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• Tommie Reynolds Passes Away
Former big league outfielder Tommie Reynolds passed away last week at 83. His obituary is available from a Florida funeral home. Reynolds signed with the then-Kansas City Athletics as a 21-year-old. He reached the majors that season and appeared in eight games. Reynolds didn’t play much over his first two seasons but got into 90 games…...2025
• It’s time to honor George Spriggs

The former Royals player was once a Negro Leaguer. Now that Cedric Tallis, the Royals' first general manager, and architect of their early success has been inducted into the Royals Hall of Fame, I need to find a new windmill to tilt at. My other pet project over the years has been for the club to bestow some type of recognition on George Spriggs. Spriggs’ contract was purchased by Tallis from the ...2025
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• Outside The Confines: Remembering Satchel Paige’s last start

A look around Spring Training. Remembering Satchel Paige’s last major league start. And other news from around baseball. Good morning. We’re officially into silly season of Spring Training as the Phillies’ Trea Turner trolled his former teammate Max Scherzer by challenging an obvious first-pitch strike with the ABS system. Scherzer had previously complained that he wasn’t a fan of the ABS system...2025
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• Remembering the career of Bobby Shantz

He was a lefty with the heart of a lion. My father used to regale me with stories about old baseball players and teams. I suppose that’s the reason I’m more interested in the old times than the modern game. Dad was a Brooklyn Dodgers fan, so I heard a lot of stories about “Dem Bums” growing up, but he also had an appreciation for any player with talent. He admired stars like Stan Musial and Willie...2025
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• In memoriam: Royals that died in 2024

Photo by Focus on Sport/Getty Images Rest in peace. With the year concluding, it is time to reflect on those we lost this year. The baseball world lost greats like Willie “The Say Hey Kid” Mays, Hit King Pete Rose, and stolen base champ Rickey Henderson, as well as greats like Rico Carty, Ed Krranepool, Bud Harrrelson, Ferrnando Valenzuela, Luis Tiant, Ken Holtzman, Rudy May, Don Gullett, ...2024
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• Brewers All-Time Team: Relief Pitcher

The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel-USA TODAY NETWORK We fittingly “close out” our All-Time Team with a reliever This is it: the last spot on the Brewers All-Time Team, where we’ve taken the best single season at each position (excluding the designated hitter, and without repeating players). Here’s what we’ve got, a group that spans 50 years from the Brewers’ first season in Milwaukee to a play...2024
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• Turkey Time Trivia

Photo by Bruce Bennett Studios via Getty Images Studios/Getty Images Take a break from football Tired of watching football and eating turkey? I’m not yet, but I’m getting there. While were waiting for the hot stove to heat up, here is another round of obscure baseball trivia. General Baseball Trivia There are only three players since 1900 who have hit a home run, stolen a base and thro...2024
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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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• A few thoughts about the first Dodgers/Yankees World Series in 43 years

Shohei Ohtani scores against the Yankees in June | Brad Penner-Imagn Images ... and what this might mean for the sport going forward, and for the Cubs. The New York Yankees and Los Angeles Dodgers did what their owners, management, players and fans expected them to do: Finish with the best regular-season records in their respective leagues, then win the postseason series they had to win to...2024
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• Baseball history unpacked, October 18

Happy birthday, Allen Ripley! A M-W-F digest, replete with #Cubs, #MLB, and #MiLB content, gathered from reputable sources. Happy birthday, Allen Ripley, and other stories. Believe it or not! 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 foll...2024
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• Long lost milestones

Photo by Ed Zurga/Getty Images The years fly by Watching Seth Lugo spin his complete game recently got me thinking about other milestones. Lugo’s complete game, once a common occurrence for pitchers, has become exceedingly rare. The club record, which will never be broken, is held by Dennis Leonard, who threw 21 complete games in the 1977 season. The last complete game for the Royals prior...2024
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• Baseball history unpacked, April 24

Happy birthday, Stephen Souza Jr. | Photo by Joe Sargent/Getty Images A M-W-F digest, replete with #Cubs, #MLB, and #MiLB content, gathered from reputable sources. Happy birthday wishes to Stephen Souza, Jr., and others, and more! 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 l...2024
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• Today in White Sox History: April 22

