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• This Day in Braves History: Atlanta locks up Andrelton Simmons with a seven-year extension
Photo by Mike Zarrilli/Getty Images Braves Franchise History 1923 - Christy Mathewson leads a group that purchases the Boston Braves for a reported $300,000. 2001 - Andruw Jones is awarded an $8.2 million contract through arbitration breaking Mariano Rivera’s record for the highest single season salary in league history. 2014 - The Braves and shortstop Andrelton Simmons agree to a seven-y...2023
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• Baseball history unpacked, February 20
Happy birthday, Bob Kennedy | Getty Images A thrice-weekly digest, replete with #Cubs, #MLB, and #MiLB factoids, gathered from reputable sources. The end of the College of Coaches and other feel-good 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 narrat...2023
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• Rene Rivera Announces Retirement
Longtime big league catcher René Rivera took to Instagram to announce his retirement Friday morning. “In June 2001, I had the opportunity to make one of my dreams come true, to get signed as a professional baseball player,” Rivera wrote. “21 years later, I thank God for the career he has allowed me to have. Today I want…...2023
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• Former MLB OF Eric Thames announces retirement
Outfielder Eric Thames announced his retirement from professional baseball over social media on Thursday. Thames, 36, played six seasons with...2023
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• This Day in Braves History: Atlanta locks up Andrelton Simmons with a seven-year extension
Photo by Mike Zarrilli/Getty Images Braves Franchise History 1923 - Christy Mathewson leads a group that purchases the Boston Braves for a reported $300,000. 2001 - Andruw Jones is awarded an $8.2 million contract through arbitration breaking Mariano Rivera’s record for the highest single season salary in league history. 2014 - The Braves and shortstop Andrelton Simmons agree to a seven-y...2023
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• Baseball history unpacked, February 20
Happy birthday, Bob Kennedy | Getty Images A thrice-weekly digest, replete with #Cubs, #MLB, and #MiLB factoids, gathered from reputable sources. The end of the College of Coaches and other feel-good 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 narrat...2023
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• Thursday Rockpile: Who could shine with Randal Grichuk temporarily shelved?
Photo by Katharine Lotze/Getty Images Colorado Rockies news and links for Thursday, February 16th, 2023 Colorado Rockies beat reporter Thomas Harding broke some unfortunate news out of Salt River Fields at Talking Stick this Tuesday: outfielder Randal Grichuk would miss the start of the season. Grichuk, who played 140 games for the Rockies last season, underwent surgery to repair a bilat...2023
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• Today in White Sox History: February 7
Magglio Ordoñez’s final season in Chicago was filled with controversy and acrimony. | Albert Dickson/Sporting News via Getty Images via Getty Images Michael Jordan comes to the White Sox, and Magglio Ordoñez leaves 1959 Dorothy Rigney, grandaughter of White Sox founder Charles Comiskey and the majority owner of the club, reached an agreement to sell the team to Bill Veeck. After the sale, ...2023
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• Wednesday Rockpile: Remembering Don Baylor’s Life and Career Part 1
Photo by Getty Images Colorado Rockies news and links for Wednesday, February 8, 2023 In honor of Black History Month as well as 2023 being the Colorado Rockies’ 30th anniversary, it only feels appropriate to reflect on the career and contributions of Colorado’s first manager in team history, Don Baylor. Today’s first part will focus on Baylor’s early life and his minor league career. Foll...2023
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• Baseball history unpacked, January 20
Geovany Soto, still a hit. | Photo by Hector Vivas/Getty Images A thrice-weekly digest, replete with #Cubs, #MLB, and #MiLB factoids, gathered from reputable sources. Important players pass, MLB.com, 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 vari...2023
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• Hot Stove is cold as ice for White Sox, sizzling for others
Rumors of White Sox interest proved about $10 million too light, as the cocky Cubs inked Cody Bellinger for nearly his estimated arb figure. | Ronald Martinez/Getty Images We wait for scraps as Phillies, Guardians and Cubs feast The biggest news out of Tuesday’s Winter Meetings was the MLB draft lottery. My fantastic teammate at South Side Sox, Allie Wesel, has the full draft coverage for ...2022
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• Soxivus 2022: The Airing of Grievances
These two, man. | Armando L. Sanchez/Chicago Tribune/Tribune News Service via Getty Images With the dust settled on a devastatingly mismanaged White Sox season, a dozen South Side Sox writers come together to wail and moan over all the misdeeds I gotta lot of problems with you people, and now you’re gonna hear about it!— Jerry Stiller as Frank Costanza from Seinfeld’s “The Strike.” While ...2022
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• The Hollow Men
Between the motion and the act ... | Nuccio DiNuzzo/Getty Images Are the White Sox a professional franchise, or something lesser? This is the way the world endsThis is the way the world endsThis is the way the world endsNot with a bang but a whimper.—T.S. Eliot, “The Hollow Men” The last line of this poem might be the most quoted line of poetry out there — it’s been completely decontextua...2022
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• Baseball history unpacked, September 5
Happy birthday, Tyler Colvin. | Scott Strazzante/Chicago Tribune/Tribune News Service via Getty Images A thrice-weekly digest, replete with #Cubs, #MLB, and #MiLB factoids, gathered from reputable sources. The Cubs play at Comiskey, 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,...2022
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• 1 Year Later, Pro Baseball's 1st Openly Gay Player Still Leads by Example
2016

