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• Today in White Sox History: December 5On this day 50 years ago, the White Sox made a minor steal of a deal with the Yankees, for this guy. The South Siders stick a minor steal of a deal on the Bombers 1974 It was a minor trade, but one the White Sox undoubtedly won, sending shortstop Eddie Leon to the Yankees for reliever Cecil Upshaw. Upshaw pitched on the South Side for just one season, but he filled a solid late role for th...2024See also White Sox latest news -
• Today in White Sox History: November 29Hate to say we told you so, Oscar Gamble, but your power dried up in San Diego. Another key Hit Man bolts for greener pastures 1963 He had a spectacular 1963 season, and because of it White Sox star southpaw Gary Peters was named the American League Rookie of the Year by the Baseball Writers Association of America. Peters went 19-8 with a 2.33 ERA (AL-best among starting pitchers), and ha...2024Read about White Sox latest news -
• Today in White Sox History: November 17Despite operating the club by the skin of his teeth, Bill Veeck was beloved among St. Louis Browns players. | Bruce Bennett Studios via Getty Images Studios/Getty Images Bill Veeck is forced out of baseball — next stop, Chicago 1953The St. Louis Browns, relocated to Baltimore, officially became the Orioles — and without owner Bill Veeck. Veeck knew he’d have to leave St. Louis after the 1...2024See more White Sox news -
• The 1975 Topps countdown, worst to best (No. 20-1)This is it. The final episode of the 1975 Topps worst-to-best countdown.This series lasted a little longer than I had intended. Those who wanted me to finish it within a week back when I started in April of last year probably gave up a long time ago. I had planned to wrap it up by September or early October of this year all along. Per usual, life had to butt in.But we're here. Let's ju...2024Check it out Boog Powell news and rumors -
• The 1970 Cubs were better than the 1969 Cubs. Why didn’t they win?Jim Hickman scores for the Cubs against the Mets on May 23, 1970 | Photo by James Drake /Sports Illustrated via Getty Images It was another failure, in some ways more frustrating than the fabled ‘69 team. Yesterday, I posted this article about how some players who the Cubs let go for almost nothing in the late 1950s and early 1960s might have helped the 1969 team get over the hump and make...2024Visit the page Instructional League news and rumors -
• Yankees vs. Royals: Resuming a historical RivalrySometimes it’s heaven, sometimes it’s hell With the Royals and Yankees squaring off in the playoffs for the first time since 1980 (how is that possible??) I thought it might be fun to take a walk down memory lane. Depending on your age, it could be traumatic. The first time the two teams met was in the 1976 Championship Series. The Royals, in only their eighth season, held off the Oakland A’s for...2024Click for news about George Brett news and rumors
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• Today in White Sox History: April 5On this day 29 years ago, Dave Martinez began an extremely impressive three-year run on the South Side. | Mitchell Layton/Getty Images One of the most underrated outfielders in club history begins his career on the South Side 1974 The White Sox opened the season at home under freezing conditions versus the Angels and Nolan Ryan. Wilbur Wood started, which caused broadcaster Harry Caray to...2024Continue with White Sox injury update -
• Today in White Sox History: February 6Joe Magrane gave his career one more shot in signing with the White Sox, on this day 28 years ago. A veteran southpaw gives it one more MLB shot 1949 One-year White Sox clubber Richie Zisk was born on this day, in Brooklyn. Tasked with replacing the irreplaceable Roberto Clemente in Pittsburgh’s right field, Zisk managed a productive Pirates career, logging an .842 OPS and 137 OPS+ in add...2024Check it out White Sox injury report -
• Today in White Sox History: December 5Acquired on this day 15 years ago, Tyler Flowers never quite panned out as The Catcher of the Future the White Sox hoped he’d be. | Set Number: X156365 TK1 R4 F747 A blockbuster with Atlanta that ended up ... fizzling 1977 Chalk this one up to White Sox owner Bill Veeck. Knowing he needed a drawing card and a big bat to replace Richie Zisk and Oscar Gamble, Veeck dealt future All-Star Br...2023See more articles White Sox injury -
