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  • This Day in Braves History: Keith Lockhart’s pinch-hit grand slam helps Braves to win
    • This Day in Braves History: Keith Lockhart’s pinch-hit grand slam helps Braves to win
    Remember Keith Lockhart? Well, now you do. Braves Franchise History 1972: The Atlanta Braves trade Orlando Cepeda to the A’s for Denny McLain. 1997: Keith Lockhart hits a pinch-hit grand slam to help the Braves overcome a five-run deficit in a 6-5 win over the Phillies. Fred McGriff broke the tie in the seventh with a triple to give Atlanta the win. 2000: John Rocker tosses a perfect eighth to h...2025
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  • Cubs 2, Rockies 1: Sweep!
    • Cubs 2, Rockies 1: Sweep!
    Photo by Daniel Bartel/Getty Images The Cubs took care of business against a surprisingly tenacious Rockies team. It was another unseasonably chilly night at Wrigley Field Wednesday, with temperatures hovering in the mid-50s and the wind, again, blowing in. And the Cubs got what they needed to defeat the Rockies 2-1 and complete a three-game sweep: Pitching, defense and just enough hitting...2025
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  • Best 50 — 1967 St. Louis Cardinals (#40)
    • Best 50 — 1967 St. Louis Cardinals (#40)
    Orlando Cepeda infuses the Cards with the winning spirit...2025
  • This Day in Braves History: Craig Kimbrel records his 100th career save
    • This Day in Braves History: Craig Kimbrel records his 100th career save
    Photo by Scott Cunningham/Getty Images We’re still awaiting Craig Kimbrel’s official return to the Atlanta Braves but for now, enjoy this blast from the past. Braves Franchise History 1914: Before 18,000, Christy Mathewson scatters ten hits in shutting down the Braves, 2-0. A Jack Meyers double of Lefty Tyler accounts for both New York runs. Boston is now 3-11, ten games behind the Pirate...2025
  • This Day in Braves History: Braves start 11-0 in 1982
    • This Day in Braves History: Braves start 11-0 in 1982
    Atlanta’s hot start in ‘82 continues Braves Franchise History 1916: Grover Cleveland Alexander of the Philadelphia Phillies pitches his first of 16 shutouts of the season against the Boston Braves. 1950: At the Polo Grounds, Sam Jethroe becomes the first African-American to play for the Boston Braves. A former Cleveland Buckeyes star, he goes 2 for 4, including a home run, to lead the Braves to a...2025
  • This Day in Braves History: Braves release Denny McLain
    • This Day in Braves History: Braves release Denny McLain
    The former 30-game winner reaches his last stop in his career. Braves Franchise History 1973: The Atlanta Braves release former 30-game winner Denny McLain, ending his career at the age of 28. In 1972, the Braves had acquired McLain from the Oakland Athletics in a straight-up swap for first baseman Orlando Cepeda. McLain won the American League Cy Young Award in 1968 and 1969. Phot...2025

