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  • Bag over your head? Here’s a reason to briefly peek in at Rate Field
    • Bag over your head? Here’s a reason to briefly peek in at Rate Field
    Don’t come for the baseball, just attend for the free giveaways and special guests. | Lachlan Cunningham/Getty Images Amidst on-field woes, the Chicago White Sox offer a nostalgic escape While we feel the need to cover our eyes with our hands or a paper sack when watching 2025 Chicago White Sox baseball, today, the team announced a schedule of special guest appearances spanning April, May...2025
  • This Day in Braves History: Hank Aaron hits career homer 715, passing Babe Ruth for first on all-time list
    • This Day in Braves History: Hank Aaron hits career homer 715, passing Babe Ruth for first on all-time list
    Braves Franchise History 1974 - Hank Aaron passes Babe Ruth with his 715th home run off of Dodgers’ pitcher Al Downing at Fulton County Stadium. The game is delayed due to the celebration. Aaron will finish his career with 755 home runs. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QjqYThEVoSQ 1994 - Kent Mercker throws a no-hitter in a 6-0 win over the Dodgers. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MUrvX5Qgu_s 20...2025
  • This Day in Braves History: Braves name Bob Coleman as their new Manager
    • This Day in Braves History: Braves name Bob Coleman as their new Manager
    Braves Franchise History 1912 - The Boston Braves acquire outfielder Vin Campbell from the Pirates in exchange for Mike Donlin. 1944 - The Boston Braves name Bob Coleman as their new manager. Coleman spent the previous 23 years managing in the minors. MLB History 1878 - Fredrick W. Thayer patents the catcher’s mask. 1924 - The National League announces that it will join the American League in a...2025
  • Rebels Footage By Request! Back to Baseball
    • Rebels Footage By Request! Back to Baseball
    Can we get back to baseball now? Great!I said last time that the Biscuits may be for sale, and that could be a possibility. It could also be that they are suffering from back-burner-ism, with the Rays concerned about where they will play and owner Lou working to secure the same details for his Flying Squirrels. Montgomery fans may have to sit on their hands and wait their turn. Whether those ...2025
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  • BCB After Dark: Closer of the Century?
    • BCB After Dark: Closer of the Century?
    Photo by Bob Levey/Getty Images The late-night/early-morning spot for Cubs fans asks who is the Cubs’ closer of the century—so far. It’s Wednesday night here at BCB After Dark: the hippest hangout for night owls, early risers, new parents and Cubs fans abroad. Come on in out of the cold. We’ve got a warm table waiting for you. We can check your coat. The show will start shortly. Bring your...2025
  • This Day in Braves History: Braves sign Gaylord Perry
    • This Day in Braves History: Braves sign Gaylord Perry
    Photo by Focus on Sport/Getty Images The eventual Hall of Famer and infamous spit-baller signs with Atlanta for his first and only season with the Braves. Braves Franchise History 1906: The owners of the Boston Beaneaters reject a $250,000 offer for the team. 1949: The New York Giants are fined $2,000, and their manager Leo Durocher $500, for signing Freddie Fitzsimmons as a coach while h...2025

