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  • This Day in MLB History: Derek Jeter and Larry Walker are elected to the Hall of Fame
    • This Day in MLB History: Derek Jeter and Larry Walker are elected to the Hall of Fame
    Photo by Mike Stobe/Getty Images MLB History 1921 - Judge Kenesaw Mountain Landis officially signs on as baseball commissioner agreeing to a seven-year, $350,000 contract. 1938 - Joe DiMaggio rejects a $25,000 offer from the Yankees and counters by asking for $45,000. He will hold out for nearly three months which will end on April 20, just two days before the start of the regular season....2025
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  • This Day in MLB History: Barry Bonds wins his fourth N.L. MVP award
    • This Day in MLB History: Barry Bonds wins his fourth N.L. MVP award
    SetNumber: X73308 TK1 MLB History 1900 - American League President Ban Johnson says that the AL has chosen not to renew the National Agreement with the National League, but sees no need for friction between the two sides. 1939 - The National Professional Indoor Baseball League begins play. The league has 10 clubs, one in each major league city except Washington. However, the league will l...2024
  • This day in Braves History: Sam Jethroe becomes oldest player to win Rookie of the Year Award
    • This day in Braves History: Sam Jethroe becomes oldest player to win Rookie of the Year Award
    Photo by Transcendental Graphics/Getty Images The first Black player in Braves history wins Rookie of the Year honors at the age of 31 Braves Franchise History 1950: Sam Jethroe of the Boston Braves is named as Rookie of the Year for the National League. Jethroe, at 31 years of age, is the oldest rookie to win the award. MLB History 1925: The Brooklyn Robins claim Rabbit Mara...2024
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  • Dodgers' greatest World Series bangers
    • Dodgers' greatest World Series bangers
     Over the past seven years, I've learned that if the Dodgers are in the World Series, I'm going to need to post about it -- and I probably can't post about anything else.It's just difficult to get interested in a regular topic when All Of That is going on (I actually get annoyed when following along on social media during a Series game when a non-Series post slips in). The Dodgers are in...2024
  • Random posting for the real start of the postseason
    • Random posting for the real start of the postseason
     I did this post last year and it got so many "more, more" requests that I'm doing it again this year.As a review, to avoid too much flack for actually daring to root for teams during the postseason for a whole entire post, I went with a "most, oldest, newest" post to recognize the annual October ritual.Yeah, I know I'm a little late. But I planned it like this. I don't know what that thing w...2024
  • Dodgers’ Miguel Rojas Wins Prestigious Award
    • Dodgers’ Miguel Rojas Wins Prestigious Award
    Los Angeles Dodgers shortstop Miguel Rojas was voted by his teammates and coaches on Tuesday as the 2024 recipient of the Roy Campanella Award. This prestigious award is given each year to the Dodgers player who best represents the spirit and leadership of the legendary Hall of Fame catcher. Rojas was presented with the award …...2024
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  • • Random posting for the real start of the postseason
    2024
  • Baseball history unpacked, July 12
    • Baseball history unpacked, July 12
    Photo by Paul Natkin/Getty Images A M-W-F digest, replete with #Cubs, #MLB, and #MiLB content, gathered from reputable sources. Disco Demolition, Cy’s 300th, and other tales of whoa. 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 unf...2024
  • Vintage cards are alive and well
    • Vintage cards are alive and well
      I am back after a few days out of town for the holiday. During that time I engaged in no card things. There wasn't even an Easter card pack to open as there often is. That was very sad. Wandering in the wasteland stuff. But at least there was baseball on the TV. While waiting for a game to start, I was flipping aimlessly through channels, which is something I almost never do anymo...2024
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  • More from the Braves collector who sure has a lot of Dodgers
    • More from the Braves collector who sure has a lot of Dodgers
     Johnny's Trading Spot sent me a big box of Dodgers-and-such a little more than a month ago. It was so large that it took me three posts to go through.Well, apparently he wasn't done because another box of cards showed up a week or two ago. It was mostly Dodgers this time. As I've said before, Johnny sure has a lot of Dodgers for a Braves fan.I can tell he's cutting back -- maybe not enough f...2024
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  • Baseball history unpacked, February 23
    • Baseball history unpacked, February 23
    Happy birthday, Rondell White! | Getty Images A M-W-F digest, replete with #Cubs, #MLB, and #MiLB content, gathered from reputable sources. Happy birthday, Rondell White! Spring training cancellations 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 var...2024
  • The two John Donaldsons
    • The two John Donaldsons
    Both played in KC Recently, my wife, daughter and I were on a short road trip and drove through Lehigh, Iowa, a small burg of 395 people located in central Iowa which was founded in 1881. Lehigh sits in a steep valley of the Des Moines river which cuts through the center of what is left of the town. The east part of Lehigh has 10-15 houses plus the local bar and grill. Most residents live in west ...2023
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  • • There’s always a catch (-er, that is)
    Sherm Lollar practicing tipping his mask to the crowd. And as he goes, so goes the team (usually, anyway) It’s not a rule that in order to have sustained success a team has to have a really good catcher. Sure does help, though. The White Sox provide a good example. During the amazing 17-year stretch of winning records from 1951 to 1967, they had Sherm Lollar behind the plate most of the t...2023
  • • Baseball history unpacked, July 12
    Disco sucks? | Ed Wagner Jr./Chicago Tribune/Tribune News Service via Getty Images A thrice-weekly digest, replete with #Cubs, #MLB, and #MiLB content, gathered from reputable sources. Disco Demolition Night 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 ...2023
  • • Scott Miller's Starting 9: Star-Power, Rebuilt Rosters Make NL West Must-See TV
    2015
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  • • Burnt ends
    Photo by Gerry Angus/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images What’s new, what’s old? Groundhog day. Much ink has already been spilled about the Royals abysmal start to the season. For many of us, it feels like the season is already over, from a contention standpoint. Or even from a being halfway competitive standpoint. Look, I think we all understood that this team had no chance of garnering a pl...2023
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  • • Scott Miller's Starting 9: Star-Power, Rebuilt Rosters Make NL West Must-See TV
    2015
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  • 2025
    "1969 - Roy Campanella and Stan Musial are elected to the Hall of Fame by the BBWAA."

