Mickey Mantle rumors, news

Mickey Mantle news, rumors

  • • Raleigh joins Mantle in record books with 50th HR
    Cal Raleigh hit his 50th homer Monday night, extending his major league record and joining Mickey Mantle as the only switch-hitters to reach that mark....2025
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  • • Michael Jordan-Kobe Bryant Signed Card Sells For Record $12.9M
    A signed sports collectible card featuring Michael Jordan and Kobe Bryant sold for $12.932 million Saturday night, breaking the record for the most paid for a sports card of all time. The 2007-08 Upper Deck Exquisite Collection Dual Logoman Autographs Jordan & Bryant card, numbered 1-of-1, surpassed the 1952 Topps Mickey Mantle card, which sold […] The post Michael Jordan-Kobe Bryant Sig...2025
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  • • Remembering Roger Angell
    It’s a daunting task, following in the footsteps of a legend. The players who came after Mickey Mantle or Ted Williams or Willie Mays didn’t have it easy. They were faulted for not being able to replicate the feats of their predecessors. How unfair. I was thinking about that when I came across this piece in […]...2025
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  • • One-of-a-kind Michael Jordan, Kobe Bryant Logoman card sells for record $12.9 million
    Sale tops the 1952 Topps Mickey Mantle card that sold for $12.6 million three years ago....2025
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  • • Aaron Judge, Giancarlo Stanton Set To Scale Mickey Mantle Landmark In No Time
    During their careers in NY, sluggers Aaron Judge and Giancarlo Stanton combined for many big moments. Find out what plateau awaits them next....2025
  • Two obsessive player-collection project updates
    • Two obsessive player-collection project updates
     It's the summer traveling season. We're visiting or greeting visitors, yet the cards keep coming. It's sometimes difficult to focus. What do I write about -- this or this? But I've finally settled on a couple of player collections, a rare off-shoot of my main collecting goals. I think they're impressive in their own way. I just added the Topps Now card for Clayton Kershaw's 3,000th...2025

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Mickey Mantle injury and suspension