• A look at Cubs trades in the expansion era: 1969Oscar Gamble with the Yankees in 1981 | Photo by Manny Millan /Sports Illustrated via Getty Images The Cubs collapsed on the field. And the front office made some terrible trades, too. Just as the 2023 Cubs did, the 1968 Cubs went from 10 games under .500 (35-45) to finishing with a winning record at 84-78. That meant they went 49-33 from that 10-games-under spot, a .598 winning percentage...2023Read about Johnny Bench -
• The 1975 Topps countdown, worst to best (No. 460-441)I've mentioned I've been chasing O-Pee-Chee Dodgers recently. There are hazards to this activity especially if you aren't paying attention. I wasn't. This 1975 Ken McMullen was advertised as an O-Pee-Chee card. I just took the title for its word. Apparently it was my first day on ebay because you can't be doing things like that. The seller even had a photograph of the back, which l...2023Visit the page Blue Jays availability report -
• Today in White Sox History: April 9
Beauty and abomination: At least on the field, things were pretty for the final home opener at Comiskey Park, 33 years ago today. | Jonathan Daniel/Allsport/Getty Images Big hits from Bill Veeck, Pete Ward, Jim Spencer, Oscar Gamble and Bo Jackson 1963 The start of the season finds the White Sox in Detroit, and it is a highlight game for third baseman Pete Ward. Ward smacks a seventh-inni...2023Visit the page White Sox injuries
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This is not a comedy skit, but part of Bo Jackson’s arduous rehab from hip replacement surgery, which he underwent on this day, 31 years ago. | Ron Vesely/Getty Images Bo knows hip replacements 1960 Shortly before the season opened, the White Sox finished their decimation of the young depth on their roster by shipping future All-Star and power-hitting catcher Earl Battey along with future...2023Check it out White Sox injury update
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"Quiz lost his impeccable control and walked Reggie and Oscar Gamble to load the bases with no outs." - 2023
"(Other players who were ‘69 Cubs who played after that year in the postseason: Joe Niekro and Oscar Gamble." - 2022
"(2) 1969 - Bill Hands pitches the Cubs to a 2-1 win over Atlanta and is helped by two spectacular catches by Oscar Gamble in the ninth." - 2018
"Oscar Gamble, a lefty-swinging hitter popularly known for the large Afro hairstyle he wore in the 1970s, died Wednesday at age 68."
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• Human see, human doI received my first COMC order of the year Monday. I requested shipment on July 12 and it was originally slated to arrive in late August. Instead it showed up in 17 days. That's record time.During a period when ebay service is all over the map (yet I am hounded by PROVIDE FEEDBACK emails the second I receive an order), it's nice to see someone picking up the slack, especially with all the...2024Check it out Don Drysdale salary rumors -
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• Today in White Sox History: January 1LaMarr Hoyt, destined for a big, brief impact on the South Side, was born on this day, 69 years ago. | Ron Vesely/MLB Photos via Getty Images A future Cy Young winner just happens to be a New Year’s baby 1911 Future general manager of the White Sox, Hank Greenberg, was born in New York City. Greenberg came over to the White Sox from Cleveland, duplicating his relationship with Bill Veeck ...2024Check it out White Sox salary rumors -
• Baseball history unpacked, December 20Photo by Brian Kersey/Getty Images A M-W-F digest, replete with #Cubs, #MLB, and #MiLB content, gathered from reputable sources. It wasn’t that long ago — surely you remember the great Edwin Jackson? 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 f...2023Visit the page Edwin Jackson salary rumors -
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• A look at Cubs trades in the expansion era: 1974Manny Trillo as a Cub in 1978 | Photo by Ron Vesely/Getty Images Another of the great 1969 team was traded, but the rest of this year’s deals produced little. The Cubs began trading away the stars of the famed 1969 team in the 1973-74 offseason. There was one more dealt in ‘74, but not until after the season had ended. March 19: Acquired Willie Prall from the Giants for Ken Rudolph A moder...2023Continue with Dave Kingman contract rumors
