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• This Day in Braves History: Braves acquire Dan Uggla in trade with Marlins

Photo by Mitchell Layton/Getty Images Uggla becomes Atlanta’s starting second baseman for three seasons Braves Franchise History 1962: Milwaukee Braves general manager John McHale and six former stockholders of the Chicago White Sox buy the team from the Perini Corporation for a reported $6.2 million. Bill Bartholomay will be named chairman of the board. 2002: In the start of a three team...2024
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• Royals Rumblings - News for November 11, 2024

Thank you, veterans, David Laurila at Fangraphs talks to J.J. Picollo at the GM meetings. “We need to be a little more dynamic offensively, and by that I mean we need to get on base at a higher rate than we did this year,” Picollo told me earlier this week in San Antonio. “We’re trying to target players we can lengthen out our lineup with, whether it’s someone at the top, in the middle, or toward ...2024
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• Reggie Jackson Steps Down From Astros Front Office Role
After four seasons as a special advisor in the Astros front office, Hall of Famer Reggie Jackson is leaving the team. The 78-year-old baseball lifer reportedly wants to spend more time with his family in California. He also has other business ventures to focus on, including a car dealership and various endorsements. Jon Heyman and Joel…...2024
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• MLB legend Reggie Jackson explains leaving Astros role

MLB legend Reggie Jackson is leaving his front-office role with the Houston Astros, but that does not necessarily mean he is finished with baseball....2024
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• Baseball history unpacked, November 4

Erin Hooley/Chicago Tribune/Tribune News Service via Getty Images A M-W-F digest, replete with #Cubs, #MLB, and #MiLB content, gathered from reputable sources. The Chicago River runs Cubbie Blue, 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 ...2024
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• Nuggets Asked About Paul George Last Offseason

The Denver Nuggets inquired about potentially acquiring Paul George last offseason, sources told Ramona Shelburne of ESPN. Talks never escalated with the Nuggets not willing to discuss Christian Braun, Peyton Watson, or Julian Strawther in a deal. The Clippers were also uninterested in only taking back Michael Porter Jr. and Zeke Nnaji's salary. Since their title-winning season in 2023, the Nugget...2024
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• 2024 World Series Preview: Yankees vs. Dodgers

The Fall Classic will return to Yankee Stadium for the first time in 15 years, but Shohei Ohtani’s Dodgers have every intention of spoiling the party. Yankees vs. Dodgers has probably been one of the most common World Series predictions of the past decade. They’re both consistent powerhouse teams with loads of star power, and both have made the playoffs in every season since 2017 (save for the Yan...2024
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• Every NBA team ranked by its 2025 championship chances to start season

Photo by Jacob Kupferman/Getty Images Let’s rank every team in the NBA by their 2025 championship chances to start the season. The start of a new NBA season is the ultimate time for optimism. Every team is undefeated, and each organization’s season-long goals are still within reach. The NBA is fully entrenched in its parity era. The league has had a different champion each of the last six ...2024
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• Baseball history unpacked, October 18

Happy birthday, Allen Ripley! A M-W-F digest, replete with #Cubs, #MLB, and #MiLB content, gathered from reputable sources. Happy birthday, Allen Ripley, and other stories. Believe it or not! 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 foll...2024
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• The 1975 Topps countdown, worst to best (No. 40-21)

I would be remiss if I didn't mention on a post devoted completely to cards issued in 1975 that we recently lost two key members of the 1975 baseball postseason.Both Pete Rose and Luis Tiant were critical parts of the two teams that reached the 1975 World Series. Both wily veterans by the '75 series, their abilities were trumpeted all over the playoff telecasts that year.At least that's what...2024
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• The NBA’s 6 most desperate teams entering 2024-25 season, ranked

Photo by Tim Nwachukwu/Getty Images These are the NBA teams facing the most pressure this season. Not every team can realistically dream about winning the NBA championship entering the new season, but some organizations are feeling more pressure than others. A year ago, the Boston Celtics went ‘all-in’ after a string of playoff failures by acquiring Jrue Holiday and Kristaps Porzingis. The...2024
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• Yankees vs. Royals: Resuming a historical Rivalry

Sometimes it’s heaven, sometimes it’s hell With the Royals and Yankees squaring off in the playoffs for the first time since 1980 (how is that possible??) I thought it might be fun to take a walk down memory lane. Depending on your age, it could be traumatic. The first time the two teams met was in the 1976 Championship Series. The Royals, in only their eighth season, held off the Oakland A’s for...2024
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• A titan of childhood gone

