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• Top 10 worst free-agent contracts in New York Yankees history, including Alex Rodriguez and Roger Clemens

The New York Yankees are known for shelling out big-money contracts, especially during George Steinbrenner's era....2024
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• This Day in Braves History: Terry Pendleton wins NL MVP Award

Pendleton shocks the baseball world by winning the 1991 NL MVP over Barry Bonds. Braves Franchise History 1911: William Russell, head of the syndicate that owns the Boston Nationals, dies. No doubt helping his demise was watching his team finish the season with a .291 winning percentage. Former player, now attorney, Monte Ward and New York politician James Gaffney will purchase 945 of the 1000 sh...2024
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• The Brewers and the 2025 Hall of Fame Ballot

RICK WOOD / Milwaukee Journal Sentinel / USA TODAY NETWORK Three former Brewers appear on this year’s ballot Monday marked the release of the 2025 Baseball Hall of Fame ballot. The biggest new name on the ballot is that of Ichiro Suzuki, who could become the second unanimous Hall of Famer after Mariano Rivera in 2019. But there are two newcomers and one holdover who have a history with the...2024
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• This Day in Braves History: Atlanta trades Fred McGriff to Tampa Bay

Braves Franchise History 1958 - Milwaukee Braves second baseman Red Schoendienst is diagnosed as having tuberculosis and will appear in just five games in 1959. 1997 - The Braves trade Fred McGriff to the expansion Tampa Bay Rays in exchange for a player to be named later. 2002 - The Florida Marlins send recently-acquired pitcher Mike Hampton to the Atlanta Braves for Ryan Baker and Tim Spooneyba...2024
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• This Day in Braves History: Freddie Freeman wins N.L. MVP award

Photo by John Adams/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images Braves Franchise History 1923 - The Boston Braves acquire outfielders Casey Stengel and Bill Cunningham as well as shortstop Dave Bancroft from the New York Giants in exchange for pitchers Joe Oeschger and Bill Southworth. 2015 - The Braves trade shortstop Andrelton Simmons and catcher Jose Briceno to the Angels in exchange for shortsto...2024
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• This Day in Braves History: John Smoltz wins N.L. Cy Young award

Photo by SPX/Ron Vesely Photography via Getty Images Braves Franchise History 1995 - Gaffney Street, near the former site of Braves Field in Boston, MA, is renamed Harry Agganis Way, after the former Boston University and Boston Red Sox star, who died during the 1955 season. 1996 - John Smoltz, who won a major league-high 24 games for the Atlanta Braves, wins the 1996 National League Cy Y...2024
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• The Brewers and the 2025 Hall of Fame Ballot
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• This Day in Braves History: Atlanta trades Fred McGriff to Tampa Bay
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• This Day in Braves History: John Smoltz wins N.L. Cy Young award
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• Baseball history unpacked, September 18

Getty Images A M-W-F digest, replete with #Cubs, #MLB, and #MiLB content, gathered from reputable sources. Happy birthday to Hall-of-Famer Ryne Sandberg, and other stories. Klaatu barada nikto. 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 fo...2024
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• Royals Rumblings - News for August 23, 2024

Salvy and Shin-Soo Choo | Denny Medley-USA TODAY Sports I’m doing my part: Royals on a 7-week Thursday unbeaten streak! I was going to jump straight into the links but I think it’s time to stop and smell the context. The Royals are about to enter their 20-game gauntlet against some of the best teams in baseball: 3v PHI, 4@ CLE, 4@ HOU, 3v CLE, 3v MIN, and 3@ NYY. After that stretch, the r...2024
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• Four takeaways from the 2024 MLB All-Star Game

Photo by Brett Patzke/MLB Photos via Getty Images A Sock, Shohei, Skenes, Soto, and so, so much Texas. Major League Baseball held its 94th All-Star Game on Tuesday night in Texas, the first to be hosted by the Rangers since 1995. That particular Midsummer Classic featured some of the most dangerous hitters of the ‘90s, like Barry Bonds, Frank Thomas, Tony Gwynn, Cal Ripken Jr., and Mike Pi...2024
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• Baseball history unpacked, June 5

