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• This Day in Braves History: Hank Aaron passes Willie Mays on all-time home run list with his 649th homer

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 ...2025
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• Rob Manfred says he 'paid attention' to Donald Trump's support of Pete Rose before reinstating MLB hits leader

The MLB commissioner said Wednesday that he paid attention to the "advice"...2025
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• ‘One of a number of voices’: MLB commissioner reveals how President Donald Trump pushed him to reinstate Pete Rose

Rob Manfred is revealing the influence President Donald Trump had in his decision to postumously reinstate Pete Rose....2025
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• Manfred 'paid attention' to Trump support of Rose
Rob Manfred took President Donald Trump's support of Pete Rose into account when the MLB commissioner decided that permanent bans by the sport ended with death....2025
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• Outside The Confines: Tigers on the prowl

Photo by Allan Dranberg/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images The Rockies are the worst team in baseball, maybe ever. The Tigers have the best record in baseball. A look ahead to the trade deadline and draft. And other MLB news. Good morning. Russell Dorsey explains why the Rockies situation this year is much worse than last season’s White Sox, and how things are kind of looking up for the So...2025
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• Rob Manfred calls MLB’s decision to reinstate Pete Rose ‘overdue’

Rob Manfred defended his choice to reinstate Pete Rose, "Shoeless" Joe Jackson and other deceased banned players....2025
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• Record-breaking Bobby

Photo by Joe Robbins/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images Front row seat to history Has there ever been better back-to-back draft selections than George Brett and Mike Schmidt? Brett and Schmidt were selected back-to-back in the second round of the 1971 MLB draft, with picks number 29 and 30. To show how unpredictable the draft (and scouting) is, in the first round Kansas City took pitcher Ro...2025
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• Outside The Confines: Not closing time for a while

Photo by Heather Barry/Getty Images Phillies closer Jose Alvarado is suspended for PED’s. The Orioles fire Brandon Hyde. The Mets/Yankees rivalry heats up. And other news from around baseball. Good morning. The Orioles fired manager Brandon Hyde after a 15-28 start. Third-base coach Tony Mansolino takes over on an interim basis. And the Orioles promptly lost two more games. Several O’s...2025
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• Friday Question: Which athlete do you hate the most?

Time to be a big old bunch of haters. In a perfect world there’d be no hate. I don’t know if John Lennon said that, or Elmo from Sesame Street. Obviously we all should aspire to hate less and love more, but when it comes to sports that’s not an option. Naturally there are athletes we just grow to hate with a red-hot passion. People who get our blood boiling every single time they set food on the f...2025
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• Guest Max Rieper: Kansas City Royals Wins, Woes, and the Pete Rose Question

Could a previous in-season DFA show Royals fans when Hunter Renfroe will be gone? It’s a full house on this week’s Royals Rundown as Jacob Milham, Jeremy Greco, and Royals Review’s own Max Rieper team up to break down the latest with the Kansas City Royals. From Monday’s high to Tuesday’s low against the Astros, the trio digs into pitching performances, injury concerns, and the slumping bats of ke...2025
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• Royals Rumblings - News for May 14, 2025

Thomas Shea-Imagn Images John Schreiber giveth and John Schreiber taketh away. David Lesky looks at the Kansas City Royals’ Monday win and wonders if second baseman Michael Massey has turned a corner. Based on the metrics, it’s pretty much what he “should” be doing. He has an xBA of .283 and an xSLG of .443, so he’s overperforming on the slug just a bit. His hard-hit rate is still just 36....2025
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• Braves News: Ronald Acuña Jr. goes yard, Atlanta reaches .500, and more

Photo by Matthew Grimes Jr./Atlanta Braves/Getty Images Atlanta Braves news and notes from Tuesday. Atlanta Braves star Ronald Acuña Jr. began a rehab assignment on Tuesday in the Florida Complex League. It marked his first game May 26, 2024, when he tore his ACL. In his third at-bat of the night, he went deep. .@ronaldacunajr24 goes yard in his first rehab start! pic.twitter.com/e5ZFhb9...2025
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• MLB ban on Pete Rose, Shoeless Joe Jackson to be lifted

Photo by Focus on Sport/Getty Images The hit king and baseball pariah could be eligible for Hall of Fame induction. On Tuesday, MLB Commissioner Rob Manfred reinstated deceased players Pete Rose and “Shoeless” Joe Jackson from he permanently ineligible list, paving the way for them to be possibly inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame. Manfred’s reasoning was that the bans were meant to b...2025
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• WWE Hall of Famer Pete Rose Now Eligible For MLB Hall of Fame
Pete Rose is now eligible for the MLB Hall of Fame. Major League Baseball commissioner Rob Manfred has removed Pete Rose, "Shoeless" Joe Jackson and other deceased players from Major League Baseball's permanently ineligible list for the MLB Hall of Fame. Manfred ruled that MLB's punishment of banned individuals ends upon their deaths. "Obviously, a person no longer with us cannot represent a thr...2025
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• Baseball history unpacked, May 9

RVR Photos-Imagn Images A M-W-F digest, replete with #Cubs, #MLB, and #MiLB content, gathered from reputable sources. Mark Grace* hits for the cycle, 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 ...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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• 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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"Pete Rose, 'Shoeless' Joe Jackson reinstated from MLB's permanently ineligible list: Next stop, Hall of Fame?"

