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• The Schadenfreude of #GetKralled

wo of the more gobsmacking takes on the 2025 baseball season were made by Tommy Thrall and Gordon Wittenmyer, the former opining that the hiring of Terry Francona was worth 10 wins—and the latter insisting the Reds should be sellers at the trading deadline all the way back on—checking my notes—May 27th. Gordon’s piece was […] The post The Schadenfreude of #GetKralled appeared first on Redleg...2025
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• Chris Russo rants how Yankees messed up not hiring Terry Francona in Aaron Boone takedown

"You're telling me that Boone is a better manager than Terry Francona? Are you freaking crazy?"...2025
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• Hunter Greene Slated To Return To Reds’ Rotation On Wednesday
After over two months on the injured list, Hunter Greene’s return date to the Reds has now been set. Manager Terry Francona told reporters (including the Cincinnati Enquirer’s Pat Brennan) that Greene is penciled in as the starter for Wednesday’s game against the Phillies. Greene emerged as the Reds’ ace with an All-Star season in…...2025
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• Reds’ Terry Francona brutally trolls Rays’ Kevin Cash with lowlight video on scoreboard

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• Washington Nationals vs Cincinnati Reds Game Thread

Brad Mills-Imagn Images Follow along as the Nationals look for just their second sweep of the season After securing the series win last night, the Nats will be looking for the sweep. They only have one sweep all season, when they dismantled the Orioles. Now they will look for their second in an early afternoon showdown against the Reds. With a lefty on the mound and the early start, Miguel...2025
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• NL Week 17 Strategy-July 19, 2025
In The Field 2B Nolan Gorman was scratched from the Cardinals' lineup on Friday. He is dealing with a back injury and was considered day-to-day, but the Cardinals made the decision to place him on the 10-day IL on Saturday. OF Sal Frelick was placed on the 10-day IL on Friday with a hamstring injury. OF Blake Perkins was recalled to take his place on the active roster. 2B Ketel Marte was placed ...2025
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• Outside The Confines: A Tiger on the prowl

Photo by G Fiume/Getty Images Javier Báez is El Mago again. A Brewers rookie has an impressive debut. A look ahead to the trade deadline and the draft. And other baseball news. Let’s go surfing now. Everybody’s learning how. Come on and safari with me. I’m leading with this one because it’s the one that will bring the most joy to your heart. Jesse Rogers tells of how the Tigers’ Javier ...2025
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• Milwaukee’s eight-game winning streak comes to an end in 4-2 loss to the Reds

Kyle Ross-Imagn Images Yelich stays hot, but Friedl’s game-saving catch spoils late comeback attempt Box Score After eight straight wins, Milwaukee’s streak came to an end at the hands of TJ Friedl and the Cincinnati Reds. The Brewers got on the board almost immediately against Reds pitcher Hunter Greene. Brice Turang, leading off the game, squared up a slider inside for a double down the ...2025
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• Rhett Lowder Suffers Oblique Strain
The Reds received some difficult news on the pitching front this week. Rookie right-hander Rhett Lowder, who has been out all season with a forearm strain, suffered a new injury during a rehab start at Triple-A Louisville on Thursday. Manager Terry Francona told reporters (including Mark Sheldon of MLB.com) that Lowder sustained a “fairly significant” strain…...2025
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• 2025 Haters’ Guide to the NL Central #4: Chicago Cubs

Photo by John Fisher/Getty Images At least you’re not a Cubs fan! *Please Note This Is Satire* I usually write serious articles. This is not one of them. Trash talk has been an integral part of baseball since its inception. All the way back in 1912, Ty Cobb ran into the crowd during a game to beat up a fan who was yelling some ... less than savory things at him. To be very clear, I don’t...2025
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• 2025 Haters’ Guide to the NL Central #1: Cincinnati Reds