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  • • This Day in Braves History: Hank Aaron hits career homer 715, passing Babe Ruth for first on all-time list
    2025
  • • This Day in Braves History: Braves sign Gaylord Perry
    2025
  • Baseball history unpacked, January 10
    • Baseball history unpacked, January 10
    Happy birthday, Rafael Dolis | Photo by Mitchell Layton/Getty Images A M-W-F digest, replete with #Cubs, #MLB, and #MiLB content, gathered from reputable sources. Happy birthday, Rafael Dolis*, 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 na...2025
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  • Hall of Famers and other significant players who had brief cameos with the Cubs
    • Hall of Famers and other significant players who had brief cameos with the Cubs
    Goose Gossage pitching for the Cubs in 1988 | Photo by Rich Pilling/MLB Photos via Getty Images This article was prompted by a reader comment. In the comments regarding Max Scherzer in BCB After Dark, discussion turned to players who had good or great careers and who eventually wound up with the Cubs late in their careers. I said that “never, ever” worked and of course, that’s my usual hyp...2025
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  • Today in White Sox History: November 8
    • Today in White Sox History: November 8
    Chicago’s Polish Prince, Richie Zisk, was unrecognizable as he showed up for spring training in 1978. | Focus on Sport/Getty Images The South Siders lose one of their Hit Men 1977 The upstart South Side Hit Men, who led the AL West for about a third of the season and took baseball by storm in peaking at 25 games better than .500, were laid to rest with the loss of outfielder and folk hero ...2024
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  • Yankees vs. Royals: Resuming a historical Rivalry
    • Yankees vs. Royals: Resuming a historical Rivalry
    Sometimes it’s heaven, sometimes it’s hell With the Royals and Yankees squaring off in the playoffs for the first time since 1980 (how is that possible??) I thought it might be fun to take a walk down memory lane. Depending on your age, it could be traumatic. The first time the two teams met was in the 1976 Championship Series. The Royals, in only their eighth season, held off the Oakland A’s for...2024
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  • Weekend Rumblings - News for October 5, 2024
    • Weekend Rumblings - News for October 5, 2024
    Photo by Daniel Shirey/MLB Photos via Getty Images If the Royals can make it there, they can make it anywhere. David Lesky previews the ALDS against the Yankees. You wonder a little if the postseason struggles from Judge over the last couple of seasons weigh on him. He’s had his issues, going 1 for 20 in the 2017 ALDS, but he bounced back with a big ALCS. And he was good in the 2019 playo...2024
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  • Today in White Sox History: July 31
    • Today in White Sox History: July 31
    On this day nine years ago, we lost our greatest southpaw legend, Billy Pierce. | Jonathan Daniel/Getty Images So long, Billy Pierce 1909 “Sleepy” Bill Burns fired a two-hitter in a doubleheader opener, defeating Walter Johnson in Washington, 1-0. The White Sox also knocked off the Senators in the nightcap behind a complete game from Frank Smith, 4-0, holding Washington to seven hits on th...2024
  • The goal is always 100%
    • The goal is always 100%
     The operator of the Number 5 Type Collection blog, Matthew, is touring The National in Cleveland as I write this.But before he went there, he happened upon a free box of 1980s cards and asked if anyone could use any. My '80s wants are slim as I've completed nearly everything I'm interested in for that decade, as far as large sets.But one set immediately popped in my mind because I'm so aware...2024
  • Royals Rumblings - News for June 27, 2024
    • Royals Rumblings - News for June 27, 2024
    William Purnell-USA TODAY Sports Hopefully this series win gets the team back on track. Bobby Witt Jr. was the hero yet again in yesterday’s comeback win: That’s when Witt lined the first pitch he saw from Marlins reliever Huascar Brazoban out to the center-field wall. Witt was thinking triple out of the box — quite literally after his first step, he said — and he made it from home to thi...2024
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  • Brouhaha City
    • Brouhaha City
    The best of the worst If you’ve been watching the playoffs this season, and I’m sure you have, you’ve heard about the brouhaha that erupted after Game Two of the Braves-Phillies series, triggered by a somewhat innocuous bit of trash talking by the Braves Orlando Arcia after the game. First off, I just wanted to use the word “brouhaha” in a story. Brouhaha seems to be a word that belongs to basebal...2023
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  • • Scott Miller's Starting 9: As Mets and Nationals Race, 23 May Be Lucky Number
    2016
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  • • Toronto Blue Jays Pitchers Marcus Stroman and Aaron Sanchez Bond as 'Brothers'
    2016
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  • • Scott Miller's Starting 9: Fifty-Six Reasons to Pay Attention in Spring Training
    2016
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  • • Kirk Gibson on His Parkinson's Disease Fight: 'It's Not a Death Sentence'
    2015
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Timeline

  • 2025
    "2008 - Goose Gossage is voted into the Hall of Fame on his ninth ballot."

  • 2024
    "2008 - Goose Gossage is voted into the Hall of Fame on his ninth ballot."

  • 2023
    "1987- Goose Gossage earns his 287th career save in a 7-4 win over Atlanta and moves into second place on the all-time list passing Bruce Sutter."

  • 2022
    "Since the save became an official stat in 1969, only five other pitchers have led the Cubs with 14 saves or fewer in a full 162-game season (Kimbrel, 13 in 2019, Terry Adams, 13 in 1999, Goose Gossage, 13 in 1988, Oscar Zamora, 10 in 1974 and Phil Regan, 12 in 1970)."

  • 2020
    "There was Dave Righetti, Goose Gossage and Sparky Lyle decades back."

  • 2018
    "Goose Gossage blasted Brian Cashman in a rant to the New York Daily News, saying he isn't "a big fan" of the longtime Yankees GM and calling him a "f---ing a--h---."

