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• This Day in Braves History: Julio Franco becomes the oldest Major League player to hit a grand slam at age 45Photo by Scott Cunningham/Getty Images Braves Franchise History 1902 - Cardinals pitcher Mike O’Neill hits the first pinch-hit grand slam ever in the majors against the Boston Beaneaters. He also became the first NL pitcher to hit a grand slam in the 20th century. 2004 - At 45-years of age, Julio Franco becomes the oldest player in major league history to hit a grand slam as the Braves be...2025Check it out Julio Franco news -
• Marlins 3, Cubs 1: The Jameson Taillon questionPhoto by Michael Reaves/Getty Images What’s going on with the Cubs righthander? This recap of the Cubs’ 3-1 loss to the Marlins Wednesday evening at Wrigley Field is going to be fairly short and to the point. Partly, that’s because this game was the shortest of the year so far for the Cubs: Two hours, 11 minutes. As you know, I’m always a fan of shorter games. (More so, of course, if the C...2025See more Jameson Taillon news -
• Today in Cubs history: Sam Jones throws a no-hitterGetty Images And there’s another important Cubs anniversary today. Before I get to Sam Jones’ no-hitter, there’s another key Cubs anniversary today — Ernie Banks’ 500th home run, hit 55 years ago today. Here it is: But May 12 is also the anniversary of another significant event in Cubs franchise history. Righthander Sam Jones threw a no-hitter against the Pirates at Wrigley Field May 12, ...2025See more articles Ernie Banks news -
• This Day in Braves History: Former Broadcaster and Hall of Fame Pitcher Don Sutton is BornPhoto by Andrew Snook/Icon Sportswire/Corbis/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images Braves Franchise History 1945 - Former broadcaster and Hall of Fame pitcher Don Sutton was born in Clio, Alabama on this day in 1945. Sutton would go on to win 324 games over a 23-year major league career. MLB History 1874 - The batter’s box is officially adopted at the fourth meeting of the National Association...2025See also Don Sutton news today -
• 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...2025Click for news about Ernie Banks breaking news -
• In memoriam: Remembering the Cubs we lost in 2024Ken 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...2024See more Whitey Herzog latest news
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• Baseball history unpacked, November 29Rick Monday | Photo by Focus on Sport/Getty Images A M-W-F digest, replete with #Cubs, #MLB, and #MiLB content, gathered from reputable sources. Rick Monday* and Ken Holtzman change addresses, 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 nar...2024Visit the page Walter Johnson injury update -
• Baseball history unpacked, October 16Happy birthday, Rodney Scott! | Photo by Ron Vesely/Getty Images A M-W-F digest, replete with #Cubs, #MLB, and #MiLB content, gathered from reputable sources. Happy birthday, Rodney Scott! 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...2024Read about Red Sox injury report -
• Baseball history unpacked, September 25Happy birthday, Kyle Ryan! | 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. Happy birthday, Kyle Ryan! No-hitters, Sammy homers, 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 ...2024Read about Kyle Ryan availability report -
• Baseball history unpacked, August 19Getty Images A M-W-F digest, replete with #Cubs, #MLB, and #MiLB content, gathered from reputable sources. Hack Wilson, Norman Rockwell, and the short story of Eddie Gaedel. But wait, there’s more! Holtzman throws a gem, Fergie goes deep, and Jim Hendry joins the ranks of the unemployed. On Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays, Bleed Cubbie Blue is pleased to present a light-hearted, Cubs-cent...2024Check it out Hack Wilson injury status -
• Baseball history unpacked, July 24Happy birthday, Miguel Socolovich! | Photo by Mitchell Layton/Getty Images A M-W-F digest, replete with #Cubs, #MLB, and #MiLB content, gathered from reputable sources. Happy birthday, Miguel Socolovich! The Pine-Tar Incident, Vince Coleman blows up his career, and other stories. On Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays, Bleed Cubbie Blue is pleased to present a light-hearted, Cubs-centric look...2024Continue with Mitchell Layton -
• This Day in Braves History: Hank Aaron hits the final home run of his careerBraves Franchise History 1965 - The Braves score seven runs in the seventh inning to beat the Mets 7-1. A two-run shot by Hank Aaron caps off the inning. 1970 - Chicago’s Ken Holtzman walks Hank Aaron and Tommie Aaron makes him pay with a two-run shot in the ninth to give the Braves a 3-1 win. 1976 - Hank Aaron hits the final home run of his career, No. 755, off of the Angels’ Dick Drago. 2012 ...2024Check it out Hank Aaron -
• Baseball history unpacked, July 17Happy birthday. Don Kessinger! | Photo by: 1970 SPX/Diamond Images via Getty Images A M-W-F digest, replete with #Cubs, #MLB, and #MiLB content, gathered from reputable sources. Happy birthday. Don Kessinger! The first pay-per-view game 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 p...2024Check it out Christy Mathewson injury update
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• The 1975 Topps countdown, worst to best (No. 120-101)Well, three out of the four posts I've made this week have some sort of mention of 1975 Topps, so why not make it 4-for-5, that always sound better than 3-for-4 in the baseball realm.Once I get through this episode of the countdown, there will be just 100 cards left, which means nothing but greatness ahead.So let's get to it, no fancy intro this time. 120: Ed Kranepool (card 324)S...2024Continue with Tom Seaver
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"Finally, Jones’ no-hitter was the first of five that Cubs pitchers would throw over the subsequent 17-plus seasons: Don Cardwell in 1960, Ken Holtzman in 1969 and 1971 and Hooton and Milt Pappas in 1972." - 2024
"Ken Holtzman, three-time World Series champion with Oakland A's in the 1970s, dies at 78" - 2023
"1969: At Wrigley Field, Ken Holtzman no-hits the Braves, 3-0, with Ron Santo’s first inning homer providing all the Cubs’ runs 1982: Scheduled to pitch against the Expos in a home game, Braves rookie Pascual Perez misses the start of the game when he can’t find his way to the ballpark." - 2022
"From May 12, 1955 through September 1, 1972, Cubs pitchers threw five no-hitters (Sam Jones, Don Cardwell, Ken Holtzman — twice — and Burt Hooton)." - 2016
"He broke the 45 year old record which was held by Ken Holtzman."