Jeff Hanisch-Imagn Images At least you’re not a Reds fan! *Please Note This Is Satire* I usually write serious articles. This is not one of them. Trash talk has been an integral part of baseball since its inception. All the way back in 1912, Ty Cobb ran into the crowd during a game to beat up a fan who was yelling some ... less than savory things at him. To be very clear, I don’t condon...2025
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• ‘It’s Actually Incredible’ – Terry Francona Sighs in Relief Over Latest Update on Tyler Callihan’s Gruesome Injury
Cincinnati Reds manager Terry Francona talked about the unfortunate injury Tyler Callihan suffered against the Atlanta Braves....2025
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• AJ Smith-Shawver cruises in Braves’ one-hitter win over Reds, 4-0

Photo by Matthew Grimes Jr./Atlanta Braves/Getty Images It wasn’t the prettiest pitching line, but Smith-Shawver rolled through eight innings. AJ Smith-Shawver threw eight one-hit innings, no-hitting the Reds through seven, as the Braves used a single scoring inning to topple Brady Singer and the Reds on Monday night. While Smith-Shawver mostly let the defense behind him do the work and wa...2025
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• Outside The Confines: Things are getting hot in Atlanta

Kevin D. Liles/Atlanta Braves/Getty Images The city of Sacramento is torn over the Athletics. The Braves have a controversy as the team struggles. And other news from around MLB. Good morning. Dan Moore has a wonderful essay on the city of Sacramento, the Athletics and the “Faustian” bargain that brought them together. Sacramento is hungry for an MLB team of its own, but the Athletics s...2025
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• Royals Rumblings - News for March 28, 2025

It was a good start | Photo by Jamie Squire/Getty Images The quest for 161-1 begins tomorrow! Let’s be honest. You’re not here to read what I wrote today. You’re here to talk about the game yesterday. I’m not going to link to a bunch of different recaps posts. Matthew has got you covered with the RR recap. I won’t post too much more about that TOOTBLAN in the 8th (Pete Grathoff has me ...2025
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• 2025 Haters’ Guide to the NL Central #4: Chicago Cubs
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• Weekend Rumblings - News for March 8, 2025

Photo by David Durochik/Diamond Images via Getty Images Do the Royals need more pitching? David Lesky looks at how the Royals might decide roster spots this spring. They don’t have a ton of competitions really. I think you can look at the roster and know that probably 20 of the 26 roster spots are decided. A few of those that aren’t are relievers, which matter but are a little different be...2025
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• 'I texted him right away and said, "Are you crazy?"': Why Terry Francona and Bruce Bochy ditched retirement to manage again
Rounds of golf and relaxing vacations weren't enough to keep two skippers in their 60s away from the game for long....2025
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• COVID Notes: 3/7/21
The latest on coronavirus-related situations around baseball… Jose Ramirez and Franmil Reyes are both being held out of Indians training camp for breaking health and safety protocols, manager Terry Francona told reporters (including MLB.com’s Mandy Bell and the Akron Beacon Journal’s Ryan Lewis). The players self-reported their violations, which included dining together at a res...2021
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• Scott Miller's Starting 9: As Mets and Nationals Race, 23 May Be Lucky Number
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• Big Man, Big Personality: The Oral History of David Ortiz's MLB Adventure
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• Scott Miller's Starting 9: Fifty-Six Reasons to Pay Attention in Spring Training
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• Inside the Chicago Cubs' Hiring of Joe Maddon, One of MLB's Best Managers
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"Terry Francona then went to a pinch-hitter to face Zerpa, summoning Austin Wynns."

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"Reds to hire Terry Francona as manager (source)"

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"When Terry Francona retires, his legacy will be less about his almost 2,000 wins and more about his ability to connect."

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"Terry Francona will return to manage Cleveland Guardians in 2023"

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"Cleveland Indians manager Terry Francona is stepping down for the remainder of this season to address some lingering health issues."

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"Cleveland Indians manager Terry Francona will miss his team's three-game series with the Pirates to undergo a "scheduled procedure" to address a gastrointestinal issue."

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"Two World Series rings belonging to Terry Francona have been recovered after they were stolen from the former Boston Red Sox manager last month, according to the Pima County (Ariz."

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"John Patsy "Tito" Francona, the father of Indians manager Terry Francona and a veteran of 15 Major League seasons, died Tuesday night at his home in New Brighton, Pa."