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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."

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"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"

• Outside The Confines: Tigers on the prowl
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• Elusive '80s cards ... really? Part 2

This is the continuation of a series I started in February, about how that even for the 1980s, there are elusive cards for team collector types. I went through what I still need from sets issued between 1980-83 in the first post. Today I'm going through what I need for Dodgers from 1984-85. Yeah, just two years this time. The amount I need increases as the '80s progress. Who would've figured ...2025
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• Record-breaking Bobby
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• Outside The Confines: Not closing time for a while
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• Friday Question: Which athlete do you hate the most?
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• Game Thread: White Sox at Reds

It’s time for a ride on the Davis Martin rollercoaster. | Matt Marton-Imagn Images Chicago showing signs of life after a tough April Alright, Sox fans – May has offered a change of pace for our South Siders! After a tough April, the squad (13-29) has already surpassed last month’s win total and snagged two series victories. While we’re still navigating the bottom of the AL standings, it’...2025
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• Royals Rumblings - News for May 14, 2025
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• Outside The Confines: Pete Rose and others have their permanent bans lifted by MLB

Photo by Focus on Sport via Getty Images The path is now open for these players to get into the Hall of Fame. Yesterday, despite previously indicating he would not, Rob Manfred announced that all deceased players would be removed from MLB’s permanent ineligible list. The two biggest names this obviously impacts are Pete Rose and Shoeless Joe Jackson, both of whom were banned for betting r...2025
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• MLB ban on Pete Rose, Shoeless Joe Jackson to be lifted
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• A century of exile concludes: Shoeless Joe Jackson finally has a chance for immortality

Say it’s so, Joe! MLB finally lifts lifetime ban for Jackson and others. | PhotoQuest/Getty Images MLB ends ban, Hall of Fame door opens for members of 1919 Black Sox In a stunning reversal of decades-long policy, Major League Baseball Commissioner Rob Manfred announced today a sweeping decision to remove deceased players, including the legendary Shoeless Joe Jackson, from the permanently ...2025
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• This Day in Braves History: Hank Aaron passes Willie Mays on all-time home run list with his 649th homer
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• Elusive '80s cards ... really? Part 2
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• MLB insider explains reason why Pete Rose is unlikely to be voted into Baseball Hall of Fame

Will Pete Rose make the hall of fame? An MLB insider explains why Pete Rose is unlikely to be voted into the Baseball Hall of Fame....2025
• 2001 Topps Chrome "Before There was Topps" refractors

Y'all know I like refractors. Well, one niche that especially interests me are guys' 1st Refractor, specifically talking about old-timers who played before such parallels were a thing. And in poking around, I found this 10-card "Before There was Topps" insert set from 2001 Chrome that features the first refractor produced of several inner-circle HOFers, and so I went about completing it. Took...2025
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• Outside The Confines: Not closing time for a while
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• Friday Question: Which athlete do you hate the most?
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• Guest Max Rieper: Kansas City Royals Wins, Woes, and the Pete Rose Question
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• Game Thread: White Sox at Reds
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• Braves News: Ronald Acuña Jr. goes yard, Atlanta reaches .500, and more
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• Elusive '80s cards ... really? Part 2
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• Outside The Confines: Not closing time for a while
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• Friday Question: Which athlete do you hate the most?
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• MLB rumors: Insider claims Donald Trump pressured league into reinstating Pete Rose

A top MLB insider says Pete Rose's family didn't influence his reinstatement, it was President Donald Trump....2025
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• Royals Rumblings - News for March 11, 2025

Photo by David Durochik/Diamond Images via Getty Images The farm system shows improvement in rankings. Anne Rogers has her latest roster projection. If Bubic is in the rotation, it doesn’t mean that Lynch is automatically starting in Triple-A, because the club feels good about its depth there. Lynch embraced helping the Royals in a relief role at the end of last year, throwing 20 2/3 scor...2025
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• Today in White Sox History: March 10

On this day 66 years ago, Bill Veeck officially took control of the White Sox. | Chicago Tribune Months after the purchase, Bill Veeck is cleared to take the keys of Comiskey Park 1914 The White Sox their World Tour vs. the New York Giants to final rest with a banquet in the Gold Room of the Congress Hotel. Pitcher Joe Benz had to skip the celebration — he was getting married that day! Ma...2025
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• Pete Rose predicted his posthumous induction into Hall of Fame, griped with timing of potential inclusion

