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• The Opener: Dominguez, Dobbins, Palencia
Athletics first baseman Nick Kurtz drew a walk against right-hander Michael Wacha in the fourth inning of Wednesday’s game. The free pass pushed his streak to 18 games with a walk. Kurtz is now tied with Barry Bonds for the third-longest run since 1900 (h/t Martin Gallegos of MLB.com). Ted Williams is next on the […]...2026
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• Ted Williams set this rookie record 87 years ago. Will it fall in 2026?
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• How Kyle Tucker’s homemade swing channeled ‘Teddy Ballgames’ and launched a star career

After signing with the Astros ahead of the 2019 season, it didn’t take long for former All-Star outfielder Michael Brantley to hear about his new organization’s top prospect. “They were comparing this kid to Ted Williams,” Brantley recalled. “And I was like, ‘Well, that’s kind of special.’ I want to see this.” The kid, Brantley......2026
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• Today in White Sox History: July 20

On this day 50 years ago, Wilbur Wood capped off a remarkable week of baseball. | Focus on Sport/Getty Images Three wins in one week, for one starting pitcher? Meet Wilbur Wood ... 1940 In a win that pushed them to .500 for the first time all season, the White Sox walloped Philadelphia, 19-7. The visitors packed all 19 runs into just three frames, scoring eight in the first, seven in the f...2025
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• This Day in Braves History: Phil Niekro faces his brother Joe for the third time

Knucksie and his brother square off on the mound one again. Braves Franchise History 1969: San Diego’s Joe Niekro outduels Phil Niekro in a 1-0 Padres’ win. It is the third career matchup between the two brothers. 1973: Montreal’s Hal Breeden becomes the second major league player to hit pinch-hit home runs in both games of a doubleheader in Atlanta. The Expos win the first game 11-7, but the Atl...2025
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• This Day in Braves History: Jeff Blauser hits three homers in one game

At the time, he was only the fourth shortstop in history to achieve the feat. Braves Franchise History 1943: An Armed Forces All-Star team managed by Babe Ruth and featuring Joe DiMaggio and Ted Williams plays a fund-raising game against the Braves in Boston. Ruth pinch-hits in the eighth and flies out. The All-Stars win 9-8. 1945: Tommy Holmes modern-day National League record hitting streak co...2025
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• Today in White Sox History: July 20
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• This Day in Braves History: Phil Niekro faces his brother Joe for the third time
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• This Day in Braves History: Jeff Blauser hits three homers in one game
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• Baseball history unpacked, June 13

Photo by Mickey Pfleger/Sports Illustrated via Getty Images A M-W-F digest, replete with #Cubs, #MLB, and #MiLB content. The Red Baron* comes to Chicago, Ryno retires, 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 narratives to follow as the...2025
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• Juan Soto is bringing juice back to the Subway Series

Photo by Jim McIsaac/Getty Images The best young hitter in baseball took the Yankees to their first World Series in 15 years before moving across town in free agency. Now, he returns to the Bronx as two division leaders clash. On December 7, 2023, the New York Yankees swung a blockbuster trade with the San Diego Padres. It cost a pretty penny, with future Cy Young contender Michael King le...2025
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• Friday Question: Which athlete left your team and broke you?

Photo by MLB via Getty Images Let’s process some feelings. The only thing more painful than seeing your team lose a championship is saying goodbye to your favorite athlete. Time comes for us all, but there’s something uniquely heartbreaking when it comes to seeing an athlete you love leave your team. It’s not just the player leaving, but the pain of unrealized potential. Oftentimes it’s sa...2025
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• MLB’s biggest surprises from the season’s first month

Photo by Suzanna Mitchell/San Francisco Giants/Getty Images Jung Hoo Lee, Tyler Mahle highlight baseball’s biggest surprises. There’s nothing like the start of a new baseball season. The soothing, familiar sounds of the crack of the bat and a fastball burying itself in a catcher’s mitt. The contagious optimism found in all 30 clubhouses, from the defending champions to the last-place club ...2025
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• This Day in Braves History: Joe Adcock becomes the first player in history to homer over the center field wall at Polo Grounds