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"That is how Indians manager Terry Francona described the situation on Friday, when asked if the left fielder would be on the team's Opening Day roster."

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"Terry Francona, Red Sox manager, 2004-11: I remember talking to him."

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""We're trying to be pretty respectful to Mike and his family stuff," Cleveland manager Terry Francona said."

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"Terry Francona got the job."

• The Schadenfreude of #GetKralled
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• NL Week 17 Strategy-July 19, 2025
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• Royals Rumblings - News for July 14, 2025

Jay Biggerstaff-Imagn Images All-Star Break time! The Royals ended the first half of the season 47-50, but just 4.5 games back of a playoff spot. “It’s clearly not the way we wanted the first half to go as far as the standings or what our record is,” Quatraro said. “And we know we have to play better consistently in the second half to get back in this and make September an interesting mon...2025
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• Outside The Confines: It’s All-Star Week

Brett Davis-Imagn Images It’s time for baseball’s biggest stars to shine. It’s officially the All-Star break, and while we won’t have standard game play again until Friday, there’s still a lot of excitement to happen this week. We’ve got the Home Run Derby tonight and the big show, the All-Star Game, tomorrow. Lots of fun to be had, and also lots of news to catch up on from the world of b...2025
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• Ken Rosenthal expects the Reds to be players at the trade deadline
Ken Rosenthal thinks that the Cincinnati Reds bringing in Terry Francona for 2025 will make the club more aggressive at the trade deadline. The post Ken Rosenthal expects the Reds to be players at the trade deadline appeared first on Redleg Nation....2025
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• Let’s check in on the Cubs and their NL Central rivals

The Cubs celebrate a walkoff and a series win against the Pirates | Kamil Krzaczynski-Imagn Images The Cubs are in the middle of a seven-game stretch against division rivals. The Cubs maintained a 5½ game lead in the division over the weekend taking three of four from the Pirates, but now the real fun starts. The second place Brewers are heading to Wrigley Field for a three-game set, there...2025
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• Outside The Confines: A Tiger on the prowl
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• Outside The Confines: Craig Kimbrel has a new home

Photo by Thearon W. Henderson/Getty Images He’ll bring his unusual stance to Texas. Happy Wednesday, everyone. We have loads of fun little tidbits, from one of the greatest catches you’ll ever see, to a new media partnership for MLB, to a new home for Craig Kimbrel, and two highly-anticipated prospects making their MLB debut. We’re also in countdown mode to both the trade deadline and MLB...2025
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• 2025 Haters’ Guide to the NL Central #4: Chicago Cubs
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• Royals Rumblings - News for July 14, 2025
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• 2025 Haters’ Guide to the NL Central #1: Cincinnati Reds
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• AJ Smith-Shawver cruises in Braves’ one-hitter win over Reds, 4-0
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• Elly De La Cruz used the torpedo bat and had a MONSTER night

The torpedo is taking over. This is the torpedo bat’s world, and we’re just living in it. The innovative new bat design made waves over the weekend when the New York Yankees smashed nine home runs in a game against the Brewers, leading to players all over baseball making calls and trying to land a torpedo of their own. On Monday night Reds’ star Elly De La Cruz used the torpedo for the first time...2025
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• Brewers Reacts Survey Results: Can Brewers three-peat in the NL Central?

Rick Scuteri-Imagn Images The Brewers are two-time defending division champions, but will other teams threaten that status in 2025? Welcome to SB Nation Reacts, a survey of fans across the MLB. Throughout the year we ask questions of the most plugged-in Milwaukee Brewers fans and fans across the country. Sign up here to participate in the weekly emailed surveys. In this week’s Reacts surve...2025
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• MLB Power Rankings: Which teams can challenge the Dodgers?

