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  • The NBC World Series
    • The NBC World Series
    Top flight baseball in Wichita. From July 25 to August 3, the National Baseball Congress will hold and celebrate the 90th anniversary of the NBC World Series. The World Series used to be held at the old Lawrence-Dumont Stadium in Wichita, Kansas, and will feature the very best amateur teams from locales across this great country of ours. The NBC World Series is now played at Eck Stadium on the cam...2024
  • This Day in Braves History: Ted Turner takes over as manager
    • This Day in Braves History: Ted Turner takes over as manager
    Photo by George Gojkovich/Getty Images Braves Franchise History 1946 - The Boston Braves fall 5-1 to the New York Giants in the first night game played at Braves Field. The game drew the largest crowd in 13 years. 1977 - Braves owner Ted Turner decides to take over as manager of his team. Atlanta drops their 17th straight game in Turner’s debut with coach Vern Benson making most of the in...2024
  • Chicago Cubs vs. Arizona Diamondbacks preview, Tuesday 4/16, 8:40 CT
    • Chicago Cubs vs. Arizona Diamondbacks preview, Tuesday 4/16, 8:40 CT
    Photo by Norm Hall/Getty Images The Cubs go for their fourth straight win. Tuesday notes... A POSSIBLE CUBS RECORD: If Michael Busch hits a home run tonight, he will become the first Cub ever to homer in six consecutive games. He also will join Barry Bonds as the only players in MLB history to hit homers in six straight games of a single road trip. Bonds did it in 2001. Four others homere...2024
  • Jersey of the Game-Rafael Palmeiro
    • Jersey of the Game-Rafael Palmeiro
    Rafael Palmeiro was one of the most controversial Orioles of all time. He had over 3,000 hits and more than 500 home runs–one of just seven players in baseball history to do so, but he’ll be remembered for testing positive for a performance-enhancing substance in August 2005. The left-hand hitting first baseman spent seven of […]...2024
  • A hypothetical 2024 Hall of Fame ballot
    • A hypothetical 2024 Hall of Fame ballot
    Photo by Matthew Grimes Jr./Atlanta Braves/Getty Images I don’t have a Hall of Fame vote, but if I did, this is what it would look like. This is an exercise that I have thought about doing for the last three years, but ultimately decided that it wasn’t worth the trouble. Voting for Baseball’s Hall of Fame in my opinion is the ultimate honor for a writer, but in recent years we have seen b...2024
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  • A look at Cubs trades in the expansion era: 1991
    • A look at Cubs trades in the expansion era: 1991
    Turk Wendell with the Cubs in 1993 | Photo by Mitchell Layton/Getty Images This was a quiet year for trades. Jim Frey was fired as general manager of the Cubs in October 1991 and replaced by Larry Himes. Before that, though, Frey tried signing three high-priced free agents: George Bell, Danny Jackson and Dave Smith. Only Bell had decent numbers for the Cubs, and of course was involved in a...2023