  • 2024
    "Roy Campanella drives home three runs in the 1st inning and Don Newcombe coasts to his 19th win."

  • 2023
    "The only MLB catchers with more All-Star appearances are Yogi Berra (15), Johnny Bench and Ivan Rodriguez (14), Mike Piazza (12), Roy Campanella, Gary Carter, Bill Dickey, Carlton Fisk, and Bill Freehan (11), Yadier Molina (10), and Elston Howard (9)."

  • 2019
    "Don Newcombe, one of the greatest pitchers in Dodgers history and one of the franchise's final links to Brooklyn and the days of Jackie Robinson and Roy Campanella, died Tuesday after a lengthy illness."

  • 2018
    "Today we look back on the career of Hall of Famer Roy Campanella."

  • 2017
    "New York Giants third baseman Daryl Spencer is tagged out by Dodger catcher Roy Campanella in a 1953 game."

  • 2016
    "Veteran infielder Chase Utley was named winner of the 11th annual Roy Campanella Award, given to the Dodger who best exemplifies the spirit and leadership of the late Hall of Fame Brooklyn catcher."

  • 2015
    "Don Newcombe, a former teammate of Jackie's, and Joni Campanella, daughter of the late Dodgers' catcher Roy Campanella, will participate, too."

  • 2014
    "Clayton Kershaw on Monday was named the winner of the ninth annual Roy Campanella Award, which is given to the Dodgers player who best exemplifies the spirit and leadership of the late Hall of Fame catcher."