Photo by Mary DeCicco/MLB Photos via Getty Images The Dodgers look like the cream of the crop but there are several teams that could challenge for their crown. Every Major League Baseball team begins a brand new baseball season with hope. In the spring of 1993, as a fresh-faced 16-year-old Phillies fan living in suburban bliss, I had no right to believe that summer was going to be anythin...2025
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• NL Central 2025 regular season standings predictions

Jovanny Hernandez / Milwaukee Journal Sentinel / USA TODAY NETWORK via Imagn Images Multiple projections have the NL Central as the tightest division race, with all five teams expected to compete Coming off another NL Central crown, the Brewers are once again among the most-doubted teams, as many pundits have picked the Cubs or even the Pirates or Reds to leapfrog the Crew. For the second ...2025
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• Brewers Reacts Survey: How does the NL Central shake out?

Rick Scuteri-Imagn Images The Brewers are two-time defending division champions, but will other teams threaten that status in 2025? Welcome to SB Nation Reacts, a survey of fans across the MLB. Throughout the year we ask questions of the most plugged-in Milwaukee Brewers fans and fans across the country. Sign up here to participate in the weekly emailed surveys. With spring training in the...2025
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• Spencer Steer To Begin Season On Reds’ Injured List
Spencer Steer hit during a minor league Spring Training game on Thursday, marking his first game action of any type since February 27. Despite this step forward, the bothersome right shoulder that has sidelined Steer for much of camp will result in a season-opening placement on the injured list, Reds manager Terry Francona told MLB.com’s…...2025
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• Outside The Confines: It’s All-Star Week
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• Outside The Confines: A Tiger on the prowl
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• Outside The Confines: Craig Kimbrel has a new home
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• 2025 Haters’ Guide to the NL Central #4: Chicago Cubs
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• Bryse Wilson shellacked, bats hijacked, White Sox fall to Reds, 7-1

This great Luis Robert Jr. catch was one of the only bright moments this afternoon. | Dylan Buell/Getty Images But they did manage a hit by the fifth inning It looked for just a second, perhaps two seconds, as if the White Sox were going to have enough good fortune to have a crack at sweeping the Reds. Miguel Vargas led off with a dribbler to third off of Nick Martinez and was initially ca...2025
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• 2025 Haters’ Guide to the NL Central #1: Cincinnati Reds
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• Weekend Rumblings - News for March 8, 2025
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• What the *$&#@*, White Sox, Clevinger again? Really?

New White Sox logo? | GEORGES GOBET/AFP via Getty Images Yet another Jerry Reinsdorf middle finger to the fans For this, the third time is definitely not the charm. It is just a pile of &$%# that the White Sox are shoving down the throats of their fans, one more chance for Jerry Reinsdorf to show how much he hates Sox fans for not adoring him sufficiently. Presumably, the choice to offer M...2025
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• Outside The Confines: College baseball begins

Jace LaViolette | Dylan Widger-Imagn Images The college baseball season started this weekend. Storylines from Spring Training. Who might yet be traded? Plus other baseball news. Good morning. We had real baseball over the weekend, albeit the kind with aluminum bats. Jacob Rudner has 12 takeaways from NCAA baseball’s opening weekend. Rudner also has 18 college pitchers who stood out this...2025
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• Outside The Confines: The Alex Bregman sweepstakes are over