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  • • A hypothetical 2024 Hall of Fame ballot
    2024
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  • • A look at Cubs trades in the expansion era: 1991
    2023
  • A look at Cubs trades in the expansion era: 1988
    • A look at Cubs trades in the expansion era: 1988
    Photo by: 1991 SPX/Diamond Images via Getty Images Some big names both arrived and departed. The Cubs had hoped to contend with the signing of Andre Dawson in 1987. They did for a while, but collapsed in September. Former manager Jim Frey, now GM, attempted to make that right in ‘88. He made some... interesting (translation: mostly not good) deals. February 12: Acquired Rich Gossage and Ra...2023
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  • • 2023 Contemporary Baseball Era Committee Candidate: Rafael Palmeiro
    Despite reaching the dual milestones of 3,000 hits and 500 homers, Palmeiro remains outside the Hall after becoming the first star suspended for PED usage....2022
  • • 10 most shocking MLB suspensions of all time
    Seattle Mariners second baseman Robinson Cano was suspended on Tuesday for testing positive for a banned substance. If nothing else, we can say this about Cano. He joins an impressive list of people in MLB history who have been suspended.But despite the big names who have been suspended over the years, we can’t help but feel surprised. Cano joins guys like Alex Rodriguez, Ryan Braun, and Rafael Pa...2018
  • • Rafael Palmeiro to play pro baseball with son at age 53
    Rafael Palmeiro turned 50 several years ago and last played in Major League Baseball back in 2005, but the retired slugger is giving competitive ball another shot for the opportunity to play alongside his son.On Tuesday, Palmeiro confirmed to Evan Grant of the Dallas Morning News that he has signed a contract with the Cleburne Railroaders of the independent American Association. Palmeiro’s oldest ...2018
  • • Rafael Palmeiro: 'The comeback is real'
    Rafael Palmeiro is 53 years old. He has not played professional baseball since 2005. This isn’t stopping the four-time All-Star from attempting to make a comeback to the game he played for 20 seasons.Palmeiro confirmed recently that his comeback attempt is real while showing a video of him taking some balls to the netting in a batting cage. By the looks of it, Palmeiro is in great shape. His swing...2018
  • • Rafael Palmeiro crushes balls in cage, claims MLB comeback is ‘real’
    53-year-old Rafael Palmeiro appears to be serious about making a potential MLB comeback.Palmeiro, who last played in 2005, has indicated in the past that he has something to prove. He was suspended in August 2005 after testing positive for steroids. Furthermore, he was the first MLB player to be suspended for steroids.The former slugger even told Ken Rosenthal of The Athletic “there’s no doubt in ...2018
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  • • Softening PED Stance in 2017 Hall of Fame Vote Bodes Well for Bonds, Clemens
    2017
  • • Breaking Down the 2017 Baseball Hall of Fame Class and Biggest Snubs
    2017
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Rafael Palmeiro lifestyle

  • • Scott Miller's Starting 9: Room Service Pennant Race Awaits Red Sox in AL East
    2016
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  • • Ervin Santana's 80-Game Ban Shows MLB Is Netting Stanozolol Cheats
    2015
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Timeline

  • 2024
    "The only players in front of him that are not in the hall are Albert Pujols, Miguel Cabrera, Joey Votto and Rafael Palmeiro."

  • 2023
    "Vance Law singled and Rafael Palmeiro tripled (!"

  • 2022
    "com/Xo29dtaL5k— Bill Shaikin (@BillShaikin) November 28, 2022 In addition to Bonds and Clemens, Albert Belle, Don Mattingly, Fred McGriff, Dale Murphy, Rafael Palmeiro and Curt Schilling will be considered by the 16-person committee, which for the first time will include two women, Marlins general manager Kim Ng and longtime sportswriter Susan Slusser, who was once president of the BBWAA."

  • 2021
    "No one has been on the outs in baseball like Rafael Palmeiro"

  • 2020
    "On May 11, 2003, Rafael Palmeiro of the Rangers became the 19th player (and second that season) to join MLB's 500-homer club."

  • 2018
    "LOOK: Here's proof the 53-year-old Rafael Palmeiro wants to make a comeback"

  • 2017
    "At 53 years old, retired player Rafael Palmeiro is working on a comeback to major league baseball and says, "there's no doubt" in his mind he can make it back."

  • 2016
    "For those who came just before, like Bonds, Clemens, Sammy Sosa and Rafael Palmeiro, they knew they were cheating the game and their peers."

  • 2015
    "The other two are all-time hit leader Pete Rose and former Texas Rangers slugger Rafael Palmeiro, each of whom purveys stigmatized resumes."

  • 2014
    " For instance, Rafael Palmeiro won a Gold Glove in 1999 despite playing just 28 games at first base, with 128 games coming as a DH, per Baseball-Reference."

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Rafael Palmeiro trade rumors, contract, salary rumors

