• This Day in Braves History: March 26th
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• This Day in Braves History: February 16

Braves Franchise History 1924: Boston Braves third baseman Tony Boeckel is killed in an automobile accident. Boeckel spent five seasons in Boston hitting .286/.343/.388 in 668 games. 1953: The Braves acquire pitcher Russ Meyer from the Phillies in exchange for first baseman Earl Torgeson. They then flip Meyer, sending him to Booklyn for Rocky Bridges and Jim Pendleton. Not finished, they traded B...2025
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• Baseball history unpacked, June 16
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• This Day in Braves History; Braves trade Deion Sanders to the Reds
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• Baseball history unpacked, April 21
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• Today in White Sox History: January 21

In today’s climate of prospect hype, White Sox would have gone ape over giving away mashing first baseman Dixie Upright on this day, 72 years ago. | New Orleans Pelicans A minor deal that could have been a major regret 1953 In a minor win of a deal, the White Sox sent slugging first baseman Dixie Upright and $25,000 to the St. Louis Browns for third baseman Fred Marsh. Marsh had a mediocre...2025
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• 2024 Braves Season In Review: Marcell Ozuna

Photo by Kevin D. Liles/Atlanta Braves/Getty Images Atlanta’s designated hitter followed-up a landmark season with an All-Star campaign in 2024. After a 2023 season that saw him turn around what could have been a downward-plunging career and post 3.2 fWAR with an elite batting line, Marcell Ozuna outdid himself in 2024, gathering 4.7 fWAR (his best mark since 2017) and once again putting u...2024
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• Is MLB expansion the cure to baseball’s lack of offense?

Brad Penner-Imagn Images Baseball is an ever changing landscape of late, but would expansion solve one of its biggest issues? Baseball had an offensive explosion in 1994, in retrospect, a chemically-aided jolt to the game. Lost among the plethora of dingers whizzing out of ballparks was the run at a .400 batting average by Padres batting champ Tony Gwynn. Far from a steroid-inflated Adonis...2024
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• This Day in Braves History: Chipper Jones becomes fifth-ever Braves player to win NL MVP Award

Chipper joins Braves legends such as Dale Murphy, who also won an MVP award on this day. Braves Franchise History 1982: Dale Murphy wins the National League MVP Award, becoming the first Atlanta Braves player to be so honored since Hank Aaron in 1957, when the team played in Milwaukee. Murphy hit .281 with 36 home runs, 109 RBI, 113 runs, and 23 stolen bases. 1989: Nick Esasky, who became one of ...2024
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• Today in White Sox History: November 10

Brian Drahman left the White Sox on this day 31 years ago, but later returned as a minor league “rehab whisperer.” | Chicago White Sox A future “rehab coach” is sent down south 1948 New White Sox GM Frank “Trader” Lane made his first deal, and it was a beauty. Lane traded backup catcher Aaron Robinson to the Tigers for a young, left-handed pitcher named Billy Pierce and $10,000. Pierce w...2024
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• Baseball history unpacked, July 14
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• This Day in Braves History; Braves trade Deion Sanders to the Reds
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• The San Diego Padres all-quarter-century team
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• Today in White Sox History: January 21
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• 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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• Baseball history unpacked, October 14

Nuccio DiNuzzo/Chicago Tribune/Tribune News Service via Getty Images A M-W-F digest, replete with #Cubs, #MLB, and #MiLB content, gathered from reputable sources. The 2003 collapse 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...2024
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• Baseball history unpacked, May 29

Happy birthday, Joe Biagini! | Photo by Rob Leiter/MLB Photos via Getty Images A M-W-F digest, replete with #Cubs, #MLB, and #MiLB content, gathered from reputable sources. Baseball’s antitrust exemption is born, early TOOTBLANS, trade winds blowing, and other stories. Happy birthday, Joe Biagini! On Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays, Bleed Cubbie Blue is pleased to present a light-hearted,...2024
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• Baseball history unpacked, April 10

Photo by Silver Screen Collection/Getty Images A M-W-F digest, replete with #Cubs, #MLB, and #MiLB content, gathered from reputable sources. Happy birthday, Chuck Connors, the piece of metal comes to Chicago, 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...2024
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• Hanley Ramirez already heard from Dustin Pedroia
BOSTON — Dustin Pedroia couldn’t wait until spring training to rib the new guy. Hanley Ramirez, who returned to the Red Sox on Tuesday after nine years away from the organization, revealed during his introductory press conference at Fenway Park that Pedroia called him shortly after he agreed to a four-year contract with Boston. The second baseman’s call was rather Pedroia-esque. “I’ve got this guy...2014
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• This Day in Braves History: Atlanta acquires Fred McGriff from Padres
Braves Franchise History 1961 - Hank Aaron, Joe Adcock and Joe Torre pull off a triple steal in the sixth inning against the Reds. It is Aaron’s first steal of home. 1993 - The Braves acquire first baseman Fred McGriff from the Padres in exchange for Melvin Nieves and Donnie Elliott. Steve Avery and two relievers shutout the Pirates 2-0 despite allowing 13 hits. 2012 - The Braves and the Giants ...2023
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• Dave Dombrowski Named Boston Red Sox President of Baseball Operations
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• #TBT: Mr. Smith goes to St. Louis
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• #TBT: Mr. Smith goes to St. Louis
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• Juan Pierre retires after 14-year MLB career
Outfielder Juan Pierre has announced his retirement after a 14-year major league career that included a World Series championship with the 2003 Florida Marlins....2015
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• Manager Jim Leyland selected to Hall of Fame