I know the postseason is here and everyone learned of Pete Rose's death yesterday evening/afternoon, but this wouldn't be a blog if I wasn't behind.Rose was one of the titans of my youth as far as baseball players. Somewhere along the way I graduated from Ernie & Bert and come on and zoom, zoom, zoom-a, zoom to watching live baseball on TV. And Big Bird and The Count became Reggie Jackson a...2024
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• 8 NBA teams that can win the 2025 championship

Photo by Jamie Squire/Getty Images These are the only teams that can win the 2025 NBA championship. Defining success in the NBA always comes back to preseason expectations. Some teams are just trying to get better in the regular season and advance a round further in the playoffs, while others are hoping not to fall too far behind their rivals. There’s already a class of teams whose best c...2024
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• 6 NBA teams who will be way better than last year

Photo by Rocky Widner/NBAE via Getty Images These 6 NBA teams are poised to make a big leap up the standings this season. There’s no time for optimism in the NBA quite like mid-August, a beautiful stretch when every team is undefeated, most teams are healthy, each rookie is poised to be a steal, and every free agent signing is still conceivably a masterstroke. Some teams have more reason ...2024
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• New paint job

I don't have a lot of time today. I've been squeezing in the last few day trips before vacation ends. Also, we added a new roommate yesterday. That's Francesca, a.k.a. Fran, a.k.a., she'd be adorable if she'd sit still for a second.So after swearing off pets a couple years ago, there's another one to rule the roost. These things are never my idea but I do like my pets.Anyway, here's a q...2024
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• Reggie Jackson’s emotional, heartfelt answer about racism was a can’t-miss MLB moment

This should be mandatory viewing for any sports fan. Alex Rodriguez thought he was throwing a soft ball question to Reggie Jackson on the Fox MLB Broadcast from Rickwood Field on Thursday, and he couldn’t have expected the emotional, thoughtful answer he got. Rickwood Field, former home of the Birmingham Barons, is a monumentally important part of baseball history, specifically the Negro Leagues....2024
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• Big Man, Big Personality: The Oral History of David Ortiz's MLB Adventure
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• NBA Friday Roundup: Damian Lillard's 51 Points Trip History-Hunting Warriors
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• Scott Miller's Starting 9: Fifty-Six Reasons to Pay Attention in Spring Training
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"Reggie Jackson had it."

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"Other veterans, like DeAndre Jordan, Jeff Green, Reggie Jackson and Kentavious Caldwell-Pope have similarly retooled well-honed skills to chip in where it counts, while young players like Thomas Bryant and Christian Braun have flourished with the added experience layered into Denver’s steady system."

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"They’ve won thousands of games across eras spanning from Babe Ruth to Mickey Mantle to Reggie Jackson to Ronald Torreyes."

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"The LA Clippers have finalized agreements with most of their free agents, coming to terms on deals with Kawhi Leonard, Nicolas Batum, Reggie Jackson, and Justise Winslow."

2020
"The Clippers will land Reggie Jackson once he clears waivers, with sources telling ESPN's Adrian Wojnarowski that they beat out the Lakers for the play-making guard."

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"” There’s more this morning from Detroit: The eventual return of Reggie Jackson from a st"

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"Alex Rodriguez will join past Yankees Hideki Matsui, Reggie Jackson and Nick Swisher in an advisory position this spring."

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"" The post Wolves and Pistons Discussing a Ricky Rubio and Reggie Jackson Trade appeared first on SLAMonline."

2016
"Jennings is currently caught behind Reggie Jackson on the Pistons depth chart and is set to become an unrestricted free agent at season's end, per Spotrac."

2015
"Michael of CSN Washington noted the comments from Wall, who used the recent signing of Reggie Jackson to make his point."

2014
"Thunder PG Reggie Jackson played the pick and roll perfectly with teammate Steven Adams on this play in the third quarter of Friday’s 94-92 loss in Brooklyn."

