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• Living Set Wednesday- Card 900!

On Wednesday Topps released Living Set Card #900, of Philadelphia Phillies legend Mike Schmidt. This is such a great milestone for my favorite baseball cards. Love the old school Phillies zip up sweaters, and that awesome ball cap. My recent Living Set addition- TOPPS Living Set Card #893 ...2026
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• Memories are free (and sometimes cards are, too)

I picked up this card on Friday. Ryne Sandberg passed away Monday. I was not a kid when Sandberg was starring for the Cubs. I was a senior in high school when his rookie card showed up, and I'm pretty sure I didn't know who he was when I pulled it. That was the last year of dedicated card collecting for me for the next six years. That's a lot of Sandberg cards I didn't see. I'm als...2025
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• The most Hall of Famers, yearly update (2025)

Back in January, when we knew the five former players who were going to be inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame for 2025, I wrote a post on those five players, mentioning how many cards I had of each of them. I went back to that post to see if I had gained any cards of Dick Allen, Dave Parker, CC Sabathia, Ichiro Suzuki or Bobby Wagner since. I did. None for Sabathia or Wa...2025
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• 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
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• This Day in Braves History: Phil Niekro faces his brother Joe for the third time

Knucksie and his brother square off on the mound one again. Braves Franchise History 1969: San Diego’s Joe Niekro outduels Phil Niekro in a 1-0 Padres’ win. It is the third career matchup between the two brothers. 1973: Montreal’s Hal Breeden becomes the second major league player to hit pinch-hit home runs in both games of a doubleheader in Atlanta. The Expos win the first game 11-7, but the Atl...2025
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• This Day in Braves History: Dale Murphy’s consecutive game streak ends at 740 games

Photo by Ron Vesely/MLB Photos via Getty Images Braves Franchise History 1948 - Boston’s Johnny Sain becomes the National League’s first 11-game winner as he defeats Robin Roberts and the Phillies. Alvin Dark has three hits in the win and extends his hitting streak to 21 games. 1966 - Felipe Alou hits a pair of home runs off of Sandy Koufax to help Atlanta defeat the Dodgers 5-2. It is th...2025
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• This Day in Braves History: Phil Niekro faces his brother Joe for the third time
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• Record-breaking Bobby

Photo by Joe Robbins/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images Front row seat to history Has there ever been better back-to-back draft selections than George Brett and Mike Schmidt? Brett and Schmidt were selected back-to-back in the second round of the 1971 MLB draft, with picks number 29 and 30. To show how unpredictable the draft (and scouting) is, in the first round Kansas City took pitcher Ro...2025
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• Today in White Sox History: May 25

Two extra-base hits from Harry Lord helped key a 17-inning win for the first-place White Sox on this day, 113 years ago. | Heritage Art/Heritage Images via Getty Images A marathon game at Comiskey Park 1912 In an example of will never be again, the White Sox won a 17-inning game against Detroit, 5-4: Harry Lord led off the 17th with a double, was sacrificed to third by Walt Kuhn, and trott...2025
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• A tribute to Morganna the Kissing Bandit

Photo by Dale Brazao/Toronto Star via Getty Images The kissing bandit of baseball Okay, you asked for it and I’ll deliver it. Specifically, Karldared asked for it, but you’re all still getting it. Karl asked me if I’d write a remembrance about Morganna the Kissing Bandit. I thought I had covered this ample territory in an earlier story, but a quick Google check shows it was just a figment ...2025
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• This day in Braves History: Bees trade for eventual Hall-of-Famer Al López

Photo Reproduction by Transcendental Graphics/Getty Images The baseball artists formerly (and currently) known as the Braves make a blockbuster deal with the Dodgers Braves Franchise History 1935: The Boston Bees acquire Ray Benge, Tony Cuccinello, Al Lopez and Bobby Regis from the Dodgers in exchange for Ed Brandt and Randy Moore. Al López leaps to catch a throw MLB Hi...2024
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• 10 MLB stars who could be traded before 2025 Spring Training

Photo by John Fisher/Getty Images Which players could still be traded before Spring Training? It usually happens about a week before Christmas. The Black Friday rush has come and gone, Cyber Monday is no more, and after loading up their store shelves and supply rooms with merchandise at Thanksgiving, inventory begins to diminish. Suddenly, Amazon can’t get that trampoline to your house i...2024
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• The Next Brewers Hall of Famers (and a Hall-of-Fame Rabbit Hole)

