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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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• 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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• 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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• In memoriam: Royals that died in 2024

Photo by Focus on Sport/Getty Images Rest in peace. With the year concluding, it is time to reflect on those we lost this year. The baseball world lost greats like Willie “The Say Hey Kid” Mays, Hit King Pete Rose, and stolen base champ Rickey Henderson, as well as greats like Rico Carty, Ed Krranepool, Bud Harrrelson, Ferrnando Valenzuela, Luis Tiant, Ken Holtzman, Rudy May, Don Gullett, ...2024
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• This day in Braves History: All-Star Chris Chambliss joins the Braves

After winning two World Series with the Yankees, Chambliss eventually gets traded to Atlanta for the start of an eight-year stint with the Braves Braves Franchise History 1978: After sixteen years with the Cincinnati Reds, Pete Rose signs a four-year, $3.2 million deal with the Phillies. Other teams which pursued “Charlie Hustle” include the Mets, Braves, Pirates and the Royals. The deal temporar...2024
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• Reds honor Rose with stadium visitation for fans
The Red hosted a 14-hour visitation Sunday allowing thousands of fans to pay respects to the late Pete Rose at Great American Ball Park....2024
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• This Day in Braves History: Atlanta is eliminated by the Dodgers in Game 4 of the NLDS

Photo by Rob Carr/Getty Images Braves Franchise History 1958 - The New York Yankees even the series at 3-3 against the Milwaukee Braves as Hank Bauer hits his fourth home run to help New York to a 4-3 win in 10 innings. 2018 - The Braves are eliminated by the Dodgers in Game 4 of the NLDS as Los Angeles rallies for a 6-2 win. 2020 - The Braves toss their fourth shutout in five games to c...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: Marquis Grissom extends hitting streak to 20 games

Photo by Focus on Sport/Getty Images Braves Franchise History 1953 - The Braves defeat the Cubs 2-0 as Chicago third baseman Ransom Jackson grounds into three double plays to tie the National League record. 1956 - Warren Spahn homers off Cardinals pitcher Mel Wright giving Spahn a home run in every National League stadium. 1983 - Bob Horner suffers a broken wrist sliding into second base...2024
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• This Day in Braves History: Hank Aaron passes Babe Ruth with his 715th home run

Braves Franchise History 1974 - Hank Aaron passes Babe Ruth with his 715th home run off of Dodgers’ pitcher Al Downing at Fulton County Stadium. The game is delayed due to the celebration. Aaron will finish his career with 755 home runs. 1994 - Kent Mercker throws a no-hitter in a 6-0 win over the Dodgers. 2005 - US President Jimmy Carter is in attendance for the Braves’ home opener at Turner ...2024
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• MLB is starting to realize the consequences of embracing sports gambling

Photo by Christian Petersen/Getty Images Baseball isn’t the only sport that has a mess on its hands but it is once again the sport with the highest-profile athlete in the midst of it. When it comes to gambling and professional sports in North America, the genie is well and truly out of the bottle. The NFL, NHL and WNBA all have teams located in Las Vegas and MLB is trying their hardest to ...2024
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• Thursday Rockpile: In memory of a disheartening Spring Training

Isaiah J. Downing-USA TODAY Sports Colorado Rockies news and links for Thursday, March 28, 2024 It’s been a long March. The month is typically reserved for hope and optimism for baseball fans as the air fills the sound of cleats on dirt and the crack of wooden bats as winter thaws into spring in MLB camps around Arizona and Florida. However, this year has been much less satisfying for not...2024
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• In 1958, Lou Boudreau predicted there would be four major leagues

Lou Boudreau at Wrigley Field for the 1947 All-Star Game | Bettmann / Contributor And other words of wisdom from the Cubs radio announcer, 65 years ago. I was researching something recently — and honestly I can’t remember what it was — when I came across an article “By Lou Boudreau, as told to Jack Rosenberg” from the Chicago Tribune of April 13, 1958. At the time, Boudreau was not quite 4...2023
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• Baseball history unpacked, September 1