Braves Franchise History 1922 - The Boston Braves fall 12-3 as the New York Giants hit four inside-the-park home runs at Braves Field. 1953 - Joe Adcock becomes the first player in major league history to hit a home run into the center field bleachers at the Polo Grounds. The homer travels an estimated 475 feet. 2007 - Chipper Jones hits into the 13th unassisted triple play in major league histo...2025
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• This Day in Braves History: Braves trade for Matt Olson

Photo by Brandon Sloter/Image Of Sport/Getty Images Olson’s arrival in Atlanta coincides with a franchise hero’s exit. Braves Franchise History 1954: Hank Aaron makes his first spring training start for the Milwaukee Braves in an exhibition game against the Boston Red Sox. Aaron, taking advantage of an injury suffered by starting outfielder Bobby Thomson, raps out three hits, including a ...2025
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• Baseball history unpacked, March 14

Photo by Mitchell Layton/Getty Images A M-W-F digest, replete with #Cubs, #MLB, and #MiLB content, gathered from reputable sources. Rules changes, Hammerin’ Hank hammers one in his Spring debut, and other stories. Happy birthday to Steve Lake! On Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays, Bleed Cubbie Blue is pleased to present a light-hearted, Cubs-centric look at baseball’s colorful past, with pl...2025
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• Life On The Green: Jack Nicklaus, golf legends impart wealth of wisdom in Ann Liguori’s new book

Renowned broadcaster Ann Liguori sat down with 12 legends of the game to learn about what it takes to succeed both on and off the course. If you are reading this, you are very likely a golfer. Perhaps you play sporadically, or maybe you play once a week or once a year. Either way, all of us golfers have something in common. We all want to get better, improve our games, and shoot low scores. One wa...2024
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• Red Sox Fan Turns Body into Boston Shrine
Remember when your college roommate got his fraternity letters tattooed on his calf to show his loyalty? Well…he ain’t got nothing on Gary Gootman. The 41-year-old Boston native (and current Texas resident) has spent an estimated 700 hours in the tattoo parlor chair to turn his body into a canvas in an effort to celebrate his hometown. “Living in Texas, I want to represent Boston. That’s where I’m...2016
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• Scott Miller's Starting 9 (+6): Who Has the Edge in Royals-Mets World Series?
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"“They were comparing this kid to Ted Williams,” Brantley recalled."

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"400 since Ted Williams in 1941?"

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"This is rarefied air only occupied by the likes of Mike Trout, Babe Ruth, Ted Williams, and such - almost all who reach this mark are all-time greats."

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", Harmon Killebrew and Ted Williams."

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"The day Ted Williams put his .400 season on the line"

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"From an October show-stopper to the best player on the planet to the new Ted Williams, baseball's outfields are stacked."

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"Well, in 1995, Mike Benjamin had a three-day stretch nobody else in baseball -- not Ted Williams nor Ichiro -- has ever had."

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"Babe Ruth, Mickey Mantle, Ted Williams, Joe DiMaggio, Cy Young, Hank Aaron … all of the greats and none of them were ever elected unanimously."

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"He rattled off names like Ted Williams, Babe Ruth and Bob Feller."

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"The Reds are wasting the Ted Williams of our generation"

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"Royals first baseman Eric Hosmer was named the winner of the Ted Williams Most Valuable Player Award presented by Chevrolet at Tuesday night's All-Star Game presented by MasterCard, which the American League won over the National League, 4-2."

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"Entering Saturday, only three players had hit their 500th home run while playing for the Red Sox: Ted Williams (521 career homers), Jimmie Foxx (534) and Manny Ramirez (555)."