Photo by Alex Slitz/Getty Images And the Red Sox are the winners. The biggest lingering question of the offseason free agent market has finally been answered, and that’s: Who will sign Alex Bregman? The three biggest contenders were our own Cubs, the Detroit Tigers, and the Boston Red Sox. Despite a reportedly large offer from the Tigers, it was the Red Sox who won out and signed the forme...2025
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• Indians Won't Trade Mike Aviles out of Respect for Daughter, Who Has Leukemia
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• Terry Francona Says He Once Ate 17 Popsicles, Nearly Barfed All over His House
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• Reds to hire Terry Francona as manager (source)
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• Brantley likely to play Opening Day for Tribe
The paperwork is not done, but the work has been completed by Michael Brantley. That is how Indians manager Terry Francona described the situation on Friday, when asked if the left fielder would be on the team's Opening Day roster....2017
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• Big Man, Big Personality: The Oral History of David Ortiz's MLB Adventure
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• Inside the Chicago Cubs' Hiring of Joe Maddon, One of MLB's Best Managers
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• Activation looming, Brantley set to join Indians
Left fielder Michael Brantley will join the Indians on Monday in Minnesota. That was all that manager Terry Francona was willing to reveal on Sunday morning while discussing Brantley's pending activation from the disabled list....2016
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• Theo Epstein Erases Losing Traditions as Baseball's Miracle Worker
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• NL Week 17 Strategy-July 19, 2025
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• Preseason Prep - March 3, 2025
Alejandro Kirk (C-TOR) is in line to see more time behind the dish than ever before since Danny Jansen is no longer in town. The 26 year-old has flashed some upside in the past, most notably registering a .285 average, with 4 homers, 63 RBI, and 59 runs scored across a career-high 541 PA in 2022, with a well above-average 129 wRC+, but he has underwhelmed ever since. In just 386 PA last year, Kirk...2025
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• 1st-Place Indians Make AL Central Statement with Sweep of Defending Champ Royals
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• Scott Miller's Starting 9: Yankees Try Building Without Opening Their Checkbook
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• Corey Kluber Gets Back on Track with an 18-K Start for the Ages
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• Indians' Carlos Carrasco Shows Why He Is Primed to Be Sleeper AL Cy Young Pick
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• Washington Nationals vs Cincinnati Reds Game Thread
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• NL Week 17 Strategy-July 19, 2025
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• Royals Rumblings - News for July 14, 2025
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• Outside The Confines: It’s All-Star Week
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• Let’s check in on the Cubs and their NL Central rivals
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• Outside The Confines: A Tiger on the prowl
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• Milwaukee’s eight-game winning streak comes to an end in 4-2 loss to the Reds
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• Crimson competitors cannot clobber Cameron’s curves, Royals roll Reds 3-2

Jay Biggerstaff-Imagn Images Noah Cameron worked into the seventh inning for the fourth time in four starts. Noah Cameron was sharp once against and the offense did just enough as the Kansas City Royals took down the Cincinnati Reds 3-2 at Kauffman Stadium this evening. Little of note happened in the early innings. Kansas City made Hunter Greene work and had baserunners in each of the firs...2025
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• 2025 Haters’ Guide to the NL Central #4: Chicago Cubs
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• NL Week 17 Strategy-July 19, 2025
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• Outside The Confines: The sights of Opening Day

Photo by Jeff Dean/Getty Images We missed you, baseball, welcome back! After a long, cold winter, an opening series on the other side of the world, and a ton of very intriguing free agency signings and trades, the 2025 baseball season is officially underway. There was plenty of action to keep an eye on for Opening Day, but as is usual with the start of the season, there was also a lot of ...2025
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• MLB Power Rankings: Which teams can challenge the Dodgers?
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• This day in Braves History: Braves coach Don Baylor gets hired as Cubs manager

Baylor spent one year on Atlanta’s coaching staff before joining the Cubs as the skipper. Braves Franchise History 1979: In separate deals, the New York Yankees acquire OF Ruppert Jones from the Seattle Mariners and C Rick Cerone and P Tom Underwood from the Toronto Blue Jays, giving up seven players, including popular 1B Chris Chambliss, SS Damaso Garcia, OF Juan Beniquez, and Ps Jim Beattie and...2024
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• MLB Playoffs: Underdog Guardians look to knock out big, bad Yankees

The Yankees’ championship drought is a feast compared to the Guardians’. Who will get a chance to snap it? The Championship Series is upon us and only four teams remain from the 30 who began the MLB season back in March. October winnowed the field to 12 playoff teams, the Wild Card round cut out four more, and now, the New York Yankees, Cleveland Guardians, New York Mets, and Los Angeles Dodgers a...2024
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• MLB Playoffs: American League Preview

Even in a relative down season, the Astros might very well extend their ALCS streak. Will any American League team make like the Rangers and topple them? During the decade-plus of MLB play from 2005-16, only two American League teams won at least 100 games. Outside of the 2008 Angels and 2009 Yankees, it was always a scramble of several good teams, but no true slam-dunk standouts (and even the ‘08...2024
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• Analyst has shocking update on former three-time MLB Manager of the Year

Longtime ESPN baseball analyst Tim Kurkjian supplied a significant on Thursday morning regarding the future of former manager Terry Francona....2024