  • This Day in Braves History: Tom Glavine earns his 200th career win
    • This Day in Braves History: Tom Glavine earns his 200th career win
    Photo credit should read STEVE SCHAEFER/AFP via Getty Images Braves Franchise History 1965 - Milwaukee manager Bobby Bragan says that his pitchers threw 75 to 80 spitballs in a 9-2 loss to the Giants. Bragan says he ordered his pitchers to throw the spitter to prove that the rules against them are not being enforced. 1969 - The Braves homer five times and defeat the Phillies 6-3 in Game 1...2025
  • This Day in Braves History: Braves turn a triple play against Red Sox
    • This Day in Braves History: Braves turn a triple play against Red Sox
    Photo by Billie Weiss/Boston Red Sox/Getty Images That’s always fun! Braves Franchise History 1926: Braves coach Art Devlin is riding Reds 3B Babe Pinelli. Coming off the field in the 3rd, Pinelli brushes against him. Devlin swings, starting one of the great baseball fights of the century. Police restore order, but not before Boston outfielder Frank Wilson is arrested and taken to jail fo...2025
  • Baseball history unpacked, July 9
    • Baseball history unpacked, July 9
    Getty Images A M-W-F digest, replete with #Cubs, #MLB, and #MiLB content. Adam Greenberg’s fateful at-bat 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 of time. Here’s a handy Cubs timeline,...2025
  • This Day in Braves History: Otis Nixon sets N.L. record with six stolen bases in a single game
    • This Day in Braves History: Otis Nixon sets N.L. record with six stolen bases in a single game
    Braves Franchise History 1916 - Salida Tom Hughes no-hits the Pirates 2-0 at Braves Field. 1991 - Otis Nixon sets a modern day National League record with six stolen bases in a 7-6 loss by the Braves against the Expos. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jkPgruqyhDY 2005 - 46-year old Julio Franco records his first two-steal game since 1994 in a 5-2 win over the Reds. John Smoltz also recorded his f...2025
  • Manny Machado hits a milestone
    • Manny Machado hits a milestone
    Manny Machado | Photo by Thearon W. Henderson/Getty Images Notes on Padres week ten The San Diego Padres played a home series against the Pittsburgh Pirates, taking two of three. They then flew to San Francisco to play the Giants and split the series two games each. Although they finished the week four wins to three loses, the offense still struggled and the pitching had some great moments...2025
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  • This Day in Braves History: Chipper Jones blasts 400th career homer
    • This Day in Braves History: Chipper Jones blasts 400th career homer
    The Braves legend reaches a major milestone. Braves Franchise History 2008: Atlanta Braves 3B Chipper Jones hits his 400th career home run, becoming the third switch-hitter to reach this level, after Eddie Murray and Mickey Mantle. Ricky Nolasco gives up the homer. Jones has a four-hit game to move his average to .418, the top mark in the majors at this point of the season. The Braves top the Mar...2025
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  • This Day in Braves History: Dale Murphy hits three homers in Braves win
    • This Day in Braves History: Dale Murphy hits three homers in Braves win
    Photo by George Gojkovich/Getty Images A breakout game for a budding Braves legend. Braves Franchise History 1951: Braves catcher Walker Cooper has five hits in a 12-3 win over the Pittsburgh Pirates. 1979: Dale Murphy homers three times and drives in five runs to help the Atlanta Braves to a 6-4 win over the Giants. 1996: Centennial Olympic Park in Atlanta opens two months ahead of the ...2025
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  • This Day in Braves History: Chipper Jones passes Mickey Mantle on all-time RBI list
    • This Day in Braves History: Chipper Jones passes Mickey Mantle on all-time RBI list
    Photo by Denis Poroy/Getty Images Another milestone for the legendary No. 10 for the Braves. Braves Franchise History 1944: Jim Tobin homers and tosses a no-hitter in a 2-0 win over the Brooklyn Dodgers. 1971: Hank Aaron launches his 600th career home run off Gaylord Perry in a 6-5 Atlanta Braves loss to the Giants at Fulton County Stadium. Aaron joins Babe Ruth and Willie Mays as the onl...2025
  • This Day in Braves History: April 9th
    • This Day in Braves History: April 9th
    File photo/News& Observer/Tribune News Service via Getty Images Braves Franchise History 1980 - Two days after opening the season, the Durham Bulls home uniforms are stolen. Braves minor league director Hank Aaron sends the team a set of used Braves uniforms. MLB History 1912 - The Boston Red Sox defeat Harvard University in an exhibition game that is the first game ever played at Fenway ...2025
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  • The hope of baseball
    • The hope of baseball
    Photo by Mitchell Layton/Getty Images Hope is a great thing A couple of weeks ago I was at the hospital in Iowa City, doing some research on my dead ears. My ears are strictly ornamental now, only good for holding up my glasses. Hopefully, the research is beneficial to future generations. I’m amazed at how closely the hospital and the university have shoehorned buildings together. From the...2025
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Mickey Mantle lifestyle

  • Remembering the career of Bobby Shantz
    • 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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  • Life On The Green: Jack Nicklaus, golf legends impart wealth of wisdom in Ann Liguori’s new book
    • Life On The Green: Jack Nicklaus, golf legends impart wealth of wisdom in Ann Liguori’s new book
    Renowned broadcaster Ann Liguori sat down with 12 legends of the game to learn about what it takes to succeed both on and off the course. If you are reading this, you are very likely a golfer. Perhaps you play sporadically, or maybe you play once a week or once a year. Either way, all of us golfers have something in common. We all want to get better, improve our games, and shoot low scores. One wa...2024
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  • A look back on Harry Simpson
    • 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
  • • Outside The Confines: Is the MLBPA going to stand up for MiLB?
    Photo by Scott W. Grau/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images Seems like some interesting changes might be coming. In some late-breaking Sunday news that we will most certainly be hearing a lot more about in the coming week, it appears that a vote is on the way to see how Minor League players feel about having the MLPBA act as their collective bargaining representative. BREAKING: Minor Leaguer...2022
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  • • Scott Miller's Starting 9: Of Hot Red Sox, Cologne, Clubhouse Fights, Dog Days
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  • • Scott Miller's Starting 9: As Mets and Nationals Race, 23 May Be Lucky Number
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  • • Scott Miller's Starting 9: From E-Mail to Starbucks, You're Fired!
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  • • Yogi Berra, MLB Icon and War Hero, Was One of Sports' Most Unforgettable
    2015
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  • • John Tavares the Quiet Superstar Is Ready for a Bigger Stage for NY Islanders
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  • • Scott Miller's Starting 9: Star-Power, Rebuilt Rosters Make NL West Must-See TV
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Timeline