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• Yoan Moncada Can't Stop the Hype: 'He's Got a Following Everywhere We Go'
2016

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• MLB Rookie Star Nomar Mazara's Maturity Helps Maximize Immense Talent
2016

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• Brewers' David Denson Hopes Coming Out Paves Way to Achieving MLB Dream
2016

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• Asian and American Ballplayers Face Unusual Challenges When Living Abroad
2016

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• Mike Freeman's 10-Point Stance: The Real Test for NFL Players Begins
2015

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• It's No Joke: The New-Look Cubs Are Ready to Win and Win Big in 2015
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• This Day in Braves History: Atlanta locks up Andrelton Simmons with a seven-year extension
Photo by Mike Zarrilli/Getty Images Braves Franchise History 1923 - Christy Mathewson leads a group that purchases the Boston Braves for a reported $300,000. 2001 - Andruw Jones is awarded an $8.2 million contract through arbitration breaking Mariano Rivera’s record for the highest single season salary in league history. 2014 - The Braves and shortstop Andrelton Simmons agree to a seven-y...2023
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• Baseball history unpacked, February 20
Happy birthday, Bob Kennedy | Getty Images A thrice-weekly digest, replete with #Cubs, #MLB, and #MiLB factoids, gathered from reputable sources. The end of the College of Coaches and other feel-good 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 narrat...2023
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• Thursday Rockpile: Who could shine with Randal Grichuk temporarily shelved?
Photo by Katharine Lotze/Getty Images Colorado Rockies news and links for Thursday, February 16th, 2023 Colorado Rockies beat reporter Thomas Harding broke some unfortunate news out of Salt River Fields at Talking Stick this Tuesday: outfielder Randal Grichuk would miss the start of the season. Grichuk, who played 140 games for the Rockies last season, underwent surgery to repair a bilat...2023
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• MEXICO FINISHES THIRD IN CARIBBEAN SERIES