Rose, who's permanently banned from MLB, said a posthumous induction wouldn't satisfy his family or fans...2025
• Royals Rumblings—News for March 5, 2025

Photo by Jeremy Chen/Getty Images Which will come first, the end of Kansas City’s winter or Opening Day? David Lesky at Inside the Crown stacks up the Kansas City Royals pitching room ahead of Opening Day. The change started at the end of June that year when the Royals acquired Cole Ragans, but to their credit, they didn’t stop. We know about them adding Seth Lugo and Michael Wacha, but th...2025
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• Commissioner’s Office Considering Petition To Remove Pete Rose From Ineligible List
MLB Commissioner Rob Manfred is considering a petition filed by the family of Pete Rose to have Rose posthumously reinstated from the ineligible list, according to a report from Don Van Natta Jr. of ESPN. Rose passed away in September at the age of 83, and Van Natta notes that the petition was filed on…...2025
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• Outside The Confines: No deal for Vlad Jr. and the Jays

Photo by Mark Blinch/Getty Images The face of the franchise will become the face of free agency this fall. Happy Wednesday BCB friends! We have some interesting stories ahead for you today, chief among them being that one of baseball’s biggest extensions isn’t happening. The Toronto Blue Jays and Vladimir Guerrero Jr failed to come to an agreement on extension terms. As a result, Vlad Jr,...2025
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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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• Pete Rose, 'Shoeless' Joe Jackson reinstated from MLB's permanently ineligible list: Next stop, Hall of Fame?

The reinstated players will be eligible for the next Classic Baseball Era Committee vote in December 2027...2025
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• Rose sends formal appeal to MLB commish
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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
• Rose, 'Shoeless' Joe HOF-eligible as MLB lifts ban
Pete Rose, the all-time hit king, and Joe Jackson -- both longtime baseball pariahs stained by gambling -- are now presumably eligible for election into the Baseball Hall of Fame in Cooperstown....2025
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• Scott Miller's Starting 9: Why Won't Anyone Take a Chance on Yoenis Cespedes?
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• 2001 Topps Chrome "Before There was Topps" refractors
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• Friday Question: Which athlete do you hate the most?
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• Disgraced former Dodgers star Trevor Bauer blasts MLB for reinstating Pete Rose: ‘Does that go for everyone who’s been blackballed’

Disgraced former Los Angeles Dodgers star Trevor Bauer is not happy Pete Rose has been reinstated by MLB but he is still being shunned....2025
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• Outside The Confines: Rivals Weekend begins

Photo by Scott Winters/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images But are any of these teams real rivals? TGIF, friends and thanks for another great week of baseball! As we head into the weekend’s “Rivalry Series,” a deeply silly spectacle, I’m curious (and you can take to the comments to sound off), who you think the Cubs’ actual main rival is, or if you agree with the geographical choice of the Wh...2025
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• Guest Max Rieper: Kansas City Royals Wins, Woes, and the Pete Rose Question
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• Wednesday Rockpile: Bud Black wasn’t the main problem, but he certainly wasn’t the answer for the Rockies

Photo by Justin Edmonds/Getty Images Colorado Rockies news and links for Wednesday, May 14, 2025 “It wasn’t Bud Black’s fault.” That phrase keeps getting thrown around by the wider media landscape in the wake of the Colorado Rockies firing their long-time manager on Sunday. They quickly claim that no one could win with this Rockies team, and that the manager can only do so much when those...2025
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• Baseball history unpacked, May 9
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• MLB ban on Pete Rose, Shoeless Joe Jackson to be lifted
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• A century of exile concludes: Shoeless Joe Jackson finally has a chance for immortality
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• MLB lifts Pete Rose, ‘Shoeless’ Joe Jackson bans in shocking reversal that opens Hall of Fame paths

Pete Rose is finally out of MLB's doghouse, and he has some company....2025
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• If Patrick Peterson merits Cardinals Ring of Honor induction, shouldn’t Steve Keim?

Photo by Abbie Parr/Getty Images The CROH case for Steve Keim might be similarly warranted as Pat P’s. Professional sports Hall of Fame and Ring of Honor protocols are often a topic of discussion, particularly in this era of performance enhancing drugs and some players’ and front office executives’ off-the-field transgressions. Perhaps the most discerning of all pro sports’ Hall of Fames i...2025
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• President Trump proposes pardon for Pete Rose, but what does that mean for late banned baseball hits king?

It is unclear what a potential pardon would cover because Rose, who died last October, has not been convicted of a crime...2025
• Remembering the life of Fay Vincent

Photo by Focus on Sport/Getty Images Baseball’s eighth commissioner . When I was aspiring to be a writer, I began keeping magazine and newspaper articles of stories I found of interest. Over the years I accumulated a pile of stories which soon found their way into alphabetized file folders. I now have a box of accumulated stories and two of my favorite files are titled: Baseball and Good w...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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• 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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• 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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