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• Bus Clarkson: A little-known star from an alternate Milwaukee Brewers history

Milwaukee Journal-USA TODAY NETWORK Meet a Negro League All-Star who spent his twilight years in Milwaukee Milwaukee has had a major league baseball team for all but five years since 1953, the year the Braves left Boston for the Midwest. After a short gap from 1965-69, the Seattle Pilots moved to town in 1970, became the Brewers, and the rest is history. However, 1970 was not the first sea...2025
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• Royals Rumblings - News for January 6, 2025

Photo by Jamie Squire/Getty Images Be safe out there! MLB.com lists one question each team must answer before spring training. Royals: Have they done enough to upgrade the lineup?The Royals were aggressive early on this offseason with their top priority of finding a leadoff hitter to help deepen the lineup and get someone on base for Bobby Witt Jr. Their answer is Jonathan India, whom the ...2025
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• Today in White Sox History: December 24

Three years after this gold medal performance for Cuba and 22 years ago today, José Contreras (center) signed his first MLB deal. | JEFF HAYNES/AFP via Getty Images José Contreras signs his first MLB deal. Coming soon: Chicago 1913 Future White Sox owner Arthur Allyn was born in Chicago. By purchasing Bill Veeck’s stake in the team in 1961, combined with buying out founder Charles Comiskey...2024
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• Dick Allen, Dave Parker elected to Baseball Hall of Fame

Set Number: X17503 TK5 The two sluggers will be inducted into Cooperstown next summer. The Baseball Hall of Fame announced the election of Dick Allen and Dave Parker by the Classic Baseball Era Committee. The 16-member committee chose from eight candidates whose primary contribution was before the 1980 season. Parker receives 14 of 16 votes, while Allen received 13 votes, above the 75 perc...2024
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• A look at Cubs trades in the pre-expansion era: 1954

Johnny Klippstein’s 1951 Bowman baseball card | Photo by Transcendental Graphics/Getty Images Another relatively quiet year for Cubs deals. The 1953 Cubs were spared a 90-loss season because they won the final two games of the season to finish 65-89. That didn’t seem to give GM Wid Matthews much impetus to improve the team. The ‘54 Cubs lost one more game and did have a 90-loss season, the...2024
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• Baseball and the Great War

Christy Mathewson We shall not sleep, though poppies grow When I was a child we lived in Concordia, Kansas, and every November 11 the city would have a Veterans Day parade. In those days it was still called Armistice Day. This memory has always stuck with me for several reasons. There would be a football game that day which my father would take me to. Those were the first football games I ...2024
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• Baseball history unpacked, September 20

Photo by Louis Requena/MLB via Getty Images A M-W-F digest, replete with #Cubs, #MLB, and #MiLB content, gathered from reputable sources. Ernie hits his first, no-hitters galore, 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 t...2024
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• Outside The Confines: Somebody call a doctor

Gary A. Vasquez-USA TODAY Sports Two major injuries hit the Dodgers over the weekend. Another week, another gambling scandal. Snoop Dogg starts broadcasting. And other news from MLB. Good morning. We’re going to start with the butcher’s bill, because it’s really expensive today. Especially for the Dodgers. Shortstop Mookie Betts broke his left hand when he was hit with a pitch in Sunday’...2024
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• Outside The Confines: Don’t bet on it

Ray Acevedo-USA TODAY Sports MLB announces suspensions in a major gambling scandal. A look ahead to the trade deadline. And other news from around baseball. Good morning. If you’re going to get caught doing something stupid that’s going to get you into a lot of trouble, don’t do it for some spare change. Al has already written on this story, but Padres infielder Tucupita Marcano was per...2024
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• Baseball history unpacked, June 5

Photo by Bob Levey/Getty Images A M-W-F digest, replete with #Cubs, #MLB, and #MiLB content, gathered from reputable sources. Carlos Zambrano helps himself with the bat, Babe Ruth, Richie Ashburn, 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 narrativ...2024
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• Outside The Confines: Just a bad situation all around

Jeff Curry-USA TODAY Sports A Mets reliever takes out his frustrations in the wrong way and the Mets make it worse. The Negro Leagues join the record book. A look ahead at the draft and other news from MLB. Good morning to everyone. Happy Friday. The Mets designated reliever Jorge López for assignment after he threw his glove into the stands after getting ejected. There were also some thi...2024
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• MLB is adding Negro League statistics to its official record

The 1942 Homestead Grays, one of the greatest Negro League teams | Getty Images This is a wonderful thing. All of us know about the discrimination Black baseball players faced from the Major Leagues for decades, until Jackie Robinson broke the “color line” in 1947. Black players had their own leagues for those decades, now collectively known as the Negro Leagues. Many of those players have...2024
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• Outside The Confines: A retiring Angel

Photo by Dustin Satloff/Getty Images The much maligned umpire has announced his retirement Usually, when we report news on retirements, it’s about a long-tenured player, or a multi-World Series-winning team manager, but the absolute biggest news of the week was the announcement that umpire Angel Hernandez was planning to retire. Umpires bear a certain amount of negativity from MLB fans, bu...2024
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• A look back on Harry Simpson

