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• Reds, Bryan Shaw Agree To Minor League Deal
The Reds have agreed to a minor league deal with free agent reliever Bryan Shaw, reports Robert Murray of FanSided. Shaw, a client of CAA, will reunite with former Cleveland skipper Terry Francona in Cincinnati and head to major league camp in spring training, where he’ll compete for a bullpen spot. The 37-year-old Shaw has…...2024
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• Healthy Francona excited to return to dugout
Terry Francona, who was hired in October to run the Reds, said Monday that he feels he can once again do the work needed to improve a team....2024
• Reds Hire Mike Napoli
The Reds have hired Mike Napoli for an unspecified role within the organization, WEEI’s Rob Bradford reports (Bluesky link). Napoli spent the previous five seasons on the Cubs’ staff as a quality assurance coach and then as first base coach before being let go in October. New Reds manager Terry Francona is quite familiar with…...2024
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• How Terry Francona helped Commanders' Dan Quinn bounce back from Super Bowl heartbreak

Dan Quinn seems to have become the leader Terry Francona saw could emerge all those years ago....2024
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• Guardians Promote Grant Fink To Hitting Coach
The Guardians have made a few notable changes to their coaching staff, as relayed on X by Mandy Bell of MLB.com. Grant Fink is the new hitting coach, replacing Chris Valaika, who departed to join Terry Francona in Cincinnati. Also, bench coach Craig Albernaz is still on the staff but with a promotion to assistant…...2024
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• Reds Hire Brad Mills As Bench Coach
The Reds announced today the coaching staff that will be working under new manager Terry Francona. One new hire that was not previously reported is Brad Mills in the bench coach position. Freddie Benavides, who got Cincinnati’s bench coach gig going into 2019, is listed today as bench coach/field coordinator. Mills, 68 in January, is…...2024
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• A look at Cubs trades in the pre-expansion era: 1961

“The other” Frank Thomas bats for the Cubs in 1960 | Photo by Hy Peskin/Getty Images A companion series to last year’s. Last year’s offseason series here was a look at Cubs trades from 1962-2023. You can read all those articles here. So, this year I’m going to do the rest of the trades in Cubs history in the Modern Era, since 1901. Unlike last year, when I began in 1962 and ended in the pr...2024
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• Braves News: Atlanta’s 2024 injury woes, Postseason rolls on, and more

Photo by Justin Berl/Getty Images Atlanta Braves news and notes from Thursday. The offseason is in full swing for the Atlanta Braves, who were swept by the San Diego Padres in the Wild Card round. The Braves did not have that horrible of a season by any stretch of the imagination. The amount of injuries was not ideal, but the club still finished at 89-73 and claimed a spot in the Postseaso...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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• Today in White Sox History: August 5

We didn’t know it for sure then, but a fight in Cleveland one year ago today essentially brought Tim Anderson’s baseball career to an end. | Ron Schwane/Getty Images A silly brawl, with major ramifications 1925 Southpaw Dickie Kerr, a two-game winner as a rookie in the 1919 World Series for the White Sox but inactive since 1921, was reinstated from the voluntarily-retired list in an attemp...2024
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• Baseball history unpacked, April 22

Terry Francona bats for the Cubs in 1986 | Photo by Ron Vesely/MLB Photos via Getty Images A M-W-F digest, replete with #Cubs, #MLB, and #MiLB content, gathered from reputable sources. Happy birthday, Terry Francona, no-hitters, one-hitters, and other stories on a busy day in baseball history. On Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays, Bleed Cubbie Blue is pleased to present a light-hearted, Cub...2024
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• 2024 AL Central preview: The search for signs of life beyond Minnesota

Photo by Frank Jansky/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images The Twins needed only 87 wins to take the division title in 2023. The ceiling probably won’t be much higher. In 2023, the AL Central was easily the worst division in baseball. It wasn’t in danger of going full 1994 AL West or anything, but at the All-Star break, the Cleveland Guardians were in first place at a dead-even 45-45. All four...2024
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• 2024 Division rival preview: Cleveland Guardians

Photo by Ron Schwane/Getty Images Can they continue to churn out young talent? The Guardians have fielded one of the six lowest Opening Day payrolls in each of the last four seasons, yet have made the playoffs twice over that stretch. Last year wasn’t one of those years, however, and their 86 losses were the most by a Cleveland team since 2012, the last year someone other than Terry Franco...2024
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• 2024 MLB Season Preview: Cleveland Guardians