Happy birthday, Jordan Wicks! | Photo by Justin Berl/Getty Images A M-W-F digest, replete with #Cubs, #MLB, and #MiLB content, gathered from reputable sources, a little bit cheesy but nicely displayed. Happy 24th birthday, Jordan Wicks! Tinkers, Evers, Chance, and others in today’s issue! On Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays, Bleed Cubbie Blue is pleased to present a light-hearted, Cubs-cen...2023
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• Would Bonds, Clemens Entry Open Up Hall of Fame Floodgates?
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• The Internet Will Miss Peyton Manning, the GOAT at Creating Endless GOAT Debates
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• 'An Absolute Blast': Harper and Trout Recall Days as Teammates in Fall League
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"I still need the '69 Pete Rose that was the other part of the transaction."

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"Pete Rose, the all-time hits leader who was banned from baseball for betting on the game, has died at age 83."

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"Pete Rose places Ohio's first legal sports bet on Reds to win 2023 World Series"

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"Phillies to include Pete Rose as part of celebration for 1980 World Series championship team"

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"Pete Rose is clearly not a fan of the newest Yankee."

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"Pete Rose is again asking commissioner Rob Manfred to take him off the league's ineligible list, citing his lack of punishment for Astros players in the sign-stealing scandal."

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"With 3,089 hits in the majors and 1,278 in Japan, some believe Suzuki surpassed Pete Rose."

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"From Pete Rose hitting the ring in three separate WrestleManias to Wade Boggs inducting his friend Curt Hennig into the WWE Hall of Fame in 2007, baseball and professional wrestling has had a lengthy relationship."

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"Baseball Hall of Fame upholds Pete Rose ban"

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"All-time hits leader Pete Rose is unlikely to enter the National Baseball Hall of Fame due to his lifetime ban for betting on the game, but in June, his achievements in baseball will be acknowledged in Cincinnati."

2015
"MLB commissioner Rob Manfred says he has received a formal request from Pete Rose asking that his lifetime ban be lifted and that he will consider the all-time hits leader's request."

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"Pete Rose: I'll eventually get into Hall of Fame"

• 2024: the best, the worst, the ... last of the real ones?
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• This day in Braves History: All-Star Chris Chambliss joins the Braves
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• This Day in Braves History: Max Fried wins 2020 NL Gold Glove Award

Photo by Rich von Biberstein/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images The first of many for the lefty hurler Braves Franchise History 1928: Voters in Massachusetts approve Sunday baseball in Boston, provided that Braves Field is more than 1,000 feet from a church. This leaves Pennsylvania as the only state with no Sunday baseball in the major leagues. 1960: Warren Spahn finishes second in Cy Youn...2024
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• MLB Playoffs: Bobby Witt Jr., Royals looking to make their mark on the postseason

Bobby Witt Jr’s MVP-like performance helped push the Royals back to the postseason. Kauffman Stadium was built for speed. Ironically, that wasn’t the intent. When the stadium was constructed for the 1973 season, the team anticipated home runs would go up since the dimensions were actually smaller than their previous home at Municipal Stadium, where hitters had to smack a ball 360 feet down the le...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: Hank Aaron passes Babe Ruth with his 715th home run
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• MLB is starting to realize the consequences of embracing sports gambling
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• Thursday Rockpile: In memory of a disheartening Spring Training
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• 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...2024
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• Baseball history unpacked, August 30