On this day 124 years ago, the White Sox won their very first official game. | The Inter Ocean A first win on the South Side! 1900After a loss debuting in the American League on April 21, the White Sox split the weekend and got in the winning column with a 5-3 victory over the Milwaukee Brewers in front of a Sunday crowd of 15,000 fans at South Side Park. The deciding run came in the seve...2024
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• Remembering the career of Bobby Shantz
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• Royals Rumblings - News for November 11, 2024

Thank you, veterans, David Laurila at Fangraphs talks to J.J. Picollo at the GM meetings. “We need to be a little more dynamic offensively, and by that I mean we need to get on base at a higher rate than we did this year,” Picollo told me earlier this week in San Antonio. “We’re trying to target players we can lengthen out our lineup with, whether it’s someone at the top, in the middle, or toward ...2024
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• Reggie Jackson’s emotional, heartfelt answer about racism was a can’t-miss MLB moment

This should be mandatory viewing for any sports fan. Alex Rodriguez thought he was throwing a soft ball question to Reggie Jackson on the Fox MLB Broadcast from Rickwood Field on Thursday, and he couldn’t have expected the emotional, thoughtful answer he got. Rickwood Field, former home of the Birmingham Barons, is a monumentally important part of baseball history, specifically the Negro Leagues....2024
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• A look back on Harry Simpson

Have Suitcase, will travel I don’t think there’s much debate that baseball players today are better than they were 50 or 100 years ago. For one thing, MLB is now integrated. It’s truly an international sport. The second thing is players at nearly all levels now play and work out year-round. With AAU and traveling teams, pre-teen ballplayers probably play more games in a summer than I played in the...2024
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• In memoriam: Royals that died in 2023

Photo by Focus on Sport/Getty Images May they rest in peace. It is time to reflect on the year that was and those we lost. Among those we lost in the baseball world include stars like Tim Wakefield, Tim McCarver, Ryan Minor, Alex Cole, Willie Hernandez, Jesus Alou, Brooks Robinson, Vic Davalillo, Nate Colbert, Frank Howard, Joe Pepitone, Gary Peters, Mike Shannon, Dick Groat, Eddie Bressou...2023
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• Who’s the fastest Royal of all time?

Photo by David Cooper/Toronto Star via Getty Images That’s what speed do! Over the years, there is a perception that the Royals are a franchise infatuated by speed. Don’t get me wrong, speed is something you can’t teach, and I enjoy a stolen base, a triple or a terrific outfield play as much as the next guy. And speed most often facilitates those plays. But if a hitter can’t get on base, t...2023
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• Baseball’s immortal clowns

SetNumber: X35341 Beware of Moe. Before the advent of the internet, telling jokes and playing gags on your friends (and enemies) was part of the fabric of life. I had a friend who married young, at age 19, and after the ceremony at a rustic country church, two friends and I picked up the back end of his car and placed two wooden blocks under his axles. Understand, it was a Chevy Chevette. ...2023
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• How a Childhood Idol and a Scouting Guru Landed Felix Hernandez in Seattle
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"It’s amazing how many former Kansas City Athletics took part in that game."

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"He played for the Kansas City Athletics from 1958 to 1960, and had short stints with the Orioles and Tigers before his career ended in 1963."

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"1956 - Frank Umont is the first umpire to wear glasses in an American League regular season game when he officiates a contest between the Detroit Tigers and the Kansas City Athletics."

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"(2) 1954 - The Kansas City Athletics hire Lou Boudreau as manager, replacing Eddie Joost, who is given his unconditional release."

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"Kansas City Athletics and Sporting KC announce partnership"

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"Harrelson played from 1963-1971, suiting up for the Kansas City Athletics (two sti"

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"Emilio's uncle, Chico, starred as a shortstop for the Chicago White Sox, Cleveland Indians, Kansas City Athletics and Baltimore Orioles."