  • 2017
    "Hall of Famer Goose Gossage: Mariano Rivera great for a 'one-inning guy'"

  • 2016
    "Legendary Major League Baseball reliever Goose Gossage is joining the chorus of people who believe bat flips and analytics are evil and have no place in the sport."

  • 2015
    "Or the Goose Gossage fastball in Game 5 of the 1984 World Series in Tiger Stadium."

  • 2014
    "He is among greats, sitting ahead of Mariano Rivera and Goose Gossage, per MLB Fan Cave: ESPNNewYork."

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Goose Gossage trade rumors, contract, salary rumors

  • • Bag over your head? Here’s a reason to briefly peek in at Rate Field
    2025
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  • • This Day in Braves History: Hank Aaron hits career homer 715, passing Babe Ruth for first on all-time list
    2025
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  • • This Day in Braves History: Braves name Bob Coleman as their new Manager
    2025
  • • Rebels Footage By Request! Back to Baseball
    2025
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  • • BCB After Dark: Closer of the Century?
    2025
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  • • This Day in Braves History: Braves sign Gaylord Perry
    2025
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  • • Baseball history unpacked, January 10
    2025
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  • • Hall of Famers and other significant players who had brief cameos with the Cubs
    2025
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  • This Day in Braves History: Bobby Cox, Greg Maddux, and Tom Glavine are elected to the Hall of Fame
    • This Day in Braves History: Bobby Cox, Greg Maddux, and Tom Glavine are elected to the Hall of Fame
    Photo by Jim McIsaac/Getty Images Braves Franchise History 1916 - James Gaffney sells the Boston Braves to Harvard University football coach Percy Haughton for a reported $500,000. Gaffney purchased the Braves in 1913 for $187,000. 1918 - The Braves acquire veteran infielder Buck Herzog from the Giants in exchange for second baseman Larry Doyle and pitcher Jesse Barnes. 1987 - A group of...2025
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  • Baseball Backgrounds : 1981's Weird Year and 1982 Reggie's Reflection Redux
    • Baseball Backgrounds : 1981's Weird Year and 1982 Reggie's Reflection Redux
    Last time, I looked deep into Reggie Jackson's glasses on 1982 Topps #300......searching for the man within. That other guy wore a light uniform and chatted at the batting cage, where Reggie himself sported a Yankees warmup pullover.Ferreting out that figure felt a lot like identifying background photos in 1956 Topps, where you use on-field context and historical box scores to work out who made a ...2024