Photo by Bob Levey/Getty Images A M-W-F digest, replete with #Cubs, #MLB, and #MiLB content, gathered from reputable sources. Carlos Zambrano helps himself with the bat, Babe Ruth, Richie Ashburn, and more. 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 narrativ...2024
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• What it takes to be a race car driver, according to the drivers themselves

Race car drivers explain in their own words why their sport isn’t a Sunday drive “They are not athletes.” “I drive a car too, how hard can it be?” “Fake sport.” Writing about motorsports elicits a number of different responses. Inevitably, however, responses like the above pop up. Readers questioning the coverage, questioning the athletes, questioning the sport itself. Over the past year I have be...2024
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• Baseball history unpacked, May 8

Photo by Michael Reaves/Getty Images A M-W-F digest, replete with #Cubs, #MLB, and #MiLB content, gathered from reputable sources. Ryne Sandberg wins a game, no-hitters and other performances on a busy day in history. 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 vario...2024
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• Baseball history unpacked, May 6

Photo credit should read JOHN ZICH/AFP via Getty Images A M-W-F digest, replete with #Cubs, #MLB, and #MiLB content, gathered from reputable sources. The greatest game ever pitched, Willie Mays’ birthday, 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...2024
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• Baseball history unpacked, May 8
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• Would Bonds, Clemens Entry Open Up Hall of Fame Floodgates?
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• Sammy Sosa in Exile: There's Silence Rather Than Apology from Former Cubs Star
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• As Clayton Kershaw Paints His Masterpiece, Can the NL MVP Award Be Far Behind?
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"Gary Sheffield falls off Hall of Fame ballot, joining Barry Bonds, Roger Clemens, more in 60% club"

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"That made 18 strikeouts, with one inning to go, two short of the major-league record that had been set by Roger Clemens in 1986."

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"With the class being announced Tuesday night, Former Boston Red Sox slugger David Ortiz is the lone player to receive the necessary votes for induction into the Baseball Hall of Fame this year, while Barry Bonds and Roger Clemens fell short."

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"Roger Clemens and Barry Bonds are in their final year of eligibility for the Baseball Hall of Fame, and early returns indicate it will be a nail-biter for them."

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"The tales of his competitiveness are legendary; Roger Clemens did not like to lose."

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"'I think about his smile, his laugh': Roger Clemens reflects on Mel Stottlemyre"

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"Could we see holdovers like Barry Bonds, Roger Clemens or Curt Schilling in the Hall by 2021?"

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"Some say it is hypocritical to continue rejecting former stars like Barry Bonds and Roger Clemens when nonplaying figures from that era have gotten in."

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"Roger Clemens to headline superteam of former MLB players"

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"74 ERA beat the next-best AL pitcher by two runs (Roger Clemens finished second at 3."

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"Young pitchers don't face daily comparisons to Roger Clemens."

• Top 10 worst free-agent contracts in New York Yankees history, including Alex Rodriguez and Roger Clemens
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• This Day in Braves History: Terry Pendleton wins NL MVP Award
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• The Brewers and the 2025 Hall of Fame Ballot
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• This Day in Braves History: Atlanta trades Fred McGriff to Tampa Bay
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• This Day in Braves History: Freddie Freeman wins N.L. MVP award
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• This Day in Braves History: John Smoltz wins N.L. Cy Young award
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• Today in White Sox History: October 22

This Cardinals game at Comiskey Park dates to the 1940s, before the ballpark featured a scoreboard in center field. On this day, Chicago’s other NFL team played its first game there. Time for a ... kickoff? ... at Comiskey 1920 Taking less than a month to deliberate, a grand jury formally implicated Swede Risberg, Chick Gandil, Shoeless Joe Jackson, Buck Weaver, Eddie Cicotte, Lefty Willia...2024
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• Andrew McCutchen is putting the finishing touches on a storied career