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

Photo by Ed Zurga/Getty Images Like the guy next door, except richer In the past, I’ve written stories critical of how the Royals organization has handled their downtown stadium negotiations. And while I don’t back away from the ham-handed way that process has been going, I did start to wonder if perhaps I have gotten the wrong idea about Royals owner John Sherman. After all, I’ve never m...2024
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• Baseball history unpacked, July 7
Tom Browning had a good day | Photo by Focus on Sport/Getty Images A thrice-weekly digest, replete with #Cubs, #MLB, and #MiLB content, gathered from reputable sources. Tom Browning had a very good day on a day full of legends. 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...2023
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• Can't Change Even If I Wanted To, Biscuits Find New Homes

NOBODY KNOWS..People ask what I have been up to and its easier to answer "same old same old" than to explain how I am mapping each known location for organized baseball games in Montgomery pre-WW1. Hopefully soon I will have some exciting news on the history front, stay tuned! CANT CHANGE IF I WANTED TO I was hoping to revamp the blog but found that the blogspot tools have been adj...2023

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"Why the Hall of Fame is still failing Negro League players."

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"In our spare time, we might visit the World War I museum, the Nelson Atkins or the Negro League Hall of Fame, or Worlds of Fun."

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"Some of these charges can be leveled at MLB The Show 23, but not when it comes to the addition of its Negro League mode."

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"MLB considering historic Negro League stadium for future Field of Dreams-style game, per report"

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"Baseball Reference Adds Negro League Stats"

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"The simulated competition will feature a Negro League team and an all-under 25 team"

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"A Kickstarter campaign hopes to create a series of bobbleheads celebrating Negro League stars."

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"Historic KC Negro League site nearly restored"

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"The Brewers jumped on Gio Gonzalez for six runs in the first three innings Saturday, and the Nationals' comeback fell just short as Milwaukee handed Washington its seventh consecutive loss, 6-5, on Negro League Tribute Day at Miller Park."

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"The Red Sox and Mariners paid tribute to Negro League players on Saturday night at Safeco Field, donning throwback uniforms for the Boston Royal Giants and Seattle Steelheads of 1946."

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• Today in White Sox History: December 24
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• The case for each of the Classic Baseball Hall of Fame candidates

Photo by Louis Requena/MLB via Getty Images Luis Tiant, Dick Allen and Tommy John are among eight players on this year’s Classic Era ballot. The Baseball Hall of Fame has had some form of “Veterans Committee” ballot in its induction process going all the way back to 1939. The committees have taken various forms over the years, but the most recent process breaks up potential candidates into...2024
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• A ballpark once stood here

Memories of 22nd and Brooklyn When I was a child, we stopped in Kansas City and visited Municipal Stadium. We parked in a lot on 22nd Street and my father and I walked across the street to the stadium. It was a late morning and surprisingly, we were able to gain access to the stadium. We walked up a ramp and through a tunnel that overlooked the field. As we emerged from the tunnel, my senses were ...2024
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• History: Cleveland and Pro Football

US PRESSWIRE A city’s storied history with the sport of professional football The City of Cleveland has been a city of champions in many sports. In Major League Baseball, the Cleveland Indians have won two World Series titles (1920, 1948). Prior to the Indians, the Cleveland Spiders had a single title (1895). Meanwhile, the Negro League Cleveland Buckeyes began in 1942 and found success ...2024
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• Outside The Confines: Let’s make a deal

Photo by Steph Chambers/Getty Images A look ahead to the trade deadline and the draft. The College World Series starts today. And lots of other news from around baseball. Good morning. It’s that time of year to look ahead to the trade deadline. Russell Dorsey has five teams that need to do something before the trade deadline closes. Bradford Doolittle has one thing that each team must d...2024
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• Outside The Confines: London Calling

Photo by Zac Goodwin/PA Images via Getty Images The Phillies and Mets played in London. Gambling is causing a safety problem for the players. And other news from around baseball. So they’re playing cricket on Long Island and baseball in London. What a world we live in. Before we get to the London Series, Bob Nightengale has a story about how MLB players are getting angry and threatening ...2024
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• History: Cleveland and Pro Football
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• Outside The Confines: London Calling
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• Five little-known Negro League players now in MLB record book

The recent inclusion of Negro League statistics into the Major League record book has not only further legitimized the careers of legends like Josh Gibson, Satchel Paige and Cool Papa Bell, but has also highlighted the careers of lesser-known Negro League players....2024
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• Outside The Confines: Just a bad situation all around
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• MLB Roundup: Week 9

Don’t worry Julio, we don’t know how you and the M’s stay atop the weird AL West, either. | Steph Chambers/Getty Images Who’s hot, who’s not, and much more! Welcome to another weekly edition of MLB Roundup. June is just around the corner, and summer is almost here! Top Stories and Trends Checking in around the league, little has changed in the early chase for division leads. The New Yor...2024
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• MLB officially incorporates Negro League statistics

Major League Baseball is officially incorporating Negro Leagues statistics of more than 2,300 players, shaking up their own record books in the process....2024
• Negro League legend finally getting his due as MLB merges stats