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  • • This Day in Braves History: Keith Lockhart’s pinch-hit grand slam helps Braves to win
    2025
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  • • This Day in Braves History: Craig Kimbrel records his 100th career save
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  • • This Day in Braves History: Braves release Denny McLain
    2025
  • This Day in Braves History: March 26th
    • This Day in Braves History: March 26th
    Photo by John Reid III/MLB Photos via Getty Images Braves Franchise History 1998 - Free agent second baseman Mark Lemke signs a minor league contract with the Boston Red Sox. MLB History 1936 - Hank Greenberg agrees to a $20,000 contract with the Detroit Tigers. 1937 - On the advice of Ty Cobb, Joe DiMaggio reduces the weight of his bat from 40 ounces to 36 ounces. 1974 - The Boston Red...2025
  • Today in White Sox History: March 26
    • Today in White Sox History: March 26
    On this day 51 years ago, Luis Aparicio retired after being cut loose by the Boston Red Sox. Little Looie is waived into retirement 1938 Monty Stratton, just 25 and coming off of an amazing 15-5, 2.30 ERA, 4.9 WAR season that included All-Star honors, tore his right biceps in an exhibition game against the Cubs. The injury was so bad, it was thought the righthander’s career might be finish...2025
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  • Baseball history unpacked, March 24
    • Baseball history unpacked, March 24
    Happy birthday to Starlin Castro! | Set Number: X84190 TK1 R1 F3 A M-W-F digest, replete with #Cubs, #MLB, and #MiLB content, gathered from reputable sources. Happy birthday to Starlin Castro! Leo Durocher puts his cards on the table, and other stories for the discerning reader. On Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays, Bleed Cubbie Blue is pleased to present a light-hearted, Cubs-centric look...2025
  • This Day in Braves History: Max Fried strikes out Russell Wilson
    • This Day in Braves History: Max Fried strikes out Russell Wilson
    Photo by /Icon Sportswire via Getty Images Current Yankee strikes out “former Yankee” Braves Franchise History 1901: Jimmy Collins leaves the Boston Beaneaters to manage the Boston Americans of the American League. The Beaneaters also lose Hugh Duffy, who becomes manager of Milwaukee’s new AL team and catcher Billy Sullivan who signs with the White Sox. 2018: Atlanta Braves pitcher Max Fr...2025
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  • Today in White Sox History: March 2
    • Today in White Sox History: March 2
    Orlando Cepeda, seen here working in 1980 with shortstop Todd Cruz, achieved Cooperstown immortality on this day, 26 years ago. The Baby Bull makes it to Cooperstown 1901 Billy Sullivan of the National League’s Boston Beaneaters jumped to the upstart AL and the White Sox, where he would end up catching for 13 seasons. With a 63 career OPS+, Sullivan was considered a glove-first leader on t...2025
  • Today in White Sox History: January 12
    • Today in White Sox History: January 12
    You may not remember Chris Stewart on the White Sox, but on this day 18 years ago Chicago sent him on an odyssey that would land the catcher on 11 more MLB teams before he hung up his mask. | Matthew Stockman/Getty Images A minor trade, setting in motion a long MLB career 1982 In the January phase of the amateur draft that no longer exists today, the White Sox unearthed the unlikeliest of ...2025
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  • In Memoriam: The White Sox We Lost in 2024
    • In Memoriam: The White Sox We Lost in 2024
    A near-South Side lifer, overlooked brother, longtime minors manager, consummate prankster and cover-boy novelty are among the many we say goodbye to It’s the time of year where, as we grimace ahead into 2025 and what awaits us with the Chicago White Sox, we look back at those South Siders we lost in 2024. Included among them are two legendary sluggers, a young superstar who “got away” and a rare ...2024
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Orlando Cepeda lifestyle

  • 2024: the best, the worst, the ... last of the real ones?
    • 2024: the best, the worst, the ... last of the real ones?
      Greetings in the last few hours of what I think was the very real year of 2024.It's difficult to tell what's real and what's not these days. Just yesterday I saw a report that said the brilliant minds that run Facebook and Instagram plan to infiltrate both social media sites with AI-generated users. This kind of stuff freaks me out. I've seen very real cases of people I know being fooled by...2025
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  • Baseball history unpacked, April 15
    • Baseball history unpacked, April 15
    Getty Images A M-W-F digest, replete with #Cubs, #MLB, and #MiLB content, gathered from reputable sources. Jackie Robinson Day 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...2024
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  • The best former Royals player for each MLB team
    • The best former Royals player for each MLB team
    Photo by Ron Vesely/MLB Photos via Getty Images What Royals were great with other teams? There is a lull in the baseball season, the perfect time to engage in frivolities and shenanigans. You may have played the internet baseball trivia game Immaculate Grid that asks you to find players that meet specified requirements, many times, “who played for these two teams?” I don’t know if that in...2023
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Timeline

  • 2025
    "Five others reached 40: Hal Trosky, 42 in 1936; Eddie Mathews, 41 in 1955; Joey Gallo, 41 in 2017; Orlando Cepeda, 40 in 1961; and Prince Fielder, 40 in 2007."