Carmen Fanzone | Photo by Anne Cusack/Los Angeles Times via Getty Images A M-W-F digest, replete with #Cubs, #MLB, and #MiLB content, gathered from reputable sources, a little bit cheesy but nicely displayed. Happy birthday, Carmen Fanzone! On Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays, Bleed Cubbie Blue is pleased to present a light-hearted, Cubs-centric look at baseball’s colorful past, with plent...2023
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• Baseball history unpacked, June 30
Happy birthday, Mark Grudzielanek! | Getty Images A thrice-weekly digest, replete with #Cubs, #MLB, and #MiLB content, gathered from reputable sources. Happy birthday to Mark Grudzielanek. No-Hitters, grand slams, and Pepitone, too. 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...2023
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• This Day in Braves History: Hank Aaron passes Willie Mays on all-time list
Braves Franchise History 1918 - Dick Rudolph tosses a one-hitter beating Rube Bressler and the Reds 3-0. Hal Chase recorded the lone hit. 1931 - Rabbit Maranville scores five runs as the Braves beat the Cardinals 13-4. 1961 - The Braves tied the National League record with 14 homers in three games as they beat the Cubs at Wrigley Field 9-5. 1972 - Hank Aaron hits his 649th home run which moves ...2023
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• Pete Rose asks MLB to reinstate him, citing Astros' cheating scandal
Cincinnati Reds legend Pete Rose has asked MLB commissioner Rob Manfred to reinstate him from the league’s ineligible list. Rose cited MLB’s lack of punishment for Astros’ players involved in the electronic sign-stealing scandal as the reason for him to be reinstated. According to ESPN’s Don Van Natta Jr., Rose sent a letter to the commissioner this week arguing for his reinstatement. In the lette...2020
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• Riggleman to play regular lineup for rest of '18
Don't look for Scooter Gennett to come out of the lineup anytime soon. The second baseman is trying to become the first Reds player to lead the National League in hits since Pete Rose collected 215 hits in 1976. He's also competing for the NL batting title as well. Gennett (.317) entered the Marlins series on Thursday just two points behind Milwaukee's Christian Yelich (.319)....2018
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• Jacoby Ellsbury sets untouchable record
Baseball is a game of numbers. 755. 61. 56. 42. 30. Each one conjures up a memory…an image in your mind as to what they mean or who they stand for. Now, regardless whether or not you believe some of them need to be accompanied by an asterisk…wait. Hold on. 30? What in the world does 30 represent?!? This. That’s right, thanks to a fourth inning flub by Wilson Ramos of the Tampa Bay Rays Monday nigh...2017
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• A tribute to Morganna the Kissing Bandit
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• 2024: the best, the worst, the ... last of the real ones?
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• MLB Playoffs: Bobby Witt Jr., Royals looking to make their mark on the postseason
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• WWE Hall Of Famer And WrestleMania Legend Pete Rose Passes Away
Pete Rose has passed away at age 83. TMZ Sports first reported the news. His agent, Ryan Fiterman of Fiterman Sports, said, "The family is asking for privacy at this time." Rose is the greatest hitter in MLB history, sitting as the all-time leader with 4,256 hits. During his career, Rose appeared in 17 All-Star games, won three World Series, and won the NL MVP in 1973. He retired in 1986. Rose was...2024
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• MLB is starting to realize the consequences of embracing sports gambling
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• Thursday Rockpile: In memory of a disheartening Spring Training
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• Joe Rudi and the joy of baseball

Photo by Ron Riesterer/MediaNews Group/Oakland Tribune via Getty Images Another KC debut The recent deaths of Vida Blue and Sal Bando have me thinking more about the players who were drafted and made their debuts with the Kansas City Athletics. Older fans of the Athletics like Roy, Loyal and Rufus not only remember the Athletics but also the heated rivalry that developed when the now Oakla...2023
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• This Day in Braves History: Atlanta acquires Mark Teixeira
Photo by Mike Zarrilli/Getty Images Braves Franchise History 1912 - A day after playing 14 innings in a win over St. Louis, the Braves fall to the Pirates 7-6 in 19 innings as Honus Wagner drives in four for Pittsburgh. 1954 - Using a borrowed bat, Joe Adcock hits four homers and a double to set a major league record with 18 total bases in a 15-7 Braves’ win over the Dodgers at Ebbets Fie...2023
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• Pete Rose still wants into the Hall of Fame, so he wrote Rob Manfred an apology
Getty Images I’m still not convinced. Are you? Pete Rose, as you know, has been banned from consideration for induction into the Hall of Fame for decades due to his admission that he bet on games in which his Reds were involved, while he was managing the team. He’s made several efforts to get this ban rescinded, most recently after Rob Manfred took over from Bud Selig as Commissioner in 20...2022
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• Rose uses Astros saga to ask for reinstatement
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• Embattled MLB legend Pete Rose dies at 83
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• Phillies to include Pete Rose as part of celebration for 1980 World Series championship team
Rose had a 2017 outing canceled after a woman testified she had a sexual relationship with him while underage...2022
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• Pete Rose dies at 83: MLB's all-time hits leader held out of Hall of Fame after lifetime ban for gambling