  • 2025
    "Pitcher Art Schallock, who in 1951 replaced future Hall of Famer Mickey Mantle on the Yankees' roster and had been the oldest living former major leaguer, has died at age 100."

  • 2024
    "1960: Roger Maris edges out teammate Mickey Mantle for the American League MVP Award."

  • 2023
    "1994 - Eddie Murray homers from both sides of the plate for the 11th time in his career breaking the record set by Mickey Mantle."

  • 2022
    "They’ve won thousands of games across eras spanning from Babe Ruth to Mickey Mantle to Reggie Jackson to Ronald Torreyes."

  • 2021
    "Joe Pepitone is suing the Baseball Hall of Fame for $1 million and ownership of the bat that his former Yankees teammate Mickey Mantle used to swat his 500th career home run."

  • 2020
    "Mickey Mantle hit his share of prodigious blasts."

  • 2019
    "In addition to most of DiMaggio’s career, New York has seen the likes Mickey Mantle, Yogi Berra, Roger Maris, Thurman Munson, Reggie Jackson, Dave Winfield, Don Mattingly, Derek Jeter and Alex Rodriguez since 1937."

  • 2018
    "Chipper Jones grew up and progressed through his distinguished Major League career aspiring to be like his father's childhood idol, Mickey Mantle."

  • 2017
    "Mike Trout is playing like Mickey Mantle and much of America may be missing it"

  • 2016
    "com gives him a similarity score comparable to Hank Aaron, Orlando Cepeda, Mickey Mantle, Ken Griffey Jr."

  • 2015
    "August 13, 2015, marks the 20-year anniversary of the death of Mickey Mantle, the greatest switch-hitter in baseball history."

  • 2014
    "It was the third consecutive season in which Trout led the AL in runs scored, the first man to do that since Mickey Mantle (1956-58)."

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Mickey Mantle trade rumors, contract, salary rumors