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• Marlins 3, Cubs 1: The Jameson Taillon question
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• This Day in Braves History: Former Broadcaster and Hall of Fame Pitcher Don Sutton is Born
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• In memoriam: Remembering the Cubs we lost in 2024
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• In memoriam: Royals that died in 2024Photo 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, ...2024Click for news about Pete Rose contract rumors -
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• A look at Cubs no-hitters through historyPhoto by Jamie Sabau/Getty Images The Cubs threw their second-ever combined no-no Wednesday. Here are all the other Cubs no-hitters. The combined no-hitter Wednesday evening by Shōta Imanaga, Nate Pearson and Porter Hodge against the Pirates is the 18th in Cubs franchise history. That statement has to be looked at with a small grain of salt. The first four no-hitters thrown by the Chicago ...2024Continue with Nate Pearson trade rumors -
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• Modern baseball, the ‘old days,’ and how starting pitching and the game have changedFergie Jenkins prepares during Spring Training in the 1960s | Getty Images For pitching, it’s as simple as velocity, spin rate and much better hitters. And, a thought exercise about players of old and players of today and how they differ. The All-Star break isn’t just a few days to celebrate the sport by playing an exhibition game and having a home-run contest. It’s also a few days in the ...2024Continue with Fergie Jenkins salary rumors
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• The 1972 Cubs: Another failed potential contenderBilly Williams bats for the Cubs at Shea Stadium in August 1972, showing off the unusual road uniforms worn only in that year | Photo by Walter Leporati/Getty Images The Cubs wound up a distant second. The beginning of the 1972 season was marred by a players’ strike, the first such labor stoppage in MLB history. It lasted only a week or so, and it was decided that the games missed would no...2024See also Billy Williams -
• The 1970 Cubs were better than the 1969 Cubs. Why didn’t they win?Jim Hickman scores for the Cubs against the Mets on May 23, 1970 | Photo by James Drake /Sports Illustrated via Getty Images It was another failure, in some ways more frustrating than the fabled ‘69 team. Yesterday, I posted this article about how some players who the Cubs let go for almost nothing in the late 1950s and early 1960s might have helped the 1969 team get over the hump and make...2024Click for news about Oscar Gamble statistics -
• 2024 Cubs Heroes and Goats: Game 140Photo by Quinn Harris/Getty Images It doesn’t get much better than this. The Cubs win 12-0 and no-hit the Pirates. Historically, this would be a morning where I tell you that I was watching an entertaining Rays game while you guys were watching what the Cubs passed off for a baseball game. I get to point and laugh a little. Historically. I will say this, if you have a few spare minutes, so...2024Continue with Quinn Harris stats -
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• Baseball history unpacked, May 24Jon Lieber | Getty Images A M-W-F digest, replete with #Cubs, #MLB, and #MiLB content, gathered from reputable sources. Jon Lieber throws a shutout 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 cou...2024See more articles Clark Griffith statistics -
• 2024 Cubs Heroes and Goats: Game 16Photo by Norm Hall/Getty Images Erasing 2023? The Cubs swipe one in Arizona. I was watching this game and thinking what a great time it has been to be a Cubs fan over these last 10 years. Even before the Cubs pulled off this win, just seeing this team playing really good baseball yet again. It’s really been fun to watch. Those of you who are under 30 probably don’t have much memory of the...2024See also Seiya Suzuki -
• Royals Rumblings - News for April 16, 2024Photo by Jay Biggerstaff/Getty Images Salvy is A-OK! Salvy will avoid the Injured List, writes Anne Rogers. Indeed, Perez’s MRI scan taken Monday in Chicago “was the best result we could have hoped for,” Quatraro said. Imaging showed a mild left groin strain that is not expected to require an injured list stint. Catcher Logan Porter traveled to Chicago on Monday to be a one-man taxi squad...2024See more Anne Rogers statistics -
• Today in 1984 Cubs history: The Gary Matthews/Bob Dernier trade changed everythingGetty Images The Cubs struggled through a painful spring training, and then Dallas Green made a deal that defined the 1984 team. The Cubs lost 91 games in 1983, two more than they had in 1982, the first year of “Building A New Tradition” under Tribune Co. and general manager Dallas Green. In fact, they had hovered around .500 as late as June 19, when they were 30-32, but went 41-59 the res...2024Click for news about Fergie Jenkins