Jim Leyland, the longtime manager who guided the Florida Marlins to the 1997 World Series title, was selected to the National Baseball Hall of Fame on Sunday....2023
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• Baseball history unpacked, April 10
Photo by Jonathan Daniel/Getty Images A thrice-weekly digest, replete with #Cubs, #MLB, and #MiLB content, gathered from reputable sources. Jackie Robinson signs, Bill Veeck gives away seats, Cubs wave the BIG BANNER for the first time and win, too. Always made fresh, never reheated. Episode #778. On Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays, Bleed Cubbie Blue is pleased to present a light-hearted,...2023
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• Corey Kluber Gets Back on Track with an 18-K Start for the Ages
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• Is Andrew Miller or David Robertson the Best Closer on Free-Agent Market?
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• Logan Henderson shines in debut as Brewers rout A’s, 14-1

Mark Hoffman/Milwaukee Journal Sentinel / USA TODAY NETWORK via Imagn Images Five Brewers had multi hit games in today’s blowout Today’s 14-1 victory over the A’s was certainly a fun one, for a couple reasons. First — the Brewers swiped six (!!) bases in the first inning, becoming the first team to steal six bases in a single inning in the live ball era. The last team to do it was the New...2025
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• This Day in Braves History: Jason Heyward homers in his first career at-bat
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• The San Diego Padres all-quarter-century team
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• Pick a direction already

Upon first opening 2025 Topps, I realized that this set was going to be a lot like the others from the last five, 10, 15, 20 years. Perhaps even farther back. Topps still plays it numbingly safe with flagship. The pictures look mostly the same year-to-year. The backs look mostly the same. The inserts are a mindless excuse to utilize their legends licenses. The short-prints are "interes...2025
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• This Day in Braves History: Tim Hudson pitches eight scoreless innings and hits a homer
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• This Day in Braves History: Braves acquire future MVP and World Series Champion Johnny Evers from the Cubs

Photo by Library of Congress/Interim Archives/Getty Images Braves Franchise History 1914 - The Boston Braves acquire Johnny Evers from the Chicago Cubs in exchange for Bill Sweeney and cash. Evers will hit .279/.390/.338 and win MVP while helping the Braves to an upset win over the A’s in the World Series. 1965 - The Braves, who are planning to move to Atlanta for the 1966 season, propose...2025
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• 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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• This Day in Braves History: Boston acquires Johnny Evers

Photo by: Circa Images/GHI/Universal History Archive/Universal Images Group via Getty Images Braves Franchise History 1914 - The Boston Braves acquire Johnny Evers from the Chicago Cubs in exchange for Bill Sweeney and cash. Evers will hit .279/.390/.338 and win MVP while helping the Braves to an upset win over the A’s in the World Series. 1965 - The Braves, who are planning to move to At...2024
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• Wednesday Rockpile: A Rockies History of Players from East Asia

Photo by Doug Pensinger/Getty Images Colorado Rockies news and links for Wednesday, November 29, 2023 It’s posting season, which means some of the brightest stars from the baseball leagues in Japan and Korea are making the transition to Major League Baseball. There are several intriguing names available and any team would be foolish to not check in and make an offer. Generally, the Colorad...2023
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• The worst teams since I became a fan

This is the second of two posts inspired by the 1983 Topps Jeff Newman card (the first one). You never know where you're going to find inspiration.By 1983, Newman and the A's had experienced Billy Ball and a slight improvement in their fortunes, although they'd backslide in the mid '80s until the Bash Brothers came along.But Newman was part of the worst team of my childhood, the 1979 Oakland...2023
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• Baseball history unpacked, March 31
Lets Play Two | Photo by Jonathan Daniel/Getty Images A thrice-weekly digest, replete with #Cubs, #MLB, and #MiLB content, gathered from reputable sources. Lets play two, and other miscues. 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 t...2023
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• This Day in Braves History: February 11
Photo by Kevin Fleming/Corbis/VCG via Getty Images Braves Franchise History 1914 - The Boston Braves acquire Johnny Evers from the Chicago Cubs in exchange for Bill Sweeney and cash. Evers will hit .279/.390/.338 and win MVP while helping the Braves to an upset win over the A’s in the World Series. 1965 - The Braves, who are planning to move to Atlanta for the 1966 season, propose to pay ...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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• Rain Delay Speech Helps End Drought as Chicago Cubs Win Historic World Series
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