Joey Terdoslavich with Mexicali in 2021 After winning the Mexican Pacific League championship series against Guasave last month for the city's fourth pennant in over 70 winters, Los Mochis players and coaches boarded a plane for Caracas, Venezuela as the Mex Pac's representative at the Caribbean Series. However, since the Caneros roster for the Crown Jewel of Latin B...2023
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• Today in White Sox History: February 7
Magglio Ordoñez’s final season in Chicago was filled with controversy and acrimony. | Albert Dickson/Sporting News via Getty Images via Getty Images Michael Jordan comes to the White Sox, and Magglio Ordoñez leaves 1959 Dorothy Rigney, grandaughter of White Sox founder Charles Comiskey and the majority owner of the club, reached an agreement to sell the team to Bill Veeck. After the sale, ...2023
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• Welcome to the 2023 Fantasy Baseball Season!
Hi Folks, Welcome to the start of our 2023 Fantasy Baseball Season! With changes coming via the Shift Ban, Pitch Clock, and Size of Bags (base path distance)....2023 promises to bring a different element to our cherished sport. As I have written in the past, the art of MLB player projections continues to evolve. With the advan...2023
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• Wednesday Rockpile: Remembering Don Baylor’s Life and Career Part 1
Photo by Getty Images Colorado Rockies news and links for Wednesday, February 8, 2023 In honor of Black History Month as well as 2023 being the Colorado Rockies’ 30th anniversary, it only feels appropriate to reflect on the career and contributions of Colorado’s first manager in team history, Don Baylor. Today’s first part will focus on Baylor’s early life and his minor league career. Foll...2023
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• Dodgers, Matt Andriese Agree To Minor League Deal
The Dodgers and veteran righty Matt Andriese are in agreement on a minor league contract, as first indicated on the transaction log at MLB.com. The Beverly Hills Sports Council client will return stateside after spending the 2022 campaign with the Yomiuri Giants of Japan’s Nippon Professional Baseball. Andriese, 33, pitched quite well overseas, albeit in…...2023
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• This Day in Braves History: January 30
Photo by Kevin C. Cox/Getty Images Braves Franchise History 1936 - The Boston Braves’ new owners conduct a survey of newspaper reporters asking for help in coming up with a new name for the franchise. The reporters select Bees, which will be used through the 1940 season before the franchise decides to switch back to “Braves.” 1954 - The New York Giants trade Bobby Thomson and Sam Calderone...2023
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• Baseball history unpacked, January 30
Happy birthday, Brailyn Marquez! | Photo by Jonathan Daniel/Getty Images A thrice-weekly digest, replete with #Cubs, #MLB, and #MiLB factoids, gathered from reputable sources. Happy birthday, Brailyn Marquez! 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 narrat...2023
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• Baseball history unpacked, February 20
Happy birthday, Bob Kennedy | Getty Images A thrice-weekly digest, replete with #Cubs, #MLB, and #MiLB factoids, gathered from reputable sources. The end of the College of Coaches and other feel-good 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 narrat...2023
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• MEXICO FINISHES THIRD IN CARIBBEAN SERIES
Joey Terdoslavich with Mexicali in 2021 After winning the Mexican Pacific League championship series against Guasave last month for the city's fourth pennant in over 70 winters, Los Mochis players and coaches boarded a plane for Caracas, Venezuela as the Mex Pac's representative at the Caribbean Series. However, since the Caneros roster for the Crown Jewel of Latin B...2023
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• Welcome to the 2023 Fantasy Baseball Season!
Hi Folks, Welcome to the start of our 2023 Fantasy Baseball Season! With changes coming via the Shift Ban, Pitch Clock, and Size of Bags (base path distance)....2023 promises to bring a different element to our cherished sport. As I have written in the past, the art of MLB player projections continues to evolve. With the advan...2023
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• THUNDER STRUCK: CANEROS WIN MEX PAC PENNANT