  • • Two obsessive player-collection project updates
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  • • This Day in Braves History: Braves turn a triple play against Red Sox
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  • Today in White Sox History: June 23
    • Today in White Sox History: June 23
    It was a terribly-pitched game, but Floyd Bannister delivered the win that finally got the 1983 White Sox a winning record. | Ron Vesely/MLB Photos via Getty Images The winning is starting to get ugly for the 1983 club 1919 White Sox center fielder Happy Felsch tied a 15-year-old record set by Harry Bay for most chances in a nine-inning game: 12. He had 11 putouts and one assist (Jack Gran...2025
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  • This Day in Braves History: Braves set a new National League record with a homer in 25 straight games
    • This Day in Braves History: Braves set a new National League record with a homer in 25 straight games
    Photo by Focus on Sport/Getty Images Braves Franchise History 1942 - Jim Tobin has a huge day as he throws a five-hitter and slugs three consecutive home runs in a 6-5 win over the Cubs at Braves Field. Tobin is the first pitcher in modern history to collect three home runs in a game. 1998 - Ryan Klesko hits a two-run home run against the Cardinals to help the Braves set a new National Le...2025
  • • The hope of baseball
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  • Baseball history unpacked, March 26
    • Baseball history unpacked, March 26
    RVR Photos-Imagn Images A M-W-F digest, replete with #Cubs, #MLB, and #MiLB content, gathered from reputable sources. The Tokyo Series that wasn’t, and other stories for the discerning reader. Happy birthday to Jose Vizcaino* and other Cubs! On Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays, Bleed Cubbie Blue is pleased to present a light-hearted, Cubs-centric look at baseball’s colorful past, with plen...2025
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  • Friday Rockpile: Making predictions and preparing for 2025 as a Rockies fan in a Yankees-Dodgers world
    • Friday Rockpile: Making predictions and preparing for 2025 as a Rockies fan in a Yankees-Dodgers world
    Photo by New York Yankees/Getty Images Colorado Rockies news and links for Friday, March 21, 2025 The 2025 MLB season begins in one week. As Rockies fans, it’s hard to level set expectations with the recurring hope and optimism that naturally rises inside baseball fans each spring. Over the last few years, I have tried to find better ways to manage my expectations. In January, I looked to...2025
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  • This Day in Braves History: March 11th
    • This Day in Braves History: March 11th
    Photo by Bettmann Archive/Getty Images Braves Franchise History 1953 - Boston Braves owner Lou Perini proposes a ban on the move of any major league franchise to that of a minor league city until October 1. Two days later, he will announce that the Braves are moving to Milwaukee. 1974 - Commissioner Bowie Kuhn orders the Atlanta Braves to play Hank Aaron in at least two of the team’s thre...2025
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  • This Day in Braves History: Tim Hudson signs a contract extension
    • This Day in Braves History: Tim Hudson signs a contract extension
    Photo by Todd Kirkland/Icon SMI/Icon Sport Media via Getty Images The Georgia native agrees to stay in Braves Country for the long haul. Braves Franchise History 2000: Arbitrator Shyam Das cuts Atlanta Braves reliever John Rocker’s suspension from 28 days to just 14. 2005: The Braves and Tim Hudson reach an agreement on a four-year, $47 million contract extension. Photo b...2025
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Mickey Mantle stats and results

  • Today in White Sox History: July 25
    • Today in White Sox History: July 25
    Mickey Mantle and Roger Maris both held the 1961 MLB HR lead outright at different points during a doubleheader sweep of the White Sox, 64 years ago today. | TPLP/Getty Images The Maris-Mantle home run race gets wild in doubleheader sweep of the South Siders 1954 In the first game of a twin bill at Boston, White Sox pitcher Jack Harshman set the franchise record by striking out 16 Red Sox....2025
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  • • This Day in Braves History: Braves turn a triple play against Red Sox
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  • This Day in Braves History: Hank Aaron passes Willie Mays on all-time home run list with his 649th homer
    • This Day in Braves History: Hank Aaron passes Willie Mays on all-time home run list with his 649th homer
    Braves Franchise History 1918 - Dick Rudolph tosses a one-hitter beating Rube Bressler and the Reds 3-0. Hal Chase recorded the lone hit. 1931 - Rabbit Maranville scores five runs as the Braves beat the Cardinals 13-4. 1961 - The Braves tied the National League record with 14 homers in three games as they beat the Cubs at Wrigley Field 9-5. 1972 - Hank Aaron hits his 649th home run which moves ...2025
  • Today in White Sox History: June 8
    • Today in White Sox History: June 8
    Jake Atz was the hitting star of a win on this day, 117 years ago, keeping a White Sox winning streak alive and sending them surging into first place. | Transcendental Graphics/Getty Images Don’t let the 1908 club get hot! 1908 Here’s all you need to know about how close the pennant race started, as in just four days, with four wins, the White Sox leaped from sixth in the American League t...2025
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  • • Manny Machado hits a milestone
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  • • This Day in Braves History: Chipper Jones blasts 400th career homer
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  • Should I go for three?
    • Should I go for three?
     So I grabbed a blaster of 2025 Heritage when I was at Dave and Adam's last week. I know they're not called "blasters" anymore but it's still the word I use when I want people to know what I am talking about. Buying Heritage is instinct at this point. We're at the designs during my first years of collecting. While I could pick-and-choose whether I was going to collect Heritage 10-15 year...2025
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  • • This Day in Braves History: Tim Hudson signs a contract extension
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  • The Hall of Fame’s voting system is irretrievably broken
    • The Hall of Fame’s voting system is irretrievably broken
    The Hall of Fame in Cooperstown in 2022 | Al Yellon The failure of Ichiro Suzuki to be unanimous clinched that. Monday’s announcement by the Hall of Fame that Ichiro Suzuki had been elected, but one vote short of unanimously on the 394 returned ballots by BBWAA members, runs the risk of making these Hall elections irrelevant. Some would argue that they already are, but let’s look at the po...2025
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Mickey Mantle parents, kids, wife / husband, girlfriend / boyfriend