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"He also will become only the third man ever to begin his managerial career after being inducted into the Hall of Fame as a player, following Ted Williams and Ryne Sandberg."

• This Day in Braves History: Nick Markakis is voted in as a starting outfielder for his first and only All-Star Game

Photo by Patrick Smith/Getty Images Braves Franchise History 1965 - The Braves beat the Astros 9-8 in 12 innings. Mike de la Hoz hit a pinch-hit homer in the eighth, tied the game in the ninth with a single and then singled and scored the winning run to end the game. Joe Morgan became the first Houston player to have six hits in a game. 1967 - The Braves fall to Tom Seaver and the Mets 3-...2025
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• The Royals according to Ted Williams

The Science of hitting With the Royals hitting woes causing considerable gnashing to teeth in Royals Nation, I figured it was a good time to check in with Teddy Ballgame and get some advice. Not literally of course, since the Greatest Hitter who ever lived has been gone for 23 years. His body is gone. His head, unfortunately, is resting in some Arizona cryogenic facility, hoping that someday techn...2025
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• Bobby Bonilla’s Mets contract is the gift that keeps on giving

Photo by George Gojkovich/Getty Images Deferred contracts are not new for Major League Baseball but Bobby Bonilla’s stands out above the rest. Every July 1, Bobby Bonilla cashes a check for $1,193,248.20 from the New York Mets, a team he has not suited up for since the Clinton administration. It has become known as ‘Bobby Bonilla Day,’ a tongue-in-cheek holiday celebrating the American dr...2025
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• Today in White Sox History: June 23

It was a terribly-pitched game, but Floyd Bannister delivered the win that finally got the 1983 White Sox a winning record. | Ron Vesely/MLB Photos via Getty Images The winning is starting to get ugly for the 1983 club 1919 White Sox center fielder Happy Felsch tied a 15-year-old record set by Harry Bay for most chances in a nine-inning game: 12. He had 11 putouts and one assist (Jack Gran...2025
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• Advanced statistics tell old baseball stories in a new way

Denny Medley-Imagn Images Moneyball may have revolutionized the sport, but advanced stats aren’t the boogeyman. “Exit velocity” OK, now, I see you cowering under your desk. Oh. And you...you threw your phone into the tub? Listen, exit velocity doesn’t have to be scary. No, really, I promise! Story time Let’s back up a minute. Think back to your childhood. Before advanced statistics. Even b...2025
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• Baseball history unpacked, June 13
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• Juan Soto is bringing juice back to the Subway Series
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• MLB’s biggest surprises from the season’s first month
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• This Day in Braves History: Tim Hudson earns his 200th career win

Photo by Kevin C. Cox/Getty Images Braves Franchise History 1961 - Willie Mays becomes the ninth player in major league history to hit four home runs in a game to help the Giants to a 14-4 win over the Milwaukee Braves. 1970 - Billy Williams becomes the first player in National League history to play in 1,000 consecutive games in a 9-2 loss by the Cubs to the Atlanta Braves at Fulton Coun...2025
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• This Day in Braves History: Braves trade for Matt Olson
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• The Royals according to Ted Williams
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• This Day in Braves History: May 22nd

Photo by Thearon W. Henderson/Getty Images Let’s go back in time! Braves Franchise History 1914: Otto Hess shuts down the Cubs, 2-0, giving the Braves back-to-back wins for the first time this year. They will have considerably more runs like that later in the year. 1926: Before the Braves-Cubs game at Wrigley Field, Grover Cleveland Alexander is given the keys to a Lincoln automobile, a g...2025
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• When will we see another Royals player hit for the cycle?