Charles LeClaire-Imagn Images I have thoughts. On Sunday, former Brewer All-Star Dave Parker was one of two players (along with Dick Allen) inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame, via the Era Committee’s Classic Baseball Era (formerly known as the Veterans Committee) ballot. I’m a Hall junkie, so I had a million thoughts, some of which I will share. But the thought that will guide me: who...2024
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• Baseball history unpacked, November 8

Photo by George Gojkovich/Getty Images A M-W-F digest, replete with #Cubs, #MLB, and #MiLB content, gathered from reputable sources. Neifi Perez signs! And other stories, including Jerome Walton and Dwight Smith ROY results. Dwight’s birthday, too. On Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays, Bleed Cubbie Blue is pleased to present a light-hearted, Cubs-centric look at baseball’s colorful past, wi...2024
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• The 1975 Topps countdown, worst to best (No. 40-21)

I would be remiss if I didn't mention on a post devoted completely to cards issued in 1975 that we recently lost two key members of the 1975 baseball postseason.Both Pete Rose and Luis Tiant were critical parts of the two teams that reached the 1975 World Series. Both wily veterans by the '75 series, their abilities were trumpeted all over the playoff telecasts that year.At least that's what...2024
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• This Day in Braves History: Adam Duvall’s first inning slam not enough in Game 5 loss to Astros

Photo by Brett Coomer/Houston Chronicle via Getty Images Braves Franchise History 1960 - The Milwaukee Braves trade shortstop Alvin Dark to the San Francisco Giants in exchange for infielder Andre Rodgers. Dark will then sign a two-year agreement with the Giants to serve as the team’s manager. 2005 - Braves outfielder Andruw Jones wins a Silver Slugger Award in the National League. 2011 ...2023
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"On Wednesday Topps released Living Set Card #900, of Philadelphia Phillies legend Mike Schmidt."

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"14), Mike Schmidt (14."

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"1995 - Two time MVP winner Mike Schmidt is elected to the Hall of Fame."

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"1989 - Mike Schmidt announces his retirement from Major League Baseball."

2022
"The top eight now: Willie Mays (92), Henry Aaron (87), Mike Schmidt (78), Mel Ott (77), Stan Musial (67), Eddie Mathews (64), Duke Snider (60) and Pujols."

2021
"Hall of Famers Rod Carew, Fergie Jenkins, Mike Schmidt and Ozzie Smith are among the 16 voters on the Hall of Fame's Golden Days Era Committee."

2020
"But Mike Schmidt had standards."

2019
"Ranking the best MLB players who wore No. 20, including Frank Robinson and Mike Schmidt"

2018
"Mike Schmidt has spent countless hours in the batting cage, first fine-tuning his swing as a Hall of Fame third baseman and second trying to hone the swings of Phillies hitters as a special instructor."

2017
"Mike Schmidt says Phillies can't build around Herrera due to 'language barrier'"

2016
"Mike Schmidt, Larry Bowa, Greg Luzinski, Garry Maddox and Dave Cash stepped into Queen Village Studios on the corner of 4th and Catherine Streets in the middle of the summer of 1976 to record a song for Grand Prix Records called "Phillies Fever."

2015
"That tied him with Mike Schmidt for 15th on the all-time list."

2014
"He also made history for the Phillies during the 2014 season when he singled off Chicago Cubs right-hander Edwin Jackson on June 14 to pass Hall of Famer Mike Schmidt on the team's all-time hits list with 2,235."

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• This Day in Braves History: Braves beat the Giants 11-6, despite Barry Bonds homering twice

Photo by Doug Pensinger/Getty Images Braves Franchise History 1947 - The Boston Braves fall to the Pittsburgh Pirates 4-3 in a game that features 22 hits that are all singles. 1953 - The Milwaukee Braves play their 13th home game and surpass the attendance total for the previous season, when the franchise played in Boston. 2001 - The Braves beat the Giants 11-6, but Barry Bonds homered t...2025
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• It's easier to reach the top

Today is the fifth anniversary of the Dodgers' trade with the Red Sox in which the Dodgers gained Mookie Betts for a bag of beans. It's not a coincidence that at around the same time, Betts moved into the top 10 in terms of the number of cards in my collection. Two World Series wins with one of MLB's flagship teams and being a hell of a bowler will do tat. He's now at No. 10, according...2025
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• 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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• This day in Braves History: Bees trade for eventual Hall-of-Famer Al López
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• 10 MLB stars who could be traded before 2025 Spring Training
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• The Next Brewers Hall of Famers (and a Hall-of-Fame Rabbit Hole)
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• This Day in Braves History: Atlanta signs Josh Donaldson and Brian McCann to one-year deals

