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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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• 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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• 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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• This day in Braves History: Bees trade for eventual Hall-of-Famer Al López
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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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• 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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• 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: Tim Hudson throws a career high 13 strikeouts in win over Marlins

Photo by Kevin C. Cox/Getty Images Braves Franchise History 1951 - The Braves sell pitchers Johnny Sain and Lew Burdette to the Yankees. 1971 - The Braves spoil “Ron Santo Day” at Wrigley Field by beating Ferguson Jenkins and the Cubs 4-3. Santo goes 1-for-3 in the game with a run scored. 1983 - The Braves acquire Len Barker in exchange for Rick Behenna, Brett Butler and Brook Jacoby. Ba...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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"” Some of her victims were: Nolan Ryan, Fred Lynn, Frank Howard, Mark Fidrych, Mike Schmidt, Johnny Bench, Steve Garvey, Len Barker, Cal Ripken Jr."

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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."

• This Day in Braves History: Bobby Cox, Greg Maddux, and Tom Glavine are elected to the Hall of Fame
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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
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• This Day in MLB History: Barry Bonds wins his fourth N.L. MVP award

SetNumber: X73308 TK1 MLB History 1900 - American League President Ban Johnson says that the AL has chosen not to renew the National Agreement with the National League, but sees no need for friction between the two sides. 1939 - The National Professional Indoor Baseball League begins play. The league has 10 clubs, one in each major league city except Washington. However, the league will l...2024
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• Baseball history unpacked, November 8
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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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• Bobby Witt Jr. is putting together an MVP-caliber season at the wrong time
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• This Day in Braves History: May 20th

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 twice and became just the 23rd player in major...2024
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• A tribute to Morganna the Kissing Bandit
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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, November 8
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• Baseball history unpacked, September 27
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• Bobby Witt Jr. is putting together an MVP-caliber season at the wrong time
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• This Day in Braves History: Atlanta calls up Andruw Jones

Braves Franchise History 1914 - The Braves record 11 hits off Jeff Tesreau and beat the Giants 7-3. Bill James is the winner while Joe Connolly finishes a triple shy of a cycle. 1971 - The Braves purchase infielder Tony LaRussa from the A’s. 1982 - Atlanta snaps an 11-game losing streak with a 6-5 win over the Padres and move back within 1.5 games of first place Los Angeles in the NL West standi...2024
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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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• Baseball history unpacked, August 5

Photo by Jon Durr/Getty Images A M-W-F digest, replete with #Cubs, #MLB, and #MiLB content, gathered from reputable sources. Happy birthday, Tim Federowicz! Hits, no-hits, another record broken by Slammin’ Sammy, 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 lore and ...2024
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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
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• 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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• Today in White Sox History: May 25

Typically, Carlos Quentin looks more like he’s about to punch someone than celebrate after his miraculous power game, 16 years ago today. | Nuccio DiNuzzo/Chicago Tribune/Tribune News Service via Getty Images Q puts the screws on the Halos 1924 In a game at Washington that the White Sox won, 10-9, Ray Schalk caught his 1,500th career game. At the time of his retirement in 1929, Schalk had...2024
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• Baseball history unpacked, April 17

Sam Snead | Getty Images A M-W-F digest, replete with #Cubs, #MLB, and #MiLB content, gathered from reputable sources. Sam Snead, no-hitters, 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 lore and various narratives to follow as they unfold over the course of time. He...2024
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• The most colorful hobby box I've ever opened, part 1

All right, welcome to my 2024 Heritage box break. This is the first hobby box I have purchased since 2011 when I bought a box of Allen & Ginter for the third year in a row. After that I went into box-breaking rehab and have done quite well, except for falling off the wagon ... right now.I don't buy hobby boxes these days for a lot of reasons, but one of the big ones occurring to me now is I ...2024
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• The fascinating career of Elmer Valo

From Slovakia to Municipal Over the years I’ve become fascinated with the history of the Kansas City Athletics. I’m not sure why, other than geographical relation. The teams themselves were mostly terrible. They never had a winning record in their 13-year stay in the city. The fans’ relationship with the team was often strained, first by numerous lopsided trades made with the Yankees and later by ...2024
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• The best Royals-related Sports Illustrated covers

One of the best sports publications appears to be dead. This week came the news that publisher The Arena Group was laying off virtually the entire staff of Sports Illustrated. The group had been operating with a branding license from Authentic Brands, and once it missed a quarterly license payment, the license was terminated, leading to the layoffs. The long-venerated magazine has been published s...2024
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• “Brett” documentary reveals how a complicated father/son relationship fueled a Hall of Fame career

Photo by Owen C. Shaw/Getty Images The feature airs tonight on MLB Network. George Brett had the kind of baseball career nearly every player who ever played the game would envy. 3,154 career hits. Three batting titles. American League MVP. A world championship. 13 All-Star appearances. National stardom. The adoration of an entire city. But it didn’t satisfy Jack Brett. “Fear is what drove...2023
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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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• Baseball history unpacked, November 8
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• The 1975 Topps countdown, worst to best (No. 40-21)
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• Baseball history unpacked, September 25
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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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• Baseball history unpacked, August 9
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• This Day in Braves History: Chipper Jones ties Mike Schmidt on RBI list for third baseman

Photo by Jamie Squire/Getty Images 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 Braves take the ni...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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