According to a report from USA Today's Bob Nightengale on Tuesday, the Negro League statistics are going to officially be incorporated into Major League Baseball's historical records on Wednesday....2024
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• Outside The Confines: The Rickwood Field game brings history to the spotlight

Photo by Russell Kilgore Jr./MLB Photos via Getty Images Baseball remembers Willie Mays and other Negro League legends. The two big stories of the latter half of the week go hand in hand, with the Rickwood Field game happening on Thursday, just after the passing of the iconic Willie Mays late Tuesday. The memory of Mays and also remembering Negro Leagues legends of the past is a huge part ...2024
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• White Sox Minor League Update: April 6, 2024

The Knights were trounced again on Saturday, but nonetheless were winners with their Negro Leagues tribute to the Charlotte Black Hornets. Knights bench coach Pat Listach, whose grandfather Nora played in the Negro Leagues, brought out the lineup card pregame. | Laura Wolff/Charlotte Knights Three wins! A starter with 10 Ks! A leadoff man with five hits! A starter with five no-hit innings...2024
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• A look back on Harry Simpson
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• Brewers hold on, hand Nats 7th straight loss
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• MLB considering historic Negro League stadium for future Field of Dreams-style game, per report
Hinchliffe Stadium in Paterson, New Jersey is currently undergoing a massive restoration...2022
• The Negro League mode in ‘MLB The Show 23’ is the greatest historical mode in sports game history
This absolutely rules. Sports games deservedly suffer the same criticism year-to-year. Often changes are only minor, it can feel like a $60 roster update, and development teams rarely have the time needed to actually overhaul the game. Some of these charges can be leveled at MLB The Show 23, but not when it comes to the addition of its Negro League mode. Never has a game so lovingly added a histo...2023
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• Hall of Fame baseball player Monte Irvin dies at 96
Former New York Giants and Chicago Cubs Hall of Fame outfielder Monte Irvin died Monday at his home in Houston, Texas.Irvin, who began his career in the Negro League in 1938, was one of the first African-American players to play in the majors. Irvin made the jump to the majors with the Giants, and over eight years was able to tally 99 home runs, 443 RBI's, and a batting average of .293.Irvin was k...2016
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• Monte Irvin, MLB Hall of Fame OF, Dies at Age 96
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• MLB The Show to feature Negro League greats

For the first time, MLB The Show will insert some of the Negro Leagues' greatest players -- from Satchel Paige to Jackie Robinson -- into the 2023 edition of the game as playable characters....2023
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• Who is John Sherman?
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• Royals at a “crossroads” as they propose downtown ballpark in Crossroads District

The Royals unveil renderings of their ballpark vision. “Today we’re at a crossroads. In fact, we’re here to talk about the Crossroads,” began Royals owner John Sherman as he unveiled renderings for a proposed ballpark in the north Crossroads at the site of the former Kansas City Star printing press. The proposed development would occupy 17.3 acres and consist of a ballpark with just over 34,000 se...2024
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• Bus Clarkson: A little-known star from an alternate Milwaukee Brewers history
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• Royals Rumblings - News for January 6, 2025
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• Today in White Sox History: December 24
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• Baseball and the Great War
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• The case for each of the Classic Baseball Hall of Fame candidates
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• It’s time for the Royals to honor George Spriggs

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

Both played in KC Recently, my wife, daughter and I were on a short road trip and drove through Lehigh, Iowa, a small burg of 395 people located in central Iowa which was founded in 1881. Lehigh sits in a steep valley of the Des Moines river which cuts through the center of what is left of the town. The east part of Lehigh has 10-15 houses plus the local bar and grill. Most residents live in west ...2023
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• Gamethread: White Sox at Mariners
It’s a special day in Seattle. | Alika Jenner/Getty Images Lucas Giolito is on for Saturday’s tilt with the M’s The White Sox (30-41) look to bounce back from last night’s disappointing loss against the Mariners (34-34) — which seems to be a habit at this point. The good news is we have an exciting pitching matchup on the mound this afternoon, with Lucas Giolito facing off against Logan G...2023
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• History in a box

If I ever start to think that the blogs aren't the way they used to be, and isn't that a shame and all that, Rod from Padrographs will set me straight.He's done it so many times. He did it just four months ago. And he's doing it now.Rod is responsible for so much goodness in my card room, probably more visible examples than anyone else. Let's take a look around:The fantastic Ron Cey poster R...2023
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• The Buttery Buzzsaw, Montgomery Baseball History, Numbers Game

A flaky, home baked, steaming hot buttery buzzsaw. That's what this Montgomery Biscuits club has been so far, chalking up victory after victory and able to dismantle Southern League opponents with five different weapons: hitting, pitching, defense, mojo and swagger.Mojo and swagger, not technically a metric for analytics but certainly part of the eye test and this Biscuits squad is leading t...2023
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• Cooking Something Good!

I'm cooking something. Of course we will all get to taste it when it's done, but first lets catch up. I thought I had been traded to ASU but after a few attempts to get in touch with them I was met with noticeable apathy which abated my own ambition to pimp their team and ballpark. It's a shame as they have a long baseball history that I am not sure even they are aware of, with pedigree...2023
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