  • 2024
    "1968: Tim McCarver and Orlando Cepeda each hit three-run home runs to help the Cardinals to a 7-3 win over Detroit to take a 2-1 lead in the World Series."

  • 2023
    "1970 - Orlando Cepeda homers three times in an 8-3 win over the Cubs in the first game of a doubleheader."

  • 2022
    "Veeck originally tried to get young stars — like future White Sox coach Orlando Cepeda from the Giants and Bill White from the Cardinals — but was turned down."

  • 2018
    "Hall of Fame first baseman Orlando Cepeda was hospitalized in the Bay Area on Monday night, according to a report."

  • 2017
    "Orlando Cepeda was elected by the Veteran's Committee in 1999."

  • 2016
    "Will Behrends, the sculptor who created Perry's bronze likeness, already has proven his skill by fashioning the images of Willie Mays, Willie McCovey, Juan Marichal and Orlando Cepeda that grace the ballpark's exterior."

  • 2015
    ", Orlando Cepeda, Andruw Jones and Cesar Cedeno."

  • 2014
    "As the World Series shifted to San Francisco for Game 3 on Friday, Hall of Famer Orlando Cepeda, Vera Clemente and Buster Posey's wife, Kristen, were among a contingent from Major League Baseball and the Giants who drove across the Bay during the day to spend important time with kids who are literally and figuratively miles away from the joyous scene inside AT&T Park."

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Orlando Cepeda trade rumors, contract, salary rumors

  • • This Day in Braves History: Braves start 11-0 in 1982
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  • • This Day in Braves History: Braves release Denny McLain
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  • • This Day in Braves History: March 26th
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  • This Day in Braves History: Braves trade Joe Torre to the Cardinals in exchange for Orlando Cepeda
    • This Day in Braves History: Braves trade Joe Torre to the Cardinals in exchange for Orlando Cepeda
    Braves Franchise History 1969 - The Atlanta Braves trade Joe Torre to the St. Louis Cardinals in exchange for Orlando Cepeda. The trade was the result of a salary dispute between Torre and Braves GM Paul Richards who was angry at Torre for his role as a union official. MLB History 1911 - Plumbers at work on the drain pipes at Washington’s Griffith Stadium inadvertently start a fire that burns dow...2025
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  • This Day in MLB History: Bud Selig announces MLB will celebrate “Jackie Robinson Day” every April 15th
    • This Day in MLB History: Bud Selig announces MLB will celebrate “Jackie Robinson Day” every April 15th
    Photo by Brad Mangin/MLB Photos via Getty Images MLB History 1884 - National League owners agree to provide two separate team benches to minimize fraternizing among opposing players during games. 1886 - The National league adopts the stolen base and the four foot by seven foot pitcher’s box. The NL also retains seven balls for a walk and rejects a rule that would award a batter first base...2025
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  • • This Day in Braves History: Max Fried strikes out Russell Wilson
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  • • Today in White Sox History: March 2
    2025
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  • This Day in MLB History: Jeff Bagwell, Tim Raines and Iván Rodriguez get elected to Baseball Hall of Fame
    • This Day in MLB History: Jeff Bagwell, Tim Raines and Iván Rodriguez get elected to Baseball Hall of Fame
    Cooperstown gets a little bit larger with the addition of three legendary players from the ‘80s and ‘90s. MLB History 1938: Grover Cleveland Alexander is elected to the Hall of Fame by the BBWAA. 1947: The Tigers sell first baseman Hank Greenberg to the Pirates. 1950: Bob Feller voluntarily takes a pay cut after going 15-14 in 1949. Cleveland obliges and slashes his salary from $45,000 to $20,000...2025
  • • Today in White Sox History: January 12
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  • • 2024: the best, the worst, the ... last of the real ones?
    2025
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Orlando Cepeda stats and results