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• In memoriam: Royals that died in 2024
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• Brewers All-Time Team: Relief Pitcher
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• 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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• Turkey Time Trivia
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• This Day in Braves History: John Smoltz wins N.L. Cy Young award
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• Royals Rumblings - News for November 11, 2024
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• A few thoughts about the first Dodgers/Yankees World Series in 43 years
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• Baseball history unpacked, October 18
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• Baseball history unpacked, April 22

Terry Francona bats for the Cubs in 1986 | Photo by Ron Vesely/MLB Photos via Getty Images A M-W-F digest, replete with #Cubs, #MLB, and #MiLB content, gathered from reputable sources. Happy birthday, Terry Francona, no-hitters, one-hitters, and other stories on a busy day in baseball history. On Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays, Bleed Cubbie Blue is pleased to present a light-hearted, Cub...2024
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• This Day in MLB History: January 16

MLB History 1886 - The Washington Nationals are admitted to the National League, bringing the league total to seven teams. 1891 - A new national agreement was signed by the National League, American Association and the Western Association. The agreement creates a three-man panel to settle problems among the leagues. 1964 - American League owners vote down Charlie Finley’s proposed move of the Ka...2024
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• Texans are a popular name for pro football teams

Lots of teams used the same moniker What’s in a name? Well, in the landscape of pro football, what is in the name Texans? Right now, the NFL’s Houston Texans are the latest to call themselves that – make that the second Houston Texans. But in the annals of pro football history, there have been many who have called their team the “Texans.” Of course, if you are from the State of Texas, the fact th...2024
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• In Memoriam: The White Sox We Lost in 2023

A southpaw star, long-distance slugger, popular broadcaster and beloved scout were among our dearly departed It’s the time of year where, as we grimace ahead into 2024 and what awaits us with the Chicago White Sox, we look back at those South Siders we lost in 2023. Included among them are a southpaw star, long-distance slugger, departed but popular broadcaster, and beloved scout. Please, feel fre...2023
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• Gary Peters, 1937-2023
Our tribute to the Rookie of the Year and dominant 1960s pitching force comes in the form of an extended Q&A With the passing of Gary Peters, once again we are able to produce a wonderful tribute to him in the form of an extended Q&A. Peters, by WAR, was the 17th-best pitcher in the history of a very pitching-rich franchise, and tied with Ray Durham for 38th-best player overall. Our sincerely cond...2023
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• How a Childhood Idol and a Scouting Guru Landed Felix Hernandez in Seattle
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• Remembering the career of Bobby Shantz
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• This Day in Braves History: John Smoltz wins N.L. Cy Young award
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• A few thoughts about the first Dodgers/Yankees World Series in 43 years
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• The Boys of Summer

The original Dodgers One of the first books I ever read, The Boys of Summer, is a baseball classic written by Roger Kahn, published in 1972. The book was probably my father's, as he was a Dodger fan as a young man. Even now, at 83, my father can recite the Dodgers lineup, position by position, complete with colorful anecdotes about each player. I often wondered how a poor boy from western Kansas g...2024
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• Long lost milestones
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• Reggie Jackson’s emotional, heartfelt answer about racism was a can’t-miss MLB moment
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• Baseball at Rickwood

Photo by Carol M. Highsmith/Buyenlarge/Getty Images The original Field of Dreams. For the last three summers, Major League Baseball has hosted a major or minor league game at the Field of Dreams site in Dyersville, Iowa. The games have been a smashing success. The state of Iowa is committing money towards building a permanent stadium at the site, which could host a variety of games and oth...2024
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• A look back on Harry Simpson
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• This Day in Braves History: Chipper Jones homers on 40th birthday
Photo by Jamie Squire/Getty Images Braves Franchise History 1966 - The Atlanta Braves establish a major league record by winning their 18th consecutive game at home. The first 17 wins of the streak came in Milwaukee, the team’s home in 1965. 2011 - The Braves complete their first sweep of the Giants in San Francisco since 1998 with a 9-6 win in 10 innings. Nate McLouth delivers a two-run ...2023
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• How a Childhood Idol and a Scouting Guru Landed Felix Hernandez in Seattle
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• Could the Royals leave Kansas City?