Los Mochis RHP Nick Struck A superb performance by pitchers Nick Struck and Fabian Cota and a bases-loaded double by Most Valuable Player Yasmany Tomas on Saturday keyed a 5-0 Los Mochis win at home over Guasave to give the Caneros a 4-games-to-2 Mexican Pacific League championship series win, the fourth pennant since the city's entry into winterball in 1947 and the first since 2002-0...2023
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• Baseball history unpacked, January 20
Geovany Soto, still a hit. | Photo by Hector Vivas/Getty Images A thrice-weekly digest, replete with #Cubs, #MLB, and #MiLB factoids, gathered from reputable sources. Important players pass, MLB.com, 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 vari...2023
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• Cubs historical sleuthing: 1940s play at the plate edition
Bettmann / Contributor Close play, and as it turned out, a close game. But when? Getty Images says: The Run That Won. Chicago: Erv Dusak, St. Louis Cardinals, scores the winning ninth-inning run, the only run scored in the game with the Cubs, McCullough. Ralph La Pointe’s ninth-inning double carried the Cards to a 1-0 victory. Why McCullough didn’t rate a first name in Getty’s de...2023
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• Outside The Confines: They might be Giants
Photo by Billie Weiss/Boston Red Sox/Getty Images Carlos Correa still hasn’t signed a deal. The Giants moved on with two new signings. A look back at 2022. Happy Boxing Day to our readers from the English-speaking world outside of the United States. I think today should be a holiday everywhere. I think we need a day to recover from Christmas. And I hope everyone had a happy holiday weeke...2022
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• Aaron Judge picks the Yanks on the last day of Winter Meetings
The 2022 AL MVP threw a scare into the Bronx, but will remain a Yankee. | Brad Penner-USA TODAY Sports Lots of players on the move — but still zilch for the White Sox The Winter Meetings wrapped up today, with a whirlwind of activity to report. Yankees fans are ecstatic today — and breathing a sigh of relief — with the biggest news of the Winter Meetings. The No. 1 free agent this offseas...2022
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• Grading the White Sox: Mark Payton
Mark Payton had a breathtaking season in Triple-A, topping 100 RBIs and finishing second in the organization with 25 home runs. | Michael Reaves/Getty Images It’s OK to have one RBI At midseason, the SSS staff graded the 46-46 White Sox, from the head of the class Dylan Cease down to Dallas Keuchel. We invented a WARsss metric that could very well be just a cute way to trot out our special...2022
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• Baseball history unpacked, November 2
CUBS WIN!!!!!!! | Brian Cassella/Chicago Tribune/Tribune News Service via Getty Images A thrice-weekly digest, replete with #Cubs, #MLB, and #MiLB factoids, gathered from reputable sources. You know what day it is. CUBS WIN!!!!! 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 lor...2022
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• MEXICO FINISHES THIRD IN CARIBBEAN SERIES
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• Thursday Rockpile: The Rockies need to combat growing fan apathy
Colorado Rockies news and links for Thursday, February 9th, 2023 The Colorado Rockies are rapidly approaching their 30th anniversary season. Pitchers and catchers report next week, spring training is less than a month away, and baseball is truly on our doorstep. However, there has been a noticeable lack of fanfare both in the Mile High City and from the Rockies themselves. 30 years is a big mile...2023
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• Lessons learned from the 2022 Chicago White Sox
There is villainy afoot. | Kamil Krzaczynski-USA TODAY Sports A writer’s preseason exposure therapy It happens every year, like clockwork. Sometime in October, the Chicago White Sox make their typical early exit from the postseason — if they made it there at all. As the season ends, fans like me are left to navigate disappointment on their own while simultaneously suffering the excuses a...2023
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• Outside The Confines: They might be Giants
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• Soxivus 2022: The Airing of Grievances
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• Soxivus 2022: The Calling of the Managers
The most popular candidate bandied about around the majors, Joe Espada, is also the top pick among South Side Sox writers. | Bob Levey/Getty Images What happens when South Side Sox writers pick their dream managers for the White Sox? Read and see Welcome to a second year of Soxivus! A year ago, on the heels of a fun and successful season, Tommy Barbee nonetheless had the idea to adopt Fes...2022
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• The Hollow Men
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• MLBPA launches organizing drive for minor leaguers
Tony Clark, Executive Director of the MLB Players Association | Getty Images The union leadership is looking to represent minor league ballplayers. Late Sunday night, it was revealed that the Major League Baseball Players Association has begun an organization drive that would make the players’ union the official representatives of minor league ballplayers through collective bargaining. Jo...2022
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• It’s time to talk (again) about Tony
“OK, let’s go over it again, what does The Book say about IBBs with 1-2 counts ...?” | Tim Heitman/Getty Images In La Russa We Trust — said no one Last night, what was scheduled as an early night game was delayed by rain by almost three hours, so in that spare time, I recreated what Tony La Russa said on Friday after he was asked about calling for an intentional walk on 1-2, again, and yes...2022
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• Alex Rodriguez’s frank statement about his relationship with Jennifer Lopez, more than a year after their separation
Alex Rodriguez He is a former professional baseball player who was also a husband Jennifer Lopez For some time. After......2022
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• Tracy McGrady Joins ESPN As NBA Analyst
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• Russell Wilson: 'I would honestly play two sports'
Russell Wilson has said in the past that he hasn't ruled out a return to professional baseball. At what point should we take him seriously?...2015
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• Orioles' Ramon Ramirez Dies at 23 in Motorcycle Accident
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• Andrew Luck: The Casual, Confident, Comfortable New Face of the NFL
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• Manny Ramirez, 48, hopeful for return in Taiwan
Manny Ramirez has his sights set on returning to baseball with the Chinese Professional Baseball League in Taiwan, where he briefly played in 2013....2020
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• Angels' Shohei Ohtani hits first career grand slam in two-homer game vs. Rays
Ohtani had never hit a grand slam in either MLB or Japan's Nippon Professional Baseball...2022
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• Lennie Merullo, Last Surviving Cubs Player to Play in World Series, Dies at 98
2015