  • • Aaron Judge, Giancarlo Stanton Set To Scale Mickey Mantle Landmark In No Time
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  • • Baseball history unpacked, July 9
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  • • This Day in Braves History: Chipper Jones passes Mickey Mantle on all-time RBI list
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  • • The hope of baseball
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  • Joy of a subset: A thrilling start
    • Joy of a subset: A thrilling start
      In order to keep this series in my head and not forget about it for a year, I'm running another version of "Joy of a Subset" three months later, which is a little sooner than I'd like as I usually space them out more. Tonight I'm going way back, to what you could argue was the first "out-of-the-box" topic for a subset in Topps history. Subsets were a new idea for Topps in the '50s...2025
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  • • Friday Rockpile: Making predictions and preparing for 2025 as a Rockies fan in a Yankees-Dodgers world
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  • • Remembering the career of Bobby Shantz
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  • Topps announces new, long-term trading card deal with WWE
    • Topps announces new, long-term trading card deal with WWE
    Topps.com Topps is back on the wrestling scene, starting with a new WWE trading card line later this month. Move over, Mickey Mantle. The Jacob Fatu Bloodline rookie card is set to become the world's most valuable trading card. On Wednesday, Topps, the trading card and collectible company, announced a long-term partnership with WWE. On Instagram, Topps gave fans a preview of upcoming cards...2025
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  • Sports card collecting won’t die as long as there’s community, nostalgia, and the thrill of discovery
    • Sports card collecting won’t die as long as there’s community, nostalgia, and the thrill of discovery
    Friendship and Fun in the Shadow of Money: The National Card Show Comes to the Cleveland. There are thousands of boxes like this sitting on tables on the convention floor. Thousands of boxes that contain thousands of cards, two images on two sides of a piece of cardboard, slipped into a little plastic sleeve, labeled with a price, sitting. A man, one of tens of thousands of people who will be in ...2024
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Top Mickey Mantle news

  • • Why Chipper is a no-doubt HOF selection
    Chipper Jones grew up and progressed through his distinguished Major League career aspiring to be like his father's childhood idol, Mickey Mantle. During his successful journey, the Braves legend earned the opportunity to forever be included within discussions that solely focus on Cooperstown's most revered immortal residents....2018
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  • • Why Chipper is a no-doubt HOF selection
    Chipper Jones grew up and progressed through his distinguished Major League career aspiring to be like his father's childhood idol, Mickey Mantle. During his successful journey, the Braves legend earned the opportunity to forever be included within discussions that solely focus on Cooperstown's most revered immortal residents....2018
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  • • #TBT: Former teammates share stories of The Mick
    August 13, 2015, marks the 20-year anniversary of the death of Mickey Mantle, the greatest switch-hitter in baseball history. Fans remember Mantle for what he did on the field: he hit .300 or higher a remarkable 10 times, was a three-time American League MVP Award winner and seven-time World Series champion. But those who knew him remember him for more than his on-field feats. They recall a big-he...2015
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  • • #TBT: Former teammates share stories of The Mick
    August 13, 2015, marks the 20-year anniversary of the death of Mickey Mantle, the greatest switch-hitter in baseball history. Fans remember Mantle for what he did on the field: he hit .300 or higher a remarkable 10 times, was a three-time American League MVP Award winner and seven-time World Series champion. But those who knew him remember him for more than his on-field feats. They recall a big-he...2015
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  • • Barry Bonds Comments on Bryce Harper Comparison
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  • • Yankees stun Pirates on Aaron Judge’s 60th home run, Giancarlo Stanton grand slam
    The New York Yankees have won 89 games in their roller coaster 2022 season. They’ve won thousands of games across eras spanning from Babe Ruth to Mickey Mantle to Reggie Jackson to Ronald Torreyes. They have absolutely, positively, never won a game exactly like that. Entering the ninth inning against the Pittsburgh Pirates on Tuesday evening in […] Yankees stun Pirates on Aar...2022
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  • • Yogi Berra, MLB Icon and War Hero, Was One of Sports' Most Unforgettable
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  • • Bryce Harper Is Already the Best in the Game, but We've Seen Nothing Yet
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Mickey Mantle fantasy rankings and news