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  • • Baseball Backgrounds : 1981's Weird Year and 1982 Reggie's Reflection Redux
    2024
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  • Dick Allen is elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame!
    • Dick Allen is elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame!
    It’s too late for him to enjoy, but Dick Allen finally gets his due. | Ron Vesely/Getty Images Our all-time great slugger finally gets his due Almost four years ago to the day, we lost Dick Allen. Ironically, his death came on the eve of yet another Hall of Fame vote that saw him fall short. Today, FINALLY, the Hall of Fame has righted and long-wrong by electing the timeless slugger to the...2024
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  • • Weekend Rumblings - News for October 5, 2024
    2024
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  • MLB Playoffs: ALDS Preview
    • MLB Playoffs: ALDS Preview
    The AL Central takes center stage in the ALDS! The Royals and Yankees renew an old playoff rivalry while the upstart Tigers and Guardians duke it out. The American League Central doesn’t get much respect. Some of this is due to its history as one of baseball’s “newer” divisions. The AL Central’s only two World Series champions in 30 seasons of play are the 2005 White Sox and 2015 Royals. Neither w...2024
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  • Braves stop, drop, and roll in August — in that order
    • Braves stop, drop, and roll in August — in that order
    Photo by Kevin D. Liles/Atlanta Braves/Getty Images It was the Braves’ best month since April, but they actually lost ground anyway I like doing monthly recaps because a month feels like the right unit of time to talk about a team’s ever-evolving arc during the course of the season. A game is a game, a series is a series, and a week is really just two series. A month? Yeah, you can get som...2024
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  • • Today in White Sox History: July 31
    2024
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  • Baseball history unpacked, January 10
    • Baseball history unpacked, January 10
    Who am I? Win BCB Points!!!! | Photo by Focus on Sport/Getty Images A M-W-F digest, replete with #Cubs, #MLB, and #MiLB content, gathered from reputable sources. *!0,000 BCB points to the person who first identifies the person in the picture. Cincinnati peace talks, Mordecai Brown on the move, crossing the Rubicon, and other stories. On Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays, Bleed Cubbie Blue i...2024
  • Baseball history unpacked, January 8
    • Baseball history unpacked, January 8
    Happy birthday, James Russell! A M-W-F digest, replete with #Cubs, #MLB, and #MiLB content, gathered from reputable sources. Happy birthday to James Russell and others, 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 the...2024
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  • Today in White Sox History: November 9
    • Today in White Sox History: November 9
    On this day seven years ago, the first football game was played on the new Sox Park grounds. | Jonathan Daniel/Getty Images Awards won and lost, plus ... football! 1977 The upstart South Side Hit Men, who led the AL West for about a third of the season and took baseball by storm in peaking at 25 games above .500, were laid to rest with the loss of outfielder and folk hero Richie Zisk, who...2023
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  • This Day in Braves History: October 10
    • This Day in Braves History: October 10
    Braves Franchise History 1957 - Lew Burdette picks up his third win of the World Series as Milwaukee beats the Yankees 5-0 to give the Braves the championship. 1996 - The Braves fall to the Cardinals 8-3 as Gary Gaetti hits a grand slam off of Greg Maddux to tie the NLCS. 1997 - Atlanta falls to the Florida Marlins 5-2 in Game 3 of the NLCS. Charles Johnson drives in three of Florida’s runs and ...2023
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  • • Bag over your head? Here’s a reason to briefly peek in at Rate Field
    2025
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  • • BCB After Dark: Closer of the Century?
    2025
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  • • Dick Allen is elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame!
    2024
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  • Let's do it again
    • Let's do it again
     I was out of town for a few days visiting my daughter. She and her boyfriend have a new apartment, which is charming but very small, just like the last one. Housing is brutal for young adults these days. Because of that, mom and dad get a hotel room for the weekend. That's where I saw the Dodgers finish off the Mets in the NLCS (and Juan Soto's HR ... gag). I turned on the hotel TV...2024
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  • • Yankees vs. Royals: Resuming a historical Rivalry
    2024
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  • • MLB Playoffs: ALDS Preview
    2024
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  • • Today in White Sox History: July 31
    2024
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  • • Royals Rumblings - News for June 27, 2024
    2024
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  • Let’s get new White Sox nicknames!
    • Let’s get new White Sox nicknames!
    Now, this is a real Pale Hose. | Grainger.com A picturesque, picture-filled plea Now is the time to put the Pale Hose to death! No, not the team — that would be a tad drastic — the nickname. It was apt in 1910 when it was created. It ain’t apt now. We’ll take a look at hose, pale and otherwise, through the years coming up, complete with pretty pictures. But first, we digress. A NEW AND A...2024
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  • Remembering the life of UL Washington
    • Remembering the life of UL Washington
    Photo by Ron Vesely/Getty Images The toothpick guy Stringtown, Oklahoma, population 410, sits in the southeast corner of the state. For a small village, it has produced some interesting people, most notably country music superstar Reba McEntire and lead singer and guitarist Jerry Cantrell of the rock band, Alice in Chains. Stringtown also produced one UL Washington. That’s UL with no perio...2024
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Top Goose Gossage news

  • • Kirk Gibson on His Parkinson's Disease Fight: 'It's Not a Death Sentence'
    2015
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  • This Day in Braves History: Greg Maddux and Tom Glavine elected to Hall of Fame
    • This Day in Braves History: Greg Maddux and Tom Glavine elected to Hall of Fame
    Braves Franchise History 1916 - James Gaffney sells the Boston Braves to Harvard University football coach Percy Haughton for a reported $500,000. Gaffney purchased the Braves in 1913 for $187,000. 1918 - The Braves acquire veteran infielder Buck Herzog from the Giants in exchange for second baseman Larry Doyle and pitcher Jesse Barnes. 1987 - A group of ten free agents including Doyle Alexander...2024
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  • • Goose Gossage Comments on Jose Bautista, Analytics in Baseball
    2016
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  • This Day in Braves History: Atlanta retires Tom Glavine’s No. 47
    • This Day in Braves History: Atlanta retires Tom Glavine’s No. 47
    Photo by Scott Cunningham/Getty Images Braves Franchise History 1914 - Rabbit Maranville hits a 10th inning homer to give the Braves their ninth win in a row with a 5-4 victory over Pittsburgh. 1973 - Warren Spahn and Roberto Clemente are inducted into the Hall of Fame. 1973 - An exhibition game between the Brewers and Atlanta Braves draws more than 33,000. Hank Aaron homers for Atlanta,...2023
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  • • Goose rips Cashman after spring training snub
    Goose Gossage blasted Brian Cashman in a rant to the New York Daily News, saying he isn't "a big fan" of the longtime Yankees GM and calling him a "f---ing a--h---." Gossage will not be attending Yankees spring training this season....2018
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  • • Goose Gossage has now included Cam Newton into his latest rant
    Goose Gossage has now included Cam Newton into his latest rant...2016
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  • • Legends ready for 70th Yankees Old-Timers' Day
    Attendees have been announced for the 70th annual Old-Timers Day on June 12 at Yankee Stadium. Headliners for the event, the eighth since the new Stadium opened in 2009, include Hall of Famers Whitey Ford, Rich "Goose" Gossage, Rickey Henderson, Reggie Jackson and Joe Torre....2016
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  • • Panthers clap back at Goose Gossage for Cam Newton snub
    2016
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Goose Gossage fantasy rankings and news