Photo by Rob Carr/Getty Images Braves Franchise History 1935 - The National League takes over the bankrupt Boston Braves franchise after several failed attempts to buy the club. 2018 - The Braves sign free agents Josh Donaldson and Brian McCann to one-year deals. Donaldson will appear in 155 games while hitting .259/.379/.521 with 37 home runs. McCann posts a .249/.323/.412 line with 12 h...2024
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• Baseball history unpacked, November 8
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• Pete Rose reinstated off MLB's permanently ineligible list: Mike Schmidt, former teams, others react

A total of 17 players are no longer banned from baseball as a result of MLB commissioner Rob Manfred's decision...2025
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• Diamondbacks 8, Cubs 1: Eugenio Suárez blasts the Cubs again

Photo by Norm Hall/Getty Images Jameson Taillon served up two home runs to the D-backs third baseman. Normally I wouldn’t feature a Cubs opponent in a recap headline or photo, but credit where it’s due — Eugenio Suárez continued his utter domination of Cubs pitching by smashing two home runs Friday evening, leading the Diamondbacks to an 8-1 win over the Cubs. The two home runs by Suárez g...2025
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• A tribute to Morganna the Kissing Bandit
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• This day in Braves History: Bees trade for eventual Hall-of-Famer Al López
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• This day in Braves History: Dale Murphy wins second-consecutive NL MVP Award

Another honor for one of the greatest players to slip on a Braves uniform Braves franchise history 1983: Atlanta Braves outfielder Dale Murphy, who hit .302 with 36 home runs, 121 RBI and 30 stolen bases in the National League, joins Ernie Banks, Joe Morgan and Mike Schmidt as one of the players who has won the MVP Award in consecutive years. Murphy receives 21 of the 24 first-place votes cast. ...2024
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• Baseball history unpacked, September 27

Randy Myers saves 50+ in 1993 | 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. Randy Myers saves 50 plus 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...2024
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• Memories are free (and sometimes cards are, too)
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• Today in White Sox History: May 25
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• Ignoring history

I was made aware of a major change in Topps Heritage by Cards On Cards over on the House of Cardboard Discord the other day. I don't pay a lot of attention to the inserts in Heritage. To me, inserts are almost incidental to the brand -- I like Heritage for its tribute to older sets and those older sets didn't have inserts. But I've been attracted to an insert card here and there because...2025
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• Diamondbacks 8, Cubs 1: Eugenio Suárez blasts the Cubs again
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• It's easier to reach the top
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• A tribute to Morganna the Kissing Bandit
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• The 1975 Topps countdown, worst to best (No. 40-21)
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• Baseball history unpacked, August 9

Photo by Ronald C. Modra/Getty Images A M-W-F digest, replete with #Cubs, #MLB, and #MiLB content, gathered from reputable sources. The first official night game at Wrigley Field, 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 fo...2024
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• Match the song title: Stop Making Sense

It was the summer of 1986. I was working for my college's food services. I had gotten the key job of grilling hot dogs outside. It was just me and Kathy D., who would cash out customers, three times a week from 11 am.-2 p.m., serving up dogs under the sunshine.I was interested in Kathy D., the way I was interested in any college girl who said two words to me. But Talking Heads concert movie...2024
• Baseball history unpacked, May 29

Happy birthday, Joe Biagini! | Photo by Rob Leiter/MLB Photos via Getty Images A M-W-F digest, replete with #Cubs, #MLB, and #MiLB content, gathered from reputable sources. Baseball’s antitrust exemption is born, early TOOTBLANS, trade winds blowing, and other stories. Happy birthday, Joe Biagini! On Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays, Bleed Cubbie Blue is pleased to present a light-hearted,...2024
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• Jimmy Rollins to Dodgers: Latest Trade Details, Comments and Reaction
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• Old Albert Pujols Looking Like Younger Self as He Continues Home Run Surge
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• Pete Rose’s Statistics: 4,256 Hits and a Big Error
Many in baseball, including the Hall of Famers Mike Schmidt and Paul Molitor, are divided over Rose’s bid to overturn his lifetime ban for gambling....2015
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• 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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• Phils celebrate 40 years since 'Phillies Fever'
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• The day Mike Schmidt realized it was time to go
The season wasn't two months old. But Mike Schmidt had standards. And he wasn't meeting them. So he decided to walk away....2020
• This Day in Braves History: John Smoltz strikes out 13
Photo by SPX/Ron Vesely Photography via Getty Images Braves Franchise History 1932 - The Red Sox split a doubleheader with the A’s in their final Sunday games played at Braves Field. With the ban on Sunday games at Fenway Park lifted, the Red Sox will play a Sunday game there on July 3. 1962 - Amado Samuel, Joe Torre and Joe Adcock all homer to help the Braves defeat the Cubs 11-9 at Wrig...2023
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• MLB Network to air George Brett documentary on December 7