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• Cubs Fans Urinate in Cups Due to Bathroom Complications at Wrigley Field
2015

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• In Sonoma, Girls of Summer have arrived
Playing right next to the boys of summer on an independent league squad, 17-year-old Kelsie Whitmore and 25-year-old Stacy Piagno stepped between the lines of a professional baseball game Friday in a milestone moment that will last beyond just one night....2016
• Kuroda reportedly returning to Japan to pitch
Hiroki Kuroda is returning to Japan to pitch for Nippon Professional Baseball, according to multiple reports....2014
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• Brewers' David Denson Hopes Coming Out Paves Way to Achieving MLB Dream
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• Jason Giambi, Ivan Rodriguez Show They Still Have Power in CPBL Home Run Derby
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• Fan Uses 1 Hand to Catch Bat Thrown into Stands, Doesn't Spill His Beer
2015
• Mary Pratt, pitcher on the original 1943 Rockford Peaches team, dies at 101
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• Welcome to the 2023 Fantasy Baseball Season!
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• Prospect News: Trade Deadline Winners Hidden in Plain Sight
The 2022 deadline has already seen one unlikely winner in Pittsburgh catcher Jason Delay, a 27-year-old who had a 59 wRC+ in 28 AAA games this year when he got the call. Those outcomes obscure his ability though. He’d posted a 123 wRC+ in 13 AAA games last year, but he just hasn’t played all that much professional baseball since being selected in the fourth round of the 2017 draft. Shortly after h...2022
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• From Flatbush to Chicago, the meaning of baseball
“Baseball was rooted not just in the past but in the culture of the country; it was celebrated in the nation’s literature and songs. When a poor American boy dreamed of escaping his grim life, his fantasy probably involved becoming a professional baseball player. It was not so much the national sport as the binding national myth.” –David Halberstam, Summer of ‘49The room is gray in my memory. On t...2017
• 1 Year Later, Pro Baseball's 1st Openly Gay Player Still Leads by Example
2016

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• Yoan Moncada Can't Stop the Hype: 'He's Got a Following Everywhere We Go'
2016