SetNumber: X32250 TK6 The Royals have the longest drought in baseball. With the season still early, and the offense sputtering like an old car, I’ve been looking at more arcane offensive outputs. Specifically, when will another Royals player hit for the cycle? The Royals currently have the longest no-cycle drought in Major League Baseball. The last Royals hitter to hit for the cycle was G...2025
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• MLB’s biggest surprises from the season’s first month
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• MVP debates

Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images How’d that guy win? One of the beauties of today’s advanced baseball stats is it gives nerds like me a chance to go back in time and argue about how badly baseball writers mangled MVP and Cy Young votes in years past. I’ve always been in favor of making ballots public, if for no other reason than to shame homerism for undeserving candidates. Whether tha...2025
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• Today in White Sox History: March 23

If Tim Raines had remained retired, he wouldn’t have been able to eventually play with his son, Tim Jr., in Baltimore. “Rock” retires ... for a season 1955 Roberto Clemente made a huge splash with a spring training performance at Fort Myers, Fla. against the White Sox. The rookie clouts a third-inning triple some 425 feet off of the center field fence, the deepest spot in Terry Park. The g...2025
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• This Day in Braves History: Braves trade for Matt Olson
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• Baseball history unpacked, March 14
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• This Day in Braves History: Tim Hudson signs a contract extension

Photo by Todd Kirkland/Icon SMI/Icon Sport Media via Getty Images The Georgia native agrees to stay in Braves Country for the long haul. Braves Franchise History 2000: Arbitrator Shyam Das cuts Atlanta Braves reliever John Rocker’s suspension from 28 days to just 14. 2005: The Braves and Tim Hudson reach an agreement on a four-year, $47 million contract extension. Photo b...2025
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• Baseball history unpacked, June 13
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• Friday Question: Which athlete left your team and broke you?
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• Today in White Sox History: March 23
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• Baseball history unpacked, February 19

Miguel Batista pitches for the Expos vs. the Cubs at Wrigley Field, Opening Day 1998 | Getty Images A M-W-F digest, replete with #Cubs, #MLB, and #MiLB content, gathered from reputable sources. Happy birthday to Miguel Batista. 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...2025
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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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• A Cubs fan’s guide to the postseason: Division Series weekend

Kyle Schwarber should lead off for the Phillies for their third straight postseason | Photo by Tim Nwachukwu/Getty Images There’s a lot of David and Goliath in these matchups They don’t call it the Wild Card for nothing, folks. It’s’ already been a few ridiculous days of baseball. It started with the Mets bonkers comeback against Atlanta in the first game of a doubleheader to make the post...2024
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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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• Life On The Green: Jack Nicklaus, golf legends impart wealth of wisdom in Ann Liguori’s new book
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• Outside The Confines: A new Chicago stadium?

Photo by Jakub Porzycki/NurPhoto via Getty Images Are too many teams vying for new stadiums these days? It feels like every few week we’re discussing a new baseball stadium. We’ve heard discussion (obviously) about the A’s, who are taking it to the extreme and building their new stadium in a totally different state, but also the Rays, Brewers, and Royals have all been mentioning plans to e...2024
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• WATCH: David Ortiz clubs 500th career home run
The 500-home run club has gained a new member. Boston Red Sox designated hitter David Ortiz took Tampa Bay Rays starter Matt Moore deep in the fourth inning of Saturday’s game for the 500th homer of his illustrious career. He hit his 499th career home run in the first inning. Ortiz is the 27th major league hitter to reach the milestone and the first since Gary Sheffield did so on April 17, 2009 as...2015
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• Catalyst Hosmer captures All-Star Game MVP
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• David Ortiz Records 500th Home Run: Highlights and Reaction
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• Pujols belts No. 522 for 18th place on homer list
Angels first baseman Albert Pujols assumed sole possession of 18th place on the all-time home run list -- belting No. 522 on Sunday against the Royals to move past Ted Williams, Willie McCovey and Frank Thomas....2015
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• Mike Trout's All-Star Legend Explodes with Career Cycle, Back-to-Back MVPs
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• The Reds are wasting the Ted Williams of our generation
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• Bryce Harper's All-Time 2015 Stands Alongside Babe Ruth, Barry Bonds
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• Bryce Harper Is Already the Best in the Game, but We've Seen Nothing Yet
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• BCB After Dark: Will the Cubs make a move for Juan Soto?