The Reds legend won two World Series with Cincinnati and another with the Phillies...2024
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• Pete Rose will be at All-Star Game in Cincinnati
Pete Rose will be at All-Star Game in Cincinnati...2015
• Pete Rose Gets Huge Ovation from Cincinnati Crowd at 2015 MLB All-Star Game
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• Pete Rose to Remain Barred by Baseball, Sources Say
It has not been announced, but three people familiar with the decision said Rob Manfred, the sport’s commissioner, had made up his mind to keep the ban intact....2015
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• Scott Miller's Starting 9: Why Won't Anyone Take a Chance on Yoenis Cespedes?
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• In memoriam: Remembering the Cubs we lost in 2024
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• This Day in Braves History: Max Fried wins 2020 NL Gold Glove Award
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• The 1970 Cubs were better than the 1969 Cubs. Why didn’t they win?
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• MLB Playoffs: Bobby Witt Jr., Royals looking to make their mark on the postseason
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• This day in Braves History: Fred McGriff goes off in a Braves win

The Crime Dog has a perfect day at the plate Braves Franchise History 1954: The Braves finally get to Phillies ace Robin Roberts in a 5-1 win. Roberts leaves the game in the seventh, snapping a streak of 13 consecutive complete games against the Braves over the last three seasons. He had a 12-1 record in those 13 games. 1957: The Dodgers tied a major league record by using eight pitchers in a 13-...2024
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• This Day in Braves History: Chipper Jones drives in 1,500th career run

Photo by Marc Serota/Getty Images Braves Franchise History 1925 - The Boston Braves release Stuffy McInnis. He will sign with the Pirates and hit .368 in 59 games while playing in his fifth World Series. 1953 - The Braves play their first game since moving to Milwaukee and defeat the Reds, 2-0. 1954 - Hank Aaron makes his major league debut for the Milwaukee Braves and goes 0-for-5 in a ...2024
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• Disgraced MLB legend Pete Rose has hilariously perfect response to Shohei Ohtani gambling scandal

Disgraced MLB legend Pete Rose weighs in with a hilarious response to the ongoing Shohei Ohtani gambling scandal....2024
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• A few thoughts about the Shohei Ohtani and Ippei Mizuhara betting situation

Photo by Masterpress/Getty Images Here’s hoping this isn’t as bad as it looks. This has already been a topic of discussion around baseball for a few days, but I wanted to wait a bit and digest all the information out there regarding the betting situation involving Dodgers star Shohel Ohtani and his interpreter Ippei Mizuhara, or at least as much as I could, before writing about it. What we...2024
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• Outside The Confines: We have a problem

Mark J. Rebilas-USA TODAY Sports A major gambling scandal breaks out with Shohei Ohtani’s interpreter. A recap of the Seoul Series. A revolt in the MLBPA. And other news from MLB. I’m going to assume that you’ve already heard about the gambling scandal surrounding Shohei Ohtani and his interpreter Ippei Mizuhara. I’m going to try to give you some links that will allow you to do some furth...2024
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• Baseball gambling scandals: Shohei Ohtani's interpreter joins Pete Rose, Black Sox on list dating back to 1865

MLB's history with gambling has not caused the league to shy away from corporate partnerships...2024
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• Pete Rose still wants into the Hall of Fame, so he wrote Rob Manfred an apology
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• Rose dismisses sexual misconduct questions at Phillies bash

Former Phillies player Pete Rose dismissed questions about a woman's claim she had a sexual relationship with when she was a minor....2022