Photo by Norm Hall/Getty Images A spot in Cooperstown may be unlikely, but Andrew McCutchen deserves praise for an outstanding run. If I had to pick my favorite cliche statement in sports media, it’d be that father time is undefeated. Time and time again we see the decline of a once seemingly unstoppable athlete, as the miles start to pile on and they are simply not the same as they once ...2024
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• This day in Braves History: Dale Murphy collects his 1000th career RBI

Photo by George Gojkovich/Getty Images Dale Murphy reaches a grand milestone in his illustrious career. Braves Franchise History 1974: The Reds sweep a pair from the Braves and the two teams combine for a major-league record three grand slams. Cesar Geronimo hits one in the 2nd inning of the first game, as does the Braves’ Darrell Evans. The Braves hang on for a 9-6 win, then take the se...2024
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• Royals Rumblings - News for August 23, 2024
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• This Day in Braves History: Terry Pendleton wins NL MVP Award
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• The Brewers and the 2025 Hall of Fame Ballot
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• Andrew McCutchen is putting the finishing touches on a storied career
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• This day in Braves History: Dale Murphy collects his 1000th career RBI
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• Royals Rumblings - News for August 23, 2024
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• A profile of the MLB player in 1991

I wrote a month or so ago that I've been working on a post on the 1991 Studio set. Based on the information provided by players on the back of that set's cards, could a personality profile be developed for the average Major League Baseball player in 1991? I went through all 264 cards. For most of the cards, there are four categories listed on the back that allows you to know the player ...2024
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• Four takeaways from the 2024 MLB All-Star Game
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• What it takes to be a race car driver, according to the drivers themselves
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• Baseball history unpacked, May 8
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• 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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• This Day in Braves History: John Smoltz wins N.L. Cy Young award
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• Andrew McCutchen is putting the finishing touches on a storied career
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• Royals Rumblings - News for August 23, 2024
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• A profile of the MLB player in 1991
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• The beautiful baseball beef between Mike Piazza and Roger Clemens

Piazza smoked Clemens with his bat (figuratively) and then Clemens tried to smoke Piazza with his bat (literally) If you know one thing about Mike Piazza’s beef with Roger Clemens, it’s probably the moment in Game 2 of the 2000 World Series when Clemens threw a chunk of Piazza’s broken bat right back at Piazza. That’s definitely the climax of the feud, but it wasn’t an isolated incident. Clemens v...2024
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• Four takeaways from the 2024 MLB All-Star Game
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• LPGA’s “extraordinary” charity Tournament of Champions to feature A-list celebrities

Brooke Henderson and Mardy Fish pose with the trophy after winning the 2023 Hilton Grand Vacations Tournament of Champions. | Photo by Julio Aguilar/Getty Images The 2024 LPGA season kicks off in Orlando this week with its charitable Hilton Grand Vacations Tournament of Champions. Charity, friendship, and growing the game of golf. Those are the words that describe this week’s Hilton Grand ...2024
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• Today in White Sox History: January 6

The White Sox snagged sidearmer Tim Fortugno off of waivers on this day, 29 years ago. | Ron Vesely/Getty Images A sidearmer is sent to the South Side 1920 White Sox hurling hero Early Wynn was born, in Hartford, Ala. Wynn was a slow starter, making his debut in 1939 with the Washington Senators but really only finding his footing as a pitching star after World War II, primarily with Clev...2024
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• A look at Cubs trades in the expansion era: 2002

Photo by Jonathan Daniel/Getty Images There were high hopes for the team in ‘02 after a solid year in ‘01. The Cubs won 88 games in 2001 and were in first place in the NL Central for quite a while. So there was much hope in 2002, but... the team fell flat, and as a result changes were made in the manager’s chair and the executive suite. Jim Hendry replaced Andy MacPhail as Cubs GM July 5, ...2023
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• LeBron James May Never Match the Feats of Michael Jordan, and That's Just Fine
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• Ortiz accepts Hall call; Bonds, Clemens shut out