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  • • This Day in MLB History: Derek Jeter and Larry Walker are elected to the Hall of Fame
    2025
  • • This Day in MLB History: Barry Bonds wins his fourth N.L. MVP award
    2024
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  • This Day in Braves History: The final home game in Boston
    • This Day in Braves History: The final home game in Boston
    Photo by Transcendental Graphics/Getty Images Also, baseball returns to New York in 2001 following the tragic events of 9/11 Braves Franchise History 1919: The Cubs beat the Braves, 3 - 0, in 58 minutes. It took the Robins 55 minutes to beat the Reds, 3 - 1. Slim Sallee throws 65 pitches, topping Christy Mathewson’s 69-pitch complete game. 1947: The Braves’ Warren Spahn delays the Dodgers...2024
  • The Boys of Summer
    • The Boys of Summer
    The original Dodgers One of the first books I ever read, The Boys of Summer, is a baseball classic written by Roger Kahn, published in 1972. The book was probably my father's, as he was a Dodger fan as a young man. Even now, at 83, my father can recite the Dodgers lineup, position by position, complete with colorful anecdotes about each player. I often wondered how a poor boy from western Kansas g...2024
  • The obsession begins
    • The obsession begins
     Many readers have probably been bracing for this year. They know my love for 1975 Topps and that I have been looking forward to 2024 Heritage for that reason for as long as the blog has been going.For the rest of you? I apologize for my behavior in the months ahead. This is the first of many obsession posts about 2024 Heritage. The checklist was released yesterday and, well, I absolutel...2024
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  • Today in White Sox History: February 27
    • Today in White Sox History: February 27
    After another frustrating Hall of Fame vote in 1990, Nellie Fox was unable to trot home to Cooperstown quite yet. | James Drake/Getty Images The Mighty Mite is forced to wait for his immortality 1973 Coming off of his 1972 MVP season, Dick Allen signs a three-year, $750,000 contract with the White Sox, making him the highest-paid player in baseball. While contract details for early baseba...2024
  • • Baseball history unpacked, February 23
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  • This Day in MLB History: January 21
    • This Day in MLB History: January 21
    Photo by Jim McIsaac/Getty Images MLB History 1921 - Judge Kenesaw Mountain Landis officially signs on as baseball commissioner agreeing to a seven-year, $350,000 contract. 1938 - Joe DiMaggio rejects a $25,000 offer from the Yankees and counters by asking for $45,000. He will hold out for nearly three months which will end on April 20, just two days before the start of the regular season...2024
  • This Day in MLB History: November 19
    • This Day in MLB History: November 19
    MLB History 1900 - American League President Ban Johnson says that the AL has chosen not to renew the National Agreement with the National League, but sees no need for friction between the two sides. 1939 - The National Professional Indoor Baseball League begins play. The league has 10 clubs, one in each major league city except Washington. However, the league will last just a month. 1960 - The ...2023
  • This Day in Braves History: Baseball returns after 9/11 Tragedy
    • This Day in Braves History: Baseball returns after 9/11 Tragedy
    Photo by Paul J. Bereswill/Newsday RM via Getty Images Braves Franchise History 1919 - The Cubs beat the Braves, 3 - 0, in 58 minutes. It took the Robins 55 minutes to beat the Reds, 3 - 1. Slim Sallee throws 65 pitches, topping Christy Mathewson’s 69-pitch complete game. 1947 - The Braves’ Warren Spahn delays the Dodgers’ clinching the pennant by shutting them out, 4 - 0, for his 20th wi...2023
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  • This day in Braves History: The Niekro brothers make history together
    • This day in Braves History: The Niekro brothers make history together
    Phil beats his brother Joe and they both end up going down in baseball history. Braves Franchise History 1912: The Giants clinch the National League flag with a sweep of the Braves, winning, 8-3 and 4-0. Christy Mathewson coasts to his 23rd win in the opener and Al Demaree, recently called up from Mobile where he was 25-10, shuts out the Braves on seven hits in the nitecap. Demaree strikes out ni...2024
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  • • The Boys of Summer
    2024
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  • A mini
    • A mini "problem"
     It's taken me a little time to get to this package arrival, mostly because it's a lot to go over.That happens sometimes with the sends from Johnny's Trading Spot -- there's so much stuff and a lot of it is not the usual stuff, so some time has to go into the corresponding blog post.For example, this:This is way cool. It's a season highlights record of the 1959 Dodgers' season, their second y...2024
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  • • The obsession begins
    2024
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  • Dodgers News: Will Smith Continues To Look For Ways To Improve His Game
    • Dodgers News: Will Smith Continues To Look For Ways To Improve His Game
    Relative to other major league franchises, the Dodgers have been historically blessed at two positions: pitching and catching. From Roy Campanella in the 1950s to the early career of Mike Piazza in the 1990s, to right this very moment in Will Smith, the Dodgers boast an impressive lineage of backstops. Smith announced his presence with …...2024