Juan Soto nabs a hit against the Cubs in September | Kamil Krzaczynski-Imagn Images Your late week late night spot to enjoy baseball and music with the beverage of your choice It’s World Series Eve here at BCB After Dark and we’re bringing you full weeknight late-night coverage for the first time! Welcome to your Thursday edition of BCB After Dark, where you’ll get the same low-key hang ou...2024
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• The Whole League Is Getting Soto Bombed
Holding hands together with a Juan Soto plushie, tiptoeing around my office in a tutu. I LOVE JUAN SOTO SO MUCH! There, I said it. Just love Juan Soto so much https://t.co/49eHreP0Q9 — Razzball (@Razzball) September 24, 2021 I cannot stop my pure heart from being driven in by Juan Soto when I'm waiting on base aka sitting on the toilet. It's love! Damn you all for not understanding! So, Juan So...2021
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• Adam Jones Stepping Up as MVP Candidate When O's Need Him Most
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• Today in White Sox History: July 20
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• This Day in Braves History: Phil Niekro faces his brother Joe for the third time
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• This Day in Braves History: Nick Markakis is voted in as a starting outfielder for his first and only All-Star Game
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• Today in White Sox History: June 23
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• Friday Question: Which athlete left your team and broke you?
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• When will we see another Royals player hit for the cycle?
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• MLB’s biggest surprises from the season’s first month
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• This Day in Braves History: Joe Adcock becomes the first player in history to homer over the center field wall at Polo Grounds
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• This Day in Braves History: Tim Hudson signs a contract extension
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• This Day in MLB History: Alex Rodriguez, Melky Cabrera, and five other MLB players are listed in the Biogenesis Lab scandal

Photo by Jared Wickerham/Getty Images MLB History 1901 - The Rules Committee comprised of Connie Mack, John McGraw and Charles Comiskey reject a proposal that would have banned the bunt and recommends no changes to the game at this time. 1930 - The Boston Red Sox sell former home run champ Ken Williams to the New York Yankees. However after acquiring him, New York will release Williams be...2025
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• Today in MLB History: Rachel Balkovec becomes first woman to manage a team in the history of organized baseball

Photo by Mike Ehrmann/Getty Images The Yankees make a historic hiring Braves Franchise History 1994: Former All-Star pitcher Harvey Haddix dies at the age of 68 from emphysema. Haddix, who won 136 games over a 14-year career, was best known for pitching 12 perfect innings against the Milwaukee Braves in a game in 1959, only to lose in the 13th inning. 1996: Atlanta Braves trade OF Mike Ke...2025
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• Life On The Green: Jack Nicklaus, golf legends impart wealth of wisdom in Ann Liguori’s new book
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• This Day in Braves History: Tim Hudson signs four year extension with Atlanta

Photo by Focus on Sport/Getty Images Braves Franchise History 2000 - Arbitrator Shyam Das cuts Braves reliever John Rocker’s suspension from 28 days to just 14. 2005 - The Braves and Tim Hudson reach an agreement on a four-year, $47 million contract extension. MLB History 1889 - The Philadelphia Quakers head to Jacksonville, Florida for spring training and will be the only major league c...2024
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• Cold Stove thoughts

76 days until spring training There’s not a lot going on in the world of baseball during the post-Thanksgiving week. A few minor trades and signings and a lot of speculation on where several Japanese stars may sign. I thought it would be a good time to enjoy the resurgence of the Detroit Lions before they imploded against the Packers, and to fret about the Chiefs pass dropping woes. I might also m...2023
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• 'God Bless America': Bryce Harper's $400M Price Tag Could Be an MLB Game-Changer
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• Red Sox's Bradley, Betts, and Bogaerts Give MLB a New-Age 'Killer B's'
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