  • • Cubs 2, Rockies 1: Sweep!
    2025
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  • • This Day in Braves History: Craig Kimbrel records his 100th career save
    2025
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  • • This Day in Braves History: Braves trade Joe Torre to the Cardinals in exchange for Orlando Cepeda
    2025
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  • 2003 Topps Retired check-in
    • 2003 Topps Retired check-in
    My card collection is being taken up a notch today. Literally. The side of my house with the cardroom has been slowly sinking a tiny bit since we moved in nearly 4 years ago, and today the foundation is being worked on to secure the house and raise it back up a little. It's been a nagging concern of mine for a while now, so I'm glad it's being taken care of. But yeah, another expensive adventure i...2024
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  • All is not lost
    • All is not lost
      I haven't written hardly anything about the passing of Willie Mays, except for a single tweet.Like everyone else, I marvel at his career, as best as I can for someone who saw none of it. He was on the wrong side of the Dodgers-Giants rivalry, too, so the best I can do is some version of "wow, look at those stats."But there were plenty of other people willing to pay tribute on social media. ...2024
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  • • Baseball history unpacked, April 15
    2024
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  • This Day in Braves History: Atlanta trades Joe Torre to Cardinals
    • This Day in Braves History: Atlanta trades Joe Torre to Cardinals
    2024
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  • • Royals Rumblings - News for July 7, 2023
    Profit from his struggles! Learn how in today’s Rumblings! (Sort of) | Photo by Ron Schwane/Getty Images Sadly, the Royals snapped my 8-week Thursday unbeaten streak last night (they’re down 5-1 in the 7th when I put this in the queue so maybe they could come back) Anne Rogers with literally the only Royals stories yesterday from what I dub an “official” Royals news outlet - i.e. someone...2023
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  • • This Day in Braves History: Atlanta trades Joe Torre to the St. Louis Cardinals
    2023
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  • • Wrigley Field historical sleuthing: 1960 edition
    This one’s date was nailed down by something outside the ballpark. The sleuthing image you see above is from this tribute to WGN’s years televising the Cubs, posted on YouTube in 2019: Just so you don’t have to go through the entire video to see where I found it, here are the three seconds’ worth of video where I made the screenshot above: Now, let me tell you how I sleuthed not only the exact d...2023

Orlando Cepeda parents, kids, wife / husband, girlfriend / boyfriend

  • • This Day in Braves History: Braves release Denny McLain
    2025
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  • • This Day in MLB History: Bud Selig announces MLB will celebrate “Jackie Robinson Day” every April 15th
    2025
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  • • Today in White Sox History: March 2
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  • Today in White Sox History: March 1
    • Today in White Sox History: March 1
    On this day 124 years ago, Clark Griffith (seated next to Charles Comiskey, top hat) jumped crosstown to the White Sox. Under Griffith’s guidance as player-manager 1901 White Sox club won the first MLB AL pennant. A massive crosstown heist helps ensure a pennant 1901 In a monumental move as the White Sox entered the major leagues for the first time, the club snatched pitcher Clark Griffith...2025
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  • • 2024: the best, the worst, the ... last of the real ones?
    2025
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  • • In Memoriam: The White Sox We Lost in 2024
    2024
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  • In memoriam: Remembering the Cubs we lost in 2024
    • In memoriam: Remembering the Cubs we lost in 2024
    Ken Holtzman | Bettman Archive Rest in peace. At year’s end, it’s a good time to reflect and remember those who passed away throughout the year. In the baseball world in general: Hall of Famers Orlando Cepeda, Rickey Henderson, Whitey Herzog and Willie Mays and notables Bud Harrelson, Pete Rose, Luis Tiant and Fernando Valenzuela. There were also 12 members of the Cubs family who passed aw...2024
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  • A mini
    • A mini "problem"
     It's taken me a little time to get to this package arrival, mostly because it's a lot to go over.That happens sometimes with the sends from Johnny's Trading Spot -- there's so much stuff and a lot of it is not the usual stuff, so some time has to go into the corresponding blog post.For example, this:This is way cool. It's a season highlights record of the 1959 Dodgers' season, their second y...2024
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  • Orlando Cepeda passes away at 86
    • Orlando Cepeda passes away at 86
    The Hall of Fame outfielder and first baseman was a member of the Atlanta Braves for parts of four seasons including the 1969 NL West Division winning club. Earlier this morning, it was announced that Hall of Fame outfielder and first baseman Orlando Cepeda had passed away. He was 86. The Puerto Rico-native, who played in MLB from 1958 through 1974, spent parts of four season with the Atlanta Brav...2024
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  • Following up
    • Following up
     I've been meaning to follow up on a couple of posts and the longer I've waited, the more follow-ups I've added.I'll write about all of them now, but I'll try to keep it from going on for too long (not that I've cared about that in the past!) Starting with the card show I went to last weekend, I mentioned on that post that I had acquired the 1967 Topps Carl Yastrzemski card, which allowe...2024
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Top Orlando Cepeda news