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  • The 1975 Topps countdown, worst to best (No. 360-341)
    • The 1975 Topps countdown, worst to best (No. 360-341)
     Before I launch into the latest edition of the 1975 Topps worst-to-best countdown, I have another batch of '75 O-Pee-Chee cards to show. These also arrived from Poison75, just like the last batch.  Poison75 pointed out this was a wrapper variation from the first OPC wrapper he sent me. Notice how excited Topps still was about issuing all 660 cards at once. I didn't know any better,...2023
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  • 2023 Season in Review: The best Royals home runs
    • 2023 Season in Review: The best Royals home runs
    Photo by Jamie Squire/Getty Images The Royals hit a lot of dongs this year. This year the Royals smacked 163 home runs, tied for the third-most in club history. Here are some of the top home runs for the Royals in 2023. July 16 - Drew Waters blasts it 465 feet Drew Waters hit just eight home runs in 2023, all from the left-side of the plate. Despite only hitting a few blasts, he had the ...2023
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  • • The two John Donaldsons
    2023
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  • • Burnt ends
    2023
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  • • A statistical trip thru Vin Scully’s extraordinary career
    In 1950, the Brooklyn Dodgers finished 2 games out of first place in the National League, behind a .400-OBP, 7-WAR season from Jackie Robinson, three players cracking 30 Home Runs (Roy Campanella, Gil Hodges, and Duke Snider), and plenty of pitching from workhorses Don Newcombe and Preacher Roe. Looking on from the broadcast booth was a 22-year-old who had been hired by Red Barber to supplement th...2016
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  • • Salvador Perez named to eighth All-Star Game
    Photo by Rob Tringali/MLB Photos via Getty Images Salvy will be the lone Royals representative in Seattle. Selections for the 2023 All-Star Game in Seattle were announced on Sunday, with Royals catcher Salvador Perez earning his eighth selection to the Midsummer Classic. Salvy is hitting .253/.288/.454 and leads all MLB catchers with 15 home runs. The only player in Royals history with mor...2023
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  • • Scott Miller's Starting 9: Star-Power, Rebuilt Rosters Make NL West Must-See TV
    2015
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  • • Kershaw honored as repeat Campanella Award winner
    2014
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  • • 2023 Season in Review: The best Royals home runs
    2023
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  • • Campanella's wisdom was without boundaries
    A future sportswriter and his father were in attendance at Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum on the night of May 7, 1959, when the citizens opened their hearts to a legendary ballplayer who'd been tragically struck down. "Roy Campanella Night" was unlike any other in the city's rich history....2015
  • • Campanella's wisdom was without boundaries
    A future sportswriter and his father were in attendance at Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum on the night of May 7, 1959, when the citizens opened their hearts to a legendary ballplayer who'd been tragically struck down. "Roy Campanella Night" was unlike any other in the city's rich history....2015
  • • Greinke named Campanella Award winner
    Cy Young candidate Zack Greinke was named winner of the 10th annual Roy Campanella Award, given to the Dodger who best exemplifies the spirit and leadership of the late Hall of Fame Brooklyn catcher....2015
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  • • Perception, fate have conspired against Hodges
    The Brooklyn Dodgers teams of the late 1940s and '50s are well represented in the Hall. Duke Snider, Jackie Robinson, Pee Wee Reese, Roy Campanella and their manager, Walter Alston, have been inducted. But a question remains about one prominent figure from the days of Ebbets Field and Dem Bums....2014
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  • • Dodgers' greatest World Series bangers
    2024
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  • • Random posting for the real start of the postseason
    2024
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  • • This day in Braves History: The Niekro brothers make history together
    2024
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  • • This Day in Braves History: The final home game in Boston
    2024
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  • • The Boys of Summer
    2024
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  • • Baseball history unpacked, July 12
    2024
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  • • A mini "problem"
    2024
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  • • More from the Braves collector who sure has a lot of Dodgers
    2024
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  • Complete opposites
    • Complete opposites
     I received another card package of complete opposites from Sportscards From The Dollar Store a week or two ago. Like usual, the cards contained players from sports at opposite ends of the spectrum in regard to weather. Though both sports are taking place right now, baseball is played in outdoor warmth and sunshine and hockey is played indoors to get away from whatever nastiness you walk...2024
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  • • Baseball history unpacked, February 23
    2024
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