  • • The NBC World Series
    2024
  • • Chicago Cubs vs. Arizona Diamondbacks preview, Tuesday 4/16, 8:40 CT
    2024
  • • A hypothetical 2024 Hall of Fame ballot
    2024
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  • • A look at Cubs trades in the expansion era: 1991
    2023
  • • A look at Cubs trades in the expansion era: 1988
    2023
  • Today in Cubs history: The real first night game at Wrigley Field
    • Today in Cubs history: The real first night game at Wrigley Field
    Getty Images It was anticlimactic after the previous night’s hoopla, but the Cubs won. EDITOR’S NOTE: This article originally ran in 2018, on this game’s 30th anniversary. Five years later, lightly edited, I thought you’d like to see it again, especially since the Cubs are playing the same team tonight that they did on this date 35 years ago. August 8, 1988 would have been the perfect nig...2023
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  • • Baseball history unpacked, March 17
    Spring Training 2014 | Getty Images A thrice-weekly digest, replete with #Cubs, #MLB, and #MiLB factoids, gathered from reputable sources. The KB Show and other big stories today. 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...2023
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  • • Third annual South Side Sox Veterans Committee Hall of Fame election: No dice
    Kenny Lofton beat the tag here, but couldn’t even cross 60% HOF support from readers. SSS readers are non-plussed in support of any of the 10 players on our loaded 1990s ballot Not much to say here, really, as our curated, loaded, vote-for-all-10-if-you-want Veterans Committee ballot has gone softly into the good night. The results, from 1,089 individual ballots, placed no one in the Hall ...2023
  • • Cubs historical sleuthing: Mid 1980s edition
    Photo by George Gojkovich/Getty Images Here’s yet another Cubs player photographed in Pittsburgh. Getty Images says: Pitcher Ron Davis #39 of the Chicago Cubs pitches against the Pittsburgh Pirates during a Major League Baseball game at Three Rivers Stadium in 1986 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. That’s absolutely Ron Davis, it’s absolutely Pittsburgh, and I went into this assuming it was 198...2022
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  • • 2022-23 MLB/White Sox/South Side Sox offseason calendar
    Nuccio DiNuzzo/Getty Images Our annual guide to everything happening on site and in White Sox baseball, from now till Opening Day While baseball’s offseason deprives us of games, it doesn’t mean there’s not a lot of action over the winter. This past weekend ended the baseball season, and the annual stampede of players to free agency is underway. Add to that, there’s a lot of other busines...2022
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Rafael Palmeiro stats and results

  • • A hypothetical 2024 Hall of Fame ballot
    2024
  • • Today in Cubs history: The real first night game at Wrigley Field
    2023
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  • • Cubs historical sleuthing: 1980s edition
    You wouldn’t think there are enough clues here, but one thing gave it away. This great shot of Wrigley Field was found here, on a completely unrelated story about a pitcher named Morris Madden, who pitched in 16 games for the Tigers and Pirates from 1987-89. The caption reads: Morris Madden pitched his final game of 1988 Oct. 1 at Wrigley Field. Photo is of Wrigley Field in August 1988. (Greatest ...2023
  • • Third annual South Side Sox Veterans Committee Hall of Fame election: No dice
    2023
  • • 2022-23 MLB/White Sox/South Side Sox offseason calendar
    2022
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  • • The Yankees have four 10-HR players by Game 40
    There’s no slowing down the New York Yankees offense.After 40 games, the Yankees and Boston Red Sox are even atop the AL East at 28-12. New York currently holds the tiebreaker, of course, not to mention, a superior home record (18-7 to 11-4). But that just means the Red Sox are slightly better away from home. And while Boston has a superior run differential (+67 to +65), no team is dong what the Y...2018
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  • • Softening PED Stance in 2017 Hall of Fame Vote Bodes Well for Bonds, Clemens
    2017
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  • • Jose Canseco Talks 2017 MLB Hall of Fame Results, Jeff Bagwell and Mark McGwire
    2017
  • • Breaking Down the 2017 Baseball Hall of Fame Class and Biggest Snubs
    2017
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  • • Scott Miller's Starting 9: Room Service Pennant Race Awaits Red Sox in AL East
    2016

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  • • The NBC World Series
    2024
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  • • A look at Cubs trades in the expansion era: 1988
    2023
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  • • 53-year-old Rafael Palmeiro and his son will be playing for the same baseball team
    The independent-league Cleburne Railroaders have signed the father-son duo...2018
  • • Softening PED Stance in 2017 Hall of Fame Vote Bodes Well for Bonds, Clemens
    2017
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  • • Breaking Down the 2017 Baseball Hall of Fame Class and Biggest Snubs
    2017
    See more articles Jeff Bagwell
  • • Scott Miller's Starting 9: Room Service Pennant Race Awaits Red Sox in AL East
    2016
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  • • Preston Palmeiro, Son of Former MLB Star Rafael, Drafted by Orioles
    2016
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  • • Preston Palmeiro: Prospect Profile for Baltimore Orioles' 7th-Round Pick
    2016
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  • • Cavan Biggio's MLB Upbringing Set Stage for Shedding Father Craig's HOF Shadow
    2016
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  • • Rafael Palmeiro Comments on Failed Drug Test, Legacy and More
    2016
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Top Rafael Palmeiro news