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• Fantasy Baseball Waiver Wire: Top 10 Pickups for Week 10
2016
• Can today's NFL player play two sports?
In a recent interview with Bryant Gumbel for HBO's Real Sports, Seattle Seahawks quarterback Russell Wilson said he still wants to play both football and baseball...someday. "You never want to kill the dream of playing two sports," Wilson said. "I would honestly play two sports." Gumbel then pressed Wilson about what's stopping him and Russell replied, "I don't know. I may push the envelope a l...2015
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• Ruben Amaro's Arrogance and Stubbornness Will Set Phillies Back for Years
2015

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• 2015 Yankees Could Be Perfect Fit for 6-Man Rotation Experiment
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• How This MLB Offseason Will Impact the 2015-2016 Free-Agent Class
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• Thursday Rockpile: Who could shine with Randal Grichuk temporarily shelved?
2023

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• MEXICO FINISHES THIRD IN CARIBBEAN SERIES
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• Thursday Rockpile: The Rockies need to combat growing fan apathy
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• Today in White Sox History: February 7
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• Welcome to the 2023 Fantasy Baseball Season!
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• Outside The Confines: When football matters most...
Photo by Timothy T Ludwig/Getty Images Because it means baseball is next. Happy Wednesday party people, the Super Bowl is fast approaching, and we all know that that means baseball. is. next. So if you’re in it for the football (meh), the commercials (sometimes great), or the halftime show (generally a good time), it’s a perfect way to say goodbye to football season and welcome in baseball...2023
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• THUNDER STRUCK: CANEROS WIN MEX PAC PENNANT
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• Sorting Through The Athletics’ Rotation Options
The A’s formally announced newly signed right-hander Shintaro Fujinami at a press conference last week, where general manager David Forst confirmed that Fujinami is indeed viewed as a starting pitcher. That’s the role he’s held in Japan’s Nippon Professional Baseball for the bulk of his career, so perhaps it’s not a surprise, but Fujinami is…...2023
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• Cubs historical sleuthing: 1940s play at the plate edition
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• Outside The Confines: They might be Giants
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• Thursday Rockpile: The Rockies need to combat growing fan apathy
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• Soxivus 2022: The Airing of Grievances
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• The Hollow Men
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• MLBPA launches organizing drive for minor leaguers
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• Freddy Galvis Close To Deal With NPB’s Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks
Infielder Freddy Galvis appears to be close to a move overseas, as reports from Yahoo Japan indicate that Galvis is nearing a contract with the Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks of Nippon Professional Baseball. Should the move be finalized, it would count as a bit of a surprise. While there hadn’t been much buzz about Galvis’ free…...2021
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• Ichiro Suzuki to retire
Ichiro Suzuki will announce his retirement following the completion of Thursday morning’s game between the Mariners and Athletics in Tokyo, Jim Allen of the Kyodo News reports (Twitter link). Ichiro has already informed the Mariners about his decision. The 45-year-old outfielder is in Thursday’s lineup, starting in right field in the 2,653rd game of his MLB career. The official announcement ends m...2019
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• Luke Heimlich's future in Taiwan remains unclear
The Lamigo Monkeys, a Taiwanese professional team, recently announced the signing of former Oregon State pitcher Luke Heimlich. It’s not yet clear, however, that the contract will go into effect.The CPBL Stats website has tracked the league’s reaction to the announcement. It seems that the league has given varying indications, at one point saying it would require termination of the contract but la...2018
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• PFW's Draft Options: Tight End

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• Shohei 7: Latest buzz on two-way star Ohtani
As the Hot Stove heats up, all eyes are on Japanese two-way star Shohei Ohtani. His Nippon Professional Baseball team, the Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters, posted him on Friday, and Ohtani has until Dec. 22 to sign with a Major League team....2017
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• MLB rules Cardinals must send two draft picks to Astros
Major League Baseball ruled on Monday that the St. Louis Cardinals must send their first two picks in the 2017 MLB Draft to the Houston Astros as a result of the team’s hacking scandal. It’s a major ruling that will help offset what the league views to be a competitive disadvantage that impacted the Astros when they were rivals of the Cardinals in the National League Central before their move to t...2017
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