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• Today in White Sox History: March 23Oscar Gamble returned to the scene of his greatest season on this day, 39 years ago. | Focus on Sport/Getty Images The South Siders take a Gamble on Oscar 1955 Roberto Clemente made a huge splash with a spring training performance at Fort Myers, Fla. against the White Sox. The rookie clouts a third-inning triple some 425 feet off of the center field fence, the deepest spot in Terry Park. ...2024Click for news about White Sox scores -
• How the NFL schedule could have helped cost the 1970 Cubs the NL East titleWrigley Field as it would have appeared in 1970 | Photo by Diamond Images/Getty Images Yes, really, After the crushing collapse in 1969, the Cubs went about trying to change things in 1970. And at first, they didn’t do much. The only major change they made in the starting rotation or lineup before the season started was the acquisition of outfielder Johnny Callison from the Phillies for Os...2023Check it out NL East statistics -
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• Ten seasons where the White Sox crushed dreams harder than 2022
This group of Black Sox chuckleheads got themselves banned from baseball, sending the White Sox into what would become a three-decade tailspin. | Chicago Sun-Times/Chicago Daily News collection/Chicago History Museum/Getty Images In all likelihood, 2022 cannot end worse for the South Siders than 1921, 1918, 1984 — or even 2013! The White Sox have 122 years of history, but they have not bee...2022Continue with White Sox stats
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• Shaken not stirredPeople from California reading this can probably skip the first few paragraphs. Because, for them, it will be a bit like someone coming up to me saying, "Hey, I just saw the 1974 Topps Traded Oscar Gamble card, it's so cool, you should check it out!"Yeah, I know.So, with that in mind, I experienced the strongest earthquake of my life Sunday.Don't get excited. It was a magnitude 3.6. But we d...2023Click for news about Corey Seager -
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• Quick Hits: Gamble, Anderson, Blue Jays, Lopes, Free Agents
We at MLB Trade Rumors extend our condolences to the friends and family of Oscar Gamble, as the former outfielder passed away earlier today at age 68. Gamble played for seven teams over a career that stretched from 1969 to 1985, hitting .265/.356/.454 with an even 200 home runs over 5197 plate appearances. Beyond just…...2018See more articles Blue Jays
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• Quick hits: Oscar Gamble passes, Jays-Anderson reunion?
We at MLB Trade Rumors extend our condolences to the friends and family of Oscar Gamble, as the former outfielder passed away earlier today at age 68. Gamble played for seven teams over a career that stretched from 1969 to 1985, hitting .265/.356/.454 with an even 200 home runs over 5197 plate appearances. Beyond just his impact at the plate, Gamble is also remembered as one of the most photogen...2018See also Blue Jays
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• Gamble, known for big hair, lefty power, dies
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• Former MLB outfielder Oscar Gamble, 68, dies
Outfielder Oscar Gamble, who played seven of his 17 seasons with the Yankees and hit 200 career home runs, died of a rare tumor of the jaw. He was 68....2018
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• Former big-league outfielder Oscar Gamble dies at age 68
Gamble spent part of 17 seasons in the majors...2018
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• Oscar Gamble, Power Hitter With Prodigious Hair, Dies at 68
In addition to his home runs, he was known for his formidable Afro — until, that is, he was traded to George Steinbrenner’s Yankees....2018Read about George Steinbrenner
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• Baseball history unpacked, August 29
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• Best of the No Stars from 'my era'There was an interesting post on Diamond Jesters a week or so ago in which an all-star squad was assembled from junk-wax era players using junk-wax era cards.This all-star team was unique in one distinct way: none of the players ever played in an All-Star Game. I was intrigued yet repelled at the same time. I don't need to see those junk wax cards ever again! Social media has been celeb...2024Continue with World Series -
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