Courtesy MLB Network The Royals legend gets the biopic treatment. Baseball season is over, but fear not, you can still get your baseball fix at MLB Network. The channel has produced some terrific documentaries over the years on figures like Dave Parker, Johnny Bench, Don Mattingly, Ken Griffey Jr., and Tony Gwynn. Next month, it will be Royals legend and Hall of Famer George Brett that get...2023
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• Adrian Beltre's Leap into 400 HR Club Caps Legitimate Hall of Fame Resume
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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: Phil Niekro faces his brother Joe for the third time
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• 10 MLB stars who could be traded before 2025 Spring Training
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• The Next Brewers Hall of Famers (and a Hall-of-Fame Rabbit Hole)
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• This Day in Braves History: Atlanta signs Josh Donaldson and Brian McCann to one-year deals
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• Baseball history unpacked, November 8
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• Baseball history unpacked, September 25

Happy 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 ...2024
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• Bobby Witt Jr. is putting together an MVP-caliber season at the wrong time

Photo by Kevin M. Cox/Getty Images Bobby Witt Jr. has had one of the best seasons ever for a shortstop, but it will be hard to overtake Aaron Judge in the MVP race. Bobby Witt is having an all-time great season, especially for a shortstop. Going back to 1969, only two shortstops have put up more than 10 fWAR, 1991 Cal Ripken Jr. and 2002 Alex Rodriguez. For bWAR there are three including ...2024
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• This day in Braves History: Cox gets his 1,600th victory in comeback against Reds

Photo by Kevin C. Cox/Getty Images The legendary manager hits a huge milestone Braves Franchise History 1921: The Cubs and Braves each pull a triple play, but they do not help. The Cubs lose to the Giants, 5-3, and Boston falls to the Reds, 6-4. 1953: Led by OF Jim Pendleton’s three home runs, the Braves tie the Yankees’ 1939 major-league record for the most homers in a game with eight in ...2024
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• Adrian Wojnarowski retires from ESPN to join St. Bonaventure basketball as GM

Photo by Evan Yu/NBAE via Getty Images Woj announced his journalism retirement in the most shocking Woj Bomb yet Adrian Wojnarowski has been one of the main characters of the NBA over the last decade as the league’s premier newsbreaker. On Wednesday, Wojnarowski unleashed one of his biggest ‘Woj Bombs’ ever: he’s retiring from journalism. The 55-year-old ESPN reporter issued this stat...2024
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• Three cheers for three dealers

I went to the big card show at the state fairgrounds for the first time in almost a year yesterday. Since I had completed 1970 Topps about a month ago, I didn't have a specific major quest for this show. But I knew there would be a lot available so I made some vague goals: 1. Finish the 2024 Topps flagship set2. Focus on the Fleer Laughlin World Series cards3. Upgrade a handful of ...2024
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• This day in Braves History: Cox gets his 1,600th victory in comeback against Reds
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• Washington Nationals news & notes: Nats 6-4 over Dodgers; Mitchell Parker earns W in MLB debut...

Notes and quotes from the series opener in Los Angeles... NO PRESSURE, MITCHELL!: As the Nationals’ Communications Department noted before last night’s game, 24-year-old, 2020 5th Round pick Mitchell Parker, who made his MLB debut in the series opener against the Los Angeles Dodgers in Dodger Stadium, became just the second pitcher in MLB history to, “... face three former MVPs as the first three ...2024
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• Stuck on you

Sometime in the early 1980s, I either read about in the newspaper or saw on the local news that a movie was going to be filmed in the smallish city where I lived.The movie turned out to be "Stuck On You!," a low-budget, B-movie sex comedy from the folks at Troma Entertainment, who would go on to become known for "The Toxic Avenger" and other low-budget horror comedies.I never saw "Stuck On You!" i...2023
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• '88 is great

I mentioned when I completed the 1988 Donruss set that it marked the first time I had completed four major sets from a given year. I don't see that happening for me ever again. After the '80s, it's difficult for me to find multiple sets I was interested in enough to try to complete them. For example, I've completed 1993 Upper Deck, I wouldn't bother throwing money at any other '93 set o...2023
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• Keeping Score: Adrian Beltre Was the All-Time Great You Failed to Notice
A combination of outrageous offensive statistics and defensive prowess had Mike Schmidt calling him the greatest ever. On Tuesday, Beltre retired....2018
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• Pujols Moves Up to 15th Place on All-Time Home Runs List
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• Albert Pujols Providing Co-Star Mike Trout Has Desperately Needed
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