  • • Scott Miller's Starting 9: Yankees Try Building Without Opening Their Checkbook
    2016
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Goose Gossage schedule, game

  • • Bag over your head? Here’s a reason to briefly peek in at Rate Field
    2025
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  • • BCB After Dark: Closer of the Century?
    2025
    Read about Ryne Stanek
  • • This Day in Braves History: Braves sign Gaylord Perry
    2025
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  • • Hall of Famers and other significant players who had brief cameos with the Cubs
    2025
    Check it out MLB Photos
  • • Baseball Backgrounds : 1981's Weird Year and 1982 Reggie's Reflection Redux
    2024
    See also Richie Ashburn
  • • Dick Allen is elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame!
    2024
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  • The history of Royals firemen
    • The history of Royals firemen
    Someone call 911 First, my apologies to our female readers. I’m not talking about traditional firemen. You know, like the hunky dudes of Fire Station #8 or any other station in the metro area. Those brave men (and many women) who don those bulky suits and race around the city to the closest fire or accident when they’re not making spicy calendars. No, the firemen I’m talking about are the pitcher...2024
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  • • Today in White Sox History: November 8
    2024
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  • • Let's do it again
    2024
    Continue with Juan Soto
  • • Yankees vs. Royals: Resuming a historical Rivalry
    2024
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Goose Gossage rumors, scandals

  • • BCB After Dark: Closer of the Century?
    2025
    Read about Ryne Stanek rumors
  • • Baseball Backgrounds : 1981's Weird Year and 1982 Reggie's Reflection Redux
    2024
    Visit the page Richie Ashburn
  • • Dick Allen is elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame!
    2024
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  • • Today in White Sox History: November 8
    2024
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  • • Yankees vs. Royals: Resuming a historical Rivalry
    2024
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  • • Baseball history unpacked, January 8
    2024
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  • A big loss
    • A big loss
     Vida Blue died yesterday.For any kid who grew up following baseball in the 1970s, this is a big loss.Vida Blue had the name of a superhero, and he might as well have been one during the early-to-mid 1970s. A pure power pitcher in a golden uniform, no kid could ingore that. Blue had a colorful name, uniform and career. Maybe best of all, his cards are colorful, too.This is my favorite Vida Bl...2023
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  • • Today in White Sox History: December 10
    There was hardly time to smile, as on the same day in 1975 Bill Veeck purchased the White Sox, replaced his manager, and swapped out roughly half of his roster. Bill Veeck has a busy, busy day 1963 One of the last players from the “Go-Go” Sox era, second baseman Nellie Fox, was traded to the Houston Colt 45’s for pitchers Danny Murphy and Jim Golden, plus cash. Fox was a future Hall-of-Fam...2022
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  • • Toronto Blue Jays Pitchers Marcus Stroman and Aaron Sanchez Bond as 'Brothers'
    2016
  • • Goose Gossage rips Cam Newton
    Goose Gossage is not done ranting yet. For his latest act, he decided to rip Cam Newton. Days after going viral for ripping stat nerds and bat-flippers, the Hall of Fame reliever decided to throw the NFL’s reigning MVP under the bus. “It’s a shame, it breaks my heart to see the direction this game is going. What, do we want a bunch of Cam Newtons running around?” Gossage told the New York Post’s K...2016
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