  • • Bryce Harper Is Already the Best in the Game, but We've Seen Nothing Yet
    2015
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  • • Perry lauded on eve of statue dedication
    The statue of Gaylord Perry, which the Giants will unveil Saturday outside AT&T Park, is guaranteed to be a superb rendering of the Hall of Fame right-hander. Will Behrends, the sculptor who created Perry's bronze likeness, already has proven his skill by fashioning the images of Willie Mays, Willie McCovey, Juan Marichal and Orlando Cepeda that grace the ballpark's exterior....2016
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  • • This Day in Braves History: Atlanta beats Pirates in 19 innings
    Photo by Scott Cunningham/Getty Images Braves Franchise History 1962 - Warren Spahn sets a National League record for pitchers with his 31st career home run in a 6-1 Braves’ win over the Mets. 1964 - The Braves sweep the Mets in a doubleheader at Shea Stadium. Both teams use 11 pitchers each with Atlanta’s Chi-Chi Olivo getting the win in both games. 1970 - Orlando Cepeda homers three tim...2023
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  • • This Day in Braves History: Keith Lockhart’s pinch-hit grand slam stuns Phillies
    Braves Franchise History 1972 - The Braves trade Orlando Cepeda to the A’s for Denny McLain. 1997 - Keith Lockhart hits a pinch-hit grand slam to help the Braves overcome a five-run deficit in a 6-5 win over the Phillies. Fred McGriff broke the tie in the seventh with a triple to give Atlanta the win. 2000 - John Rocker tosses a perfect eighth to help the Braves beat the Mets and end their seven...2023
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  • This Day in Braves History: Rafael Furcal named NL Rookie of the Year
    • This Day in Braves History: Rafael Furcal named NL Rookie of the Year
    Braves Franchise History 1928 - The Boston Braves trade Rogers Hornsby to the Cubs for $200,000 and five players. Infielder Freddie Maguire, catcher Lou Legett and pitchers Percy Jones, Socks Seibold and Bruce Cunningham head to Boston in the deal. 1964 - The National League approves the move of the Milwaukee Braves to Atlanta, but orders them to stay in Milwaukee for the 1965 season. The team mo...2023
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  • • Cubs 2, Rockies 1: Sweep!
    2025
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  • • Cepeda, 80, into Bay Area hospital, Giants say
    2018
  • • Hall of Famer Cepeda in critical condition
    Hall of Fame first baseman Orlando Cepeda remains hospitalized in critical condition after a cardiac incident, the San Francisco Giants said Wednesday....2018

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  • • Cubs 2, Rockies 1: Sweep!
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  • • This Day in Braves History: Craig Kimbrel records his 100th career save
    2025
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  • • This Day in Braves History: Braves release Denny McLain
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  • • Today in White Sox History: March 26
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  • • Baseball history unpacked, March 24
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  • • This Day in Braves History: Braves trade Joe Torre to the Cardinals in exchange for Orlando Cepeda
    2025
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  • • This Day in MLB History: Bud Selig announces MLB will celebrate “Jackie Robinson Day” every April 15th
    2025
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  • • This Day in Braves History: Max Fried strikes out Russell Wilson
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  • • Today in White Sox History: March 2
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  • • Today in White Sox History: March 1
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Orlando Cepeda rumors, scandals

  • • In memoriam: Remembering the Cubs we lost in 2024
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