  • • Palmeiro, 53, working on returning to majors
    2017
  • • Alex Rodriguez Records 3,000th Career Hit: Highlights and Reaction
    2015
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  • • Is Rafael Palmeiro seriously considering an MLB comeback at 53 years old? Apparently
    The disgraced slugger is still looking for redemption and closure after an unceremonious ending...2017
  • • Rafael Palmeiro Seeks To Defy Odds With MLB Comeback
    Former MLB star Rafael Palmeiro, who left the game in disgrace after testing positive for steroids back in 2005, tells Ken Rosenthal of The Athletic that he is seriously contemplating an effort to return to the majors. Of course, there are quite a few barriers for the left-handed-hitting first baseman, who is a dozen years…...2017
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  • • MLB Gold Glove Awards 2014: Full List of Winners and Analysis
    2014
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  • • Ryne Sandberg, Lee Smith among several Cubs-connected people on the Hall of Fame’s newest committee
    Lee Smith and Ryne Sandberg at the Field of Dreams Game last August | Photo by Mary DeCicco/MLB Photos via Getty Images The Hall’s Contemporary Era Committee selections (if any) will be revealed next Sunday. Eight former players from MLB’s recent past will be considered for Hall of Fame induction by the Hall’s Contemporary Era Committee when it meets as part of baseball’s Winter Meetings t...2022
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  • • Scott Miller's Starting 9: PED Era Makes for Clear Choices in Hall of Fame Vote
    2016
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  • • Cavan Biggio's MLB Upbringing Set Stage for Shedding Father Craig's HOF Shadow
    2016
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  • • The NBC World Series
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  • • Chicago Cubs vs. Arizona Diamondbacks preview, Tuesday 4/16, 8:40 CT
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  • • A look at Cubs trades in the expansion era: 1988
    2023
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  • The best former Cub from every MLB team
    • The best former Cub from every MLB team
    Andre Dawson bats at Wrigley Field as a member of the Montreal Expos | Photo by Ron Vesely/MLB Photos via Getty Images A fun little offseason exercise. Credit where credit is due, I borrowed this idea from Adam Sanford of our SB Nation Tampa Bay Rays site DRays Bay. Here’s his article on the best former Ray on every MLB team, by bWAR. So the question asked here is: Which player who at one ...2023
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  • Baseball history unpacked, September 25
    • Baseball history unpacked, September 25
    the Hawk goes deep | Photo by Focus on Sport/Getty Images A M-W-F digest, replete with #Cubs, #MLB, and #MiLB content, gathered from reputable sources. Dawson hits two, Sammy hits 66, and other bat-drama. 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...2023
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  • • Today in Cubs history: The real first night game at Wrigley Field
    2023
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  • • Today in Cubs history: Greg Maddux throws an extra-inning shutout
    Getty Images This was a day when a 22-year-old pitcher came of age. The 1988 season started off reasonably well for the Cubs. They were 16-15 when the Padres visited Wrigley Field on an overcast afternoon in May. The 12,600 who showed up had no idea they were about to be treated to a demonstration of pitching and old-time baseball that would have felt at home in the early part of the 20th ...2023
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  • • Baseball history unpacked, March 17
    2023
  • • 2022-23 MLB/White Sox/South Side Sox offseason calendar
    2022
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  • No one has been on the outs in baseball like Rafael Palmeiro
    • No one has been on the outs in baseball like Rafael Palmeiro
    Robinson Cano will very likely be in Mets spring training next year (assuming the owners and players eventually find common ground on a new collective bargaining agreement) after failing two tests for illegal performance-enhancing drugs. Alex Rodriguez remains a face of baseball, a prominent broadcaster and arguably more famous than any active player, five years......2021
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