• This Day in Braves History: Braves acquire Dan Uggla in trade with Marlins
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• Royals Rumblings - News for November 11, 2024
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• Baseball history unpacked, November 4
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• Nuggets Asked About Paul George Last Offseason
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• Nikola Jokic: I'm Just Trying To Play Basketball, And I'm Happy If We Have A Chance Every Year

The Denver Nuggets have reportedly had tension between the coaching staff and front office, but Nikola Jokic has declined to offer an opinion on the situation. "That's not my job," Jokic said. "I'm just trying to play basketball, and I'm happy if we have a chance every year." Since winning the championship in 2023, the Nuggets have lost Kentavious Caldwell-Pope, Bruce Brown, Jeff Green and Reggie ...2024
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• Nuggets Rumors: Booth, Malone, Jokic, Murray, George, KCP
In an interesting feature story, which is worth reading in full, ESPN’s Ramona Shelburne explores the philosophical “disconnect” developing within the Nuggets as they try to capitalize on Nikola Jokic‘s remaining prime years. As Shelburne writes, Denver has lost four veteran role players — Kentavious Caldwell-Pope, Bruce Brown, Jeff Green and Reggie Jackson — fr...2024
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• The Denver Nuggets might be cooked

Photo by David Sherman/NBAE via Getty Images Starting the season 0-2 doesn’t mean things are hopeless for the Nuggets, but it does confirm some discouraging signs about their viability as an NBA championship contender. Are the Denver Nuggets bad? No, but that’s not going to cut it. The Western Conference is stacked to the nines with not-bad teams. The Spurs and the Trail Blazers are the on...2024
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• This day in Braves History: A day of playoff bummers

Photo by MLB via Getty Images A good day for teams wearing blue, a bad day for the Braves. Braves franchise history 1992: Ed Sprague’s two-run home run in the 9th inning off Jeff Reardon in Game 2 gives Toronto a 5-4 win over Atlanta and evens the World Series. 2020: The Dodgers make it to the World Series for the third time in the last four years by defeating the Atlanta Braves, 4 - 3, i...2024
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• The Denver Nuggets might be cooked
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• Baseball history unpacked, October 18
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• The NBA’s 6 most desperate teams entering 2024-25 season, ranked
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• The 1975 Topps countdown, worst to best (No. 83-60)

Well, I knew it would happen at some point in this giant countdown. As hard as I tried to stay fast to the ranking chart that I created at the start of this countdown and then carefully mark off the cards that I covered, I still ran off the tracks a couple of times. My corrections since the last countdown episode explain the wacky numbering in each of the updated countdown titles f...2024
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• 6 NBA teams who will be way better than last year
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• Why the Celtics succeed, and the Clippers failed, with similar team builds

Photo by Adam Glanzman/Getty Images What the NBA can learn from Celtics’ championship and Clippers’ failure. The team is led by two wings. One was just named to the All-NBA First Team, and the other just won Finals MVP. Both are talents the likes of which define the NBA — shooters, defenders, initiators, cutters. They do it all. The team is a championship favorite, of course, coming into t...2024
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• Brenton Doyle wins NL Player of the Month honors

Photo by Justin Edmonds/Getty Images He’s the first Rockie to win this award since CJ Cron in August 2021 We all knew Brenton Doyle was on fire in July, and today MLB agreed, recognizing him as the NL Player of the Month. View this post on Instagram A post shared by Colorado Rockies (@rockies) His accomplishments are significant. Over 24 games in July...2024
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• Baseball history unpacked, July 29

John Baker | Photo by Jonathan Daniel/Getty Images A M-W-F digest, replete with #Cubs, #MLB, and #MiLB content, gathered from reputable sources. The Baker Game, Jon Garland heads south, and other stories. Happy birthdays to Tyson Miller and a throng of Cubs. On Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays, Bleed Cubbie Blue is pleased to present a light-hearted, Cubs-centric look at baseball’s colorfu...2024
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• Reggie Jackson Steps Down From Astros Front Office Role
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• Let's do it again

I was out of town for a few days visiting my daughter. She and her boyfriend have a new apartment, which is charming but very small, just like the last one. Housing is brutal for young adults these days. Because of that, mom and dad get a hotel room for the weekend. That's where I saw the Dodgers finish off the Mets in the NLCS (and Juan Soto's HR ... gag). I turned on the hotel TV...2024
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• Yankees-Dodgers World Series history: Joe DiMaggio, Jackie Robinson, Reggie Jackson and more magical moments

The two teams have faced each other in the World Series a record 11 times before this year's games begin...2024
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• The 1975 Topps countdown, worst to best (No. 40-21)
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• Yankees vs. Royals: Resuming a historical Rivalry
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• Sympathy for Oakland

We’ve been there Over the past week, we’ve all read multiple accounts of the last Athletics game in Oakland. In a nutshell, it’s been a colossal mess, a mess that could have and should have been avoided. In World War II parlance, it’s FUBAR. The city of Oakland and A’s ownership have been negotiating on and off for over a decade without success. The centerpiece of the argument has always been abo...2024
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• A titan of childhood gone
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• Back to the basement