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Mickey Mantle schedule, game

  • • Today in White Sox History: July 25
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  • • Baseball history unpacked, July 9
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  • • Today in White Sox History: June 8
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  • • Manny Machado hits a milestone
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  • • This Day in Braves History: Braves set a new National League record with a homer in 25 straight games
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  • Today in White Sox History: May 1
    • Today in White Sox History: May 1
    Scott Podsednik had a wild and record-breaking effort on the basepaths on this day, 19 years ago. | Chuck Rydlewski/Getty Images Scotty Pods runs wild! 1901 In the dead ball era, homers were sparse. In fact, the White Sox went their first four official American League games without one. But on this day, the offense exploded by banging out 16 hits to bury Detroit, 19-9. The onslaught marked...2025
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  • This Day in Braves History: Chipper Jones records his 1,500th career RBI
    • This Day in Braves History: Chipper Jones records his 1,500th career RBI
    Photo by Gregory Shamus/Getty Images Just another accolade for the legendary Braves hitter Braves Franchise History 1925: The Boston Braves release Stuffy McInnis. He will sign with the Pirates and hit .368 in 59 games while playing in his fifth World Series. 1953: The Braves play their first game since moving to Milwaukee and defeat the Reds, 2-0. 1954: Hank Aaron makes his major league...2025
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Mickey Mantle rumors, scandals

  • • This Day in Braves History: Tim Hudson signs a contract extension
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  • • The Hall of Fame’s voting system is irretrievably broken
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  • • Sports card collecting won’t die as long as there’s community, nostalgia, and the thrill of discovery
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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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  • MLB Playoffs: American League Preview
    • MLB Playoffs: American League Preview
    Even in a relative down season, the Astros might very well extend their ALCS streak. Will any American League team make like the Rangers and topple them? During the decade-plus of MLB play from 2005-16, only two American League teams won at least 100 games. Outside of the 2008 Angels and 2009 Yankees, it was always a scramble of several good teams, but no true slam-dunk standouts (and even the ‘08...2024
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  • • Life On The Green: Jack Nicklaus, golf legends impart wealth of wisdom in Ann Liguori’s new book
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  • This Day in Braves History: Tim Hudson signs four year extension with Atlanta
    • This Day in Braves History: Tim Hudson signs four year extension with Atlanta
    Photo by Focus on Sport/Getty Images Braves Franchise History 2000 - Arbitrator Shyam Das cuts Braves reliever John Rocker’s suspension from 28 days to just 14. 2005 - The Braves and Tim Hudson reach an agreement on a four-year, $47 million contract extension. MLB History 1889 - The Philadelphia Quakers head to Jacksonville, Florida for spring training and will be the only major league c...2024
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  • • Glebyer Torres continues adding to his outrageous power surge
    At 48-22 heading into Wednesday’s action, the New York Yankees are easily one of baseball’s best teams. They’re also doing what many expected after acquiring Giancarlo Stanton over the winter. However, there’s no doubt they wouldn’t be where they currently are in the standings without the play of rookie second baseman, Gleyber Torres.Among Yankees position players with at least 190 plate appearanc...2018
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  • • Goose Gossage Comments on Bryce Harper, State of MLB
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