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• The 1975 Topps countdown, worst to best (No. 20-1)This is it. The final episode of the 1975 Topps worst-to-best countdown.This series lasted a little longer than I had intended. Those who wanted me to finish it within a week back when I started in April of last year probably gave up a long time ago. I had planned to wrap it up by September or early October of this year all along. Per usual, life had to butt in.But we're here. Let's ju...2024Click for news about Boog Powell -
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• Three in 24 hours? Yeah, I'm oldI had another post planned for today, had the cards pulled and ready to scan, but death had other plans.You know the old superstition that notable deaths come in threes? Well how about finding out three well-known baseball figures of my younger days died within a 24-hour period? That's an unsettling ramp-up.It started yesterday afternoon and it's still going. Ken Holtzman. Gone. Whitey...2024See more Whitey Herzog -
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• Cub Tracks’ the thrill of the ChasePhoto by Norm Hall/Getty Images #Cubs, #MLB, and #MiLB news and notes, links and discussion, plus more or less scientific food for thought. A pitcher’s duel created drama in the desert. The Cubs emerged victorious. WELCOME to today’s episode of Cub Tracks news and notes™, a greatest-hits collection of Chicago-style beat writers and bloggers, ground from #Cubs, #MiLB, and #MLB baseball, ove...2024Click for news about Cub Tracks -
• Former Cub Ken Holtzman has diedPhoto by Louis Requena/MLB via Getty Images The lefthander threw two no-hitters with the Cubs. Ken Holtzman burst onto the Cubs scene at age 19, barely three months after he was selected out of the University of Illinois in the very first amateur draft in 1965. A full-time member of the Cubs rotation by the following year, he tantalized Cubs fans with near no-hitters a couple of times, inc...2024Click for news about Louis Requena -
• Today in 1984 Cubs history: The Gary Matthews/Bob Dernier trade changed everything
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• This Day in Braves History: John Smoltz becomes Atlanta’s all-time strikeouts leaderPhoto by Mike Zarrilli/Getty Images Braves Franchise History 1902: Baltimore outfielder Kip Selbach sets the post-1900 mark in the American League by making four errors, a mark tied by Braves outfielder Fred Nicholson in 1922. 1914 - Lefty Tyler stops the Reds for a 3-2 Braves win. 1951: In Boston, the Braves score five in the sixth and roll over the Dodgers, 13-4. Warren Spahn picks up h...2023Click for news about John Smoltz -
• Ken Holtzman, three-time World Series champion with Oakland A's in the 1970s, dies at 78Holtzman also threw two no-hitters while pitching for the Cubs...2024Visit the page World Series -
• Former Cub Ken Holtzman has died
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• Holtzman, who threw 2 no-hitters for Cubs, diesKen Holtzman, who tossed two no-hitters for the Cubs and won four World Series, died Sunday at 78....2024See more World Series -
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Happy birthday, Don Kessinger | Photo by: 1970 SPX/Diamond Images via Getty Images A thrice-weekly digest, replete with #Cubs, #MLB, and #MiLB content, gathered from reputable sources. Happy birthdays to Don Kessinger and Lou Boudreau. 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 ...2023Check it out George Davis
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• This Day in Braves History: Hank Aaron hits home run No. 755
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• Wrigley Field historical sleuthing: Marching band edition
This isn’t something we see at Wrigley anymore. So I’ve been searching far and wide for new photos to sleuth, and you never know what you’ll find on the internet (as you surely know). Before I go on to this photo, since I’m running out of pics to sleuth, I’m going to ask again for your help. If you, the BCB reader, have any old photos of Cubs games at Wrigley (or even on the road) and you don’t kn...2023Click for news about Wrigley Field
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• Today in Cubs history: Milt Pappas’ perfect game is ruined in the ninth, but he throws a no-hitter
WGN-TV He came thisclose. I have noted this here previously, but for this article I think it’s appropriate to mention again. From May 12, 1955 through September 1, 1972, Cubs pitchers threw five no-hitters (Sam Jones, Don Cardwell, Ken Holtzman — twice — and Burt Hooton). In addition, the Cubs had two no-hitters thrown against them in that time frame (Jim Maloney and Sandy Koufax, both in ...2022Check it out Sandy Koufax
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Photo by Transcendental Graphics/Getty Images A thrice-weekly digest, replete with #Cubs, #MLB, and #MiLB factoids, gathered from reputable sources. One of the biggest of the Cubs’ early stars. 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 ...2022Read about Christy Mathewson scandals
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