Four months ago I was contacted by a collector from Toronto who sent me some cards from his childhood collection, all of them O-Pee-Chee from the 1970s.They came from his basement -- I'm guessing they were patiently waiting for someone to come around, as cards in the basement do -- and while I expected just some Dodgers, Jeff sent me so much more.Well, I got another unexpected envelope from...2024
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• John Wall Comments on New Contracts, NBA Collective Bargaining Agreement
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• Kevin Durant Is Still the MVP We Know and Love
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• Enes Kanter's Max Contract Is All About Kevin Durant's 2016 NBA Free Agency
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• Sources: Jackson to join Clips after Pistons buyout
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• Brandon Jennings Trade Rumors: Latest News and Speculation on Pistons PG
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• Reggie Jackson Trade Rumors: Latest Buzz, Speculation Surrounding Thunder PG
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• Wall: 'I'm getting the same as Reggie Jackson'
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• Russell Westbrook Replies 'Who?' When Asked About Reggie Jackson's Return to OKC
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• Fantasy Basketball Waiver Wired, Week 18: Reggie Jackson Back in Action

Who's tired, and who's wired in fantasy hoops?...2024
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• Corbin Burnes The Giants’ Bats
Corbin Burnes (8 IP, 1 ER, 3 baserunners, 14 Ks, ERA 2.93) held the Giants to one run as he struck out 14. The last guy to hold down the Giants like that was David in the Bible...*Starts sobbing* I'm sorry! I can't go on! The Queen! She's gone! What a way to ruin the end of The Crown! No one even gave a spoiler alert! Maybe rather than mourning the Queen's death, we should be celebrating that Regg...2022
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• This Day in Braves History: Braves acquire Dan Uggla in trade with Marlins
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• Baseball history unpacked, November 4
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• The Denver Nuggets might be cooked
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• 2024 World Series Preview: Yankees vs. Dodgers
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• Let's do it again
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• Back to the book

A month into this blog, I featured my copy of the 1979 Sport Americana Baseball Card Price Guide, which is the first of the James Beckett/Dennis Eckes annual price guides, which I purchased all through the mid-1980s. I don't remember when I bought the '79 copy. I'm guessing 1980.It's showed up a time or two on the blog since. It's a cool peek into the past, starting with the cover, which lo...2024
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• The Denver Nuggets might be cooked
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• New paint job
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• Kansas City baseball trivia

Courtesy of Charlie O. Finley. A few weeks ago, I explored some of the strange things that have happened in Major League history. This week, we look at some of the oddball occurrences surrounding the history of Kansas City baseball. Before the Athletics moved to Kansas City, owner Connie Mack had his eye on a pitching prospect named Lou Brissie. Mack and Brissie reached an agreement that Brissie w...2024
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• Royals Rumblings - News for June 20, 2024

That was a fun moment between Butler and Gordon | Photo by Jamie Squire/Getty Images Thursdays are the new Friday! Ed note: Yes, I know, it’s not Friday. But when we get down to OT, this will make sense. Greg was gracious enough to switch when I realized the game today fit with the topic. For those of you who skip Friday Rumblings... shame on you. Or not. But this is the wild and bori...2024
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• Friday Rockpile: In times like these, Rockies fans must consider the A’s fan

Jane Tyska/Digital First Media/East Bay Times via Getty Images Colorado Rockies news and links for Friday, May 24, 2024 Usually, if the Rockies went 4-5 on a road trip, it wouldn’t be so bad. After all, the Rockies have an all-time franchise winning percentage of .389 on the road (957-1501) and 4-5 equates to .444. If the Rockies did that consistently, they would be a much-improved squad....2024
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• Reload or Rebuild: What’s next for Nuggets, Thunder, Cavs and Knicks after losing in the NBA playoffs?

Graphic by Anton Tabuena, original photo via Garrett Ellwood/NBAE via Getty Images Trade rumors are expected to grow louder after the Nuggets, Cavaliers, Thunder and Knicks were all eliminated in the second round of the NBA Playoffs. The 2024 NBA Playoffs has already been very eventful to say the least. Several superstar-heavy teams were sent packing way earlier than they hoped, and now t...2024
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• Cedric Tallis belongs in the Royals Hall of Fame

Time to right a wrong Last year I made a vow to write an annual story about why the Royals’ first General Manager, Cedric Tallis, should be in the Royals Hall of Fame. Like it or not, it’s that time of year. Many of us have speculated as to why Tallis has been snubbed. His credentials are far too impressive for just a plain oversight, so there must be another underlying reason. The most common the...2024
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