Photo by Ed Zurga/Getty Images It’s deja vu all over again. Everyone on this thread is aware of the kerfuffle going on between Jackson County and Royals ownership over a proposed new stadium. To put it diplomatically, it’s been a circus. Royals ownership, led by John Sherman, insisted the team needs to relocate downtown and seemed set on the East Village site. The team also considered a si...2023
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• Former Royals manager Whitey Herzog dies at age 92

With his aggressive baserunning strategies, Whitey led the Royals to their first three playoff appearances. Hall of Fame manager Whitey Herzog, who managed the Royals from 1975 to 1979, has died at the age of 92. Dorrel Norman Elvert Herzog grew up just east of St. Louis in Illinois, excelling at baseball enough to be signed by the Yankees as a teenager. After a stint in the Army and a trade to th...2024
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• This Day in Braves History: John Smoltz wins Cy Young Award

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 Young Award in a runaway. Smoltz led the NL in strikeouts (27...2023
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• Who’s the fastest Royal of all time?
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• This Day in Braves History: Mark Lemke walks off Twins

Braves Franchise History 1991 - Mark Lemke’s two-out single in the 12th inning gives the Braves a 5-4 win over the Twins in Game 3 of the World Series. Leaked had made an error in the top half of the inning. The game lasted four hours and four minutes and was the first World Series game ever played in Atlanta. 1992 - The Braves beat the Blue Jays 7-2 in Game 5 thanks to a grand slam by Lonnie Sm...2023
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• This Day in Braves History: Chipper Jones homers on his 40th birthday

Daniel Shirey-USA TODAY Sports Braves Franchise History 1966 - The Atlanta Braves establish a major league record by winning their 18th consecutive game at home. The first 17 wins of the streak came in Milwaukee, the team’s home in 1965. 2011 - The Braves complete their first sweep of the Giants in San Francisco since 1998 with a 9-6 win in 10 innings. Nate McLouth delivers a two-run sing...2024
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• The history of Royals firemen
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• This day in Braves History: A day of playoff bummers

Photo by MLB via Getty Images A good day for teams wearing blue, a bad day for the Braves. Braves franchise history 1992: Ed Sprague’s two-run home run in the 9th inning off Jeff Reardon in Game 2 gives Toronto a 5-4 win over Atlanta and evens the World Series. 2020: The Dodgers make it to the World Series for the third time in the last four years by defeating the Atlanta Braves, 4 - 3, i...2024
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• Kansas City baseball trivia

Courtesy of Charlie O. Finley. A few weeks ago, I explored some of the strange things that have happened in Major League history. This week, we look at some of the oddball occurrences surrounding the history of Kansas City baseball. Before the Athletics moved to Kansas City, owner Connie Mack had his eye on a pitching prospect named Lou Brissie. Mack and Brissie reached an agreement that Brissie w...2024
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• It’s time for the Royals to honor George Spriggs

Our only alumni The Royals have made some significant moves this spring, inducting Bo Jackson, John Schuerholz and Cedric Tallis into the team’s Hall of Fame. Now that Tallis has been inducted, I’ll need to find a new windmill to tilt at. Bringing attention to the Tallis oversight has been one of my main passions the last five years and I’m very happy for the Tallis family to see this long-overdu...2024
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• This Day in MLB History: January 16
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• Our Team

The summer that changed baseball Baseball is one sport that has provided a plethora of excellent books. Some are all-time classics like The Boys of Summer by Roger Kahn and The Glory of their Times by Lawrence Ritter. Another all-time favorite of mine is the John Updike essay called Hub Fans Bid Kid Adieu. More recently, former Kansas City Star columnist Joe Posnanski has scored with The Soul of ...2023
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• Baseball’s immortal clowns
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• The two John Donaldsons

Both played in KC Recently, my wife, daughter and I were on a short road trip and drove through Lehigh, Iowa, a small burg of 395 people located in central Iowa which was founded in 1881. Lehigh sits in a steep valley of the Des Moines river which cuts through the center of what is left of the town. The east part of Lehigh has 10-15 houses plus the local bar and grill. Most residents live in west ...2023
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• Weekend Rumblings - News for January 28, 2203
Photo by Scott Winters/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images Go Chiefs! Blair Kerkhoff writes about the Aroldis Chapman signing. “He was looking for an opportunity to rebound,” Picollo said. “They pursued us as much as we pursued them. There was interest on both sides. “We have a pretty clear understanding what happened at the end of last year. These things happen in sports. He was as disappoi...2023
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