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• 2015 BBWAA Hall of Fame Election Results Announced
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• Jorge Posada Says Former Teammate Alex Rodriguez Doesn't Belong in Hall of Fame
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• As Hall Induction Nears, Pedro Martinez Looks Back on Best Pitching Season Ever
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• Roger Clemens to headline superteam of former MLB players
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• McGriff elected to HOF; Bonds, Clemens left out

Barry Bonds, Roger Clemens and Curt Schilling were passed over by a Baseball Hall of Fame committee that elected former slugger Fred McGriff to Cooperstown on Sunday....2022
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• Roy Halladay Wants to Keep Barry Bonds, Roger Clemens out of Hall of Fame
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• Is John Smoltz Worthy of Being First-Ballot 2015 Hall of Famer?
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• This Day in Braves History: Terry Pendleton wins NL MVP Award
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• This Day in Braves History: Atlanta trades Fred McGriff to Tampa Bay
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• This Day in Braves History: John Smoltz wins N.L. Cy Young award
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• Today in White Sox History: October 22
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• Andrew McCutchen is putting the finishing touches on a storied career
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• This day in Braves History: Braves sport special uniforms for inaugural Players Weekend

Photo by Scott Cunningham/Getty Images Braves Franchise History 1913: Braves veteran Art Devlin slaps the game-winning hit in the ninth for Boston and gets rewarded by manager George Stallings by being sent down to Rochester, never to return to the major leagues. 1950: The Cubs win, 7-6, over the Braves, as reliever Dutch Leonard tops Warren Spahn. 1965: Braves reliever Billy O’Dell sees...2024
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• Royals Rumblings - News for August 23, 2024
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• Four takeaways from the 2024 MLB All-Star Game
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• What it takes to be a race car driver, according to the drivers themselves
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• This Day in Braves History: Terry Pendleton wins NL MVP Award
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• Today in White Sox History: October 22
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• Outside The Confines: No baseball players won Oscars last night

Photo by FREDERIC J. BROWN/AFP via Getty Images But it was still a fun show. While most of the buzz this weekend was over the Oscars, that doesn’t mean there was no baseball news to delve into. The Reds have a suspension scandal to deal with. Former Reds player Joey Votto is heading to his Canadian homeland on a minor league deal. The Twins are getting their sleep, Willy Adames is looking ...2024
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• A hypothetical 2024 Hall of Fame ballot
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• A look at Cubs trades in the expansion era: 2002
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• Blake Snell wins 2023 NL Cy Young award

Orlando Ramirez-USA TODAY Sports Not shocking at all but well deserved Blake Snell officially is a two-time Cy Young award winner. We all knew he was going to win it over Logan Webb and Zac Gallen but it hadn’t been announced until today on MLB Network. The 30-year-old saved his best year with the Padres for last, posting a league-best 2.25 ERA with 234 strikeouts in 180 innings. Look at...2023
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• Today in White Sox History: October 22

The White Sox hype before Game 1 of the 2005 World Series was huge. Why, while there you could even buy a program featuring work from one of this article’s co-authors. | Brad Mangin/MLB via Getty Images The World Series returns to Chicago 1920 Taking less than a month to deliberate, a grand jury formally implicated Swede Risberg, Chick Gandil, Shoeless Joe Jackson, Buck Weaver, Eddie Cico...2023
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• MLB Mock Draft: Where do Dylan Crews, Paul Skenes, and Wyatt Langford end up?
Looking at how the top three stack up, along with the rest of the first round The 2023 MLB Draft is just days away. And the Pittsburgh Pirates have a fascinating decision on their hands. Do they add Paul Skenes, the LSU pitcher who was dominant this season and looks like he could step into an MLB rotation right now? Or do they draft his teammate Dylan Crews, the outfielder who brings five tools to...2023
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