It will be a new era in “The Land” as Stephen Vogt takes over as manager of the Guardians. | Photo by Jason Miller/Getty Images Cleveland will look to rebound from a disappointing end to the 2023 season under the stewardship of a new manager for the first time in more than a decade. For 11 seasons, the Cleveland Guardians were managed by likely future Hall of Game manager Terry Francona. U...2024
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• Braves News: Ronald Acuña Jr. racks up awards, Wild Card round, and more

Photo by Matthew Grimes Jr./Atlanta Braves/Getty Images Atlanta Braves news and notes from Tuesday While the Atlanta Braves await their National League Division Series opponent, Ronald Acuña Jr. brought home a couple of awards. First up, he was named National League Player of the Month after a monstrous September. He managed a .340 average with eleven home runs and eleven stolen bases. Y...2023
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• Outside The Confines: Knuckleballs in heaven

Photo by Billie Weiss/Boston Red Sox/Getty Images The passing of a Red Sox legend. Players said goodbye. The Mets need a new manager. A look ahead to the playoffs. And other news from MLB. It’s the end of the regular season and the end of the Cubs’ season. But we have other sad news to deal with first. My wife wouldn’t be able to tell you who Tim Wakefield was, but when I told her “He was...2023
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• Royals Rumblings - News for October 4, 2024

One more day of celebration before the ALDS | Tommy Gilligan-Imagn Images Let’s enjoy this ride one more day before the ALDS starts Make the playoffs and suddenly everyone wants to write about the Royals. Whereas normally, I’m looking for listicles and random tangential mentions of the team, I’m probably not going to be able to get to every single story posted yesterday. There’s just too...2024
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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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"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."

• Reds, Bryan Shaw Agree To Minor League Deal
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• A look at Cubs trades in the pre-expansion era: 1961
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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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• Friday Rockpile: Rockies keep signing on for non-competitive future

Photo by Kevin C. Cox/Getty Images Colorado Rockies news and links for Friday, October 11, 2024 According to the Cambridge Dictionary, one of the definitions for the word competitive is “eager to do better than others in an activity, esp. trying to win in a sports activity.” It’s not a word that usually needs defining, especially in the sports world. But it seems like the Rockies might nee...2024
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• It’s nice to focus on the playoffs in October instead of scapegoat season

Hugs are for the playoffs. | Brett Davis-Imagn Images Postseason or Silly Season? Glad we have the former One of the perks of the Royals making the playoffs is that I don’t have to worry about wholesale changes to the team’s front office or coaching staff. Sure, that may happen when if the Royals are eliminated (and even if they’re not), but right now, just days—not even a week!—after the ...2024
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• Reds sign Terry Francona to a 3-year manager contract
The Cincinnati Reds and new manager Terry Francona have agreed to a 3-year deal with a team option on a 4th year. The post Reds sign Terry Francona to a 3-year manager contract appeared first on Redleg Nation....2024
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• Outside The Confines: Wild, Wild Card

Photo by Patrick McDermott/Getty Images A manager comes out of a short retirement. Pete Alonso hits a clutch home run to send the Mets to the NLDS. And other news from the Wild Card round. Part of the problem with doing a links post during the postseason is that some of your links can be out of date by the time you post them. Before we get to the games, there was breaking news last night...2024
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• Royals Rumblings - News for October 4, 2024
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• MLB Playoffs: American League Preview
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• Today in White Sox History: August 5
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• A look at Cubs trades in the pre-expansion era: 1961
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• Friday Rockpile: Rockies keep signing on for non-competitive future
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• This Day in Braves History: Atlanta fires Billy Hitchcock

Braves Franchise History 1914: The Robins stop Grover Cleveland Alexander’s win streak at nine games, defeating the Phillies 2-1, behind Jeff Pfeffer. Alexander is done in by three Phillies errors. In front of a handful of fans, the pennant-winning Braves top the Giants, 7-1 in the first of two. Boston then beats Christy Mathewson for six runs in three innings, but the game ends in a 7-7 tie. For...2024
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• Royals Rumblings - News for September 20, 2024

DDJ modeling the number of games to go | Photo by Ron Vesely/MLB via Getty Images Nine huge games to go! Let’s look in on those playoff odds. Even though it may not seem like it, they’re still quite high as of 7pm last night: Baseball Prospectus: 86.5% to make playoffs, 0.0% to win division, 1.2% to win World Series Fangraphs: 90.0% to make playoffs, 0.1% to win division, 2.5% to win W...2024
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• Baseball history unpacked, April 22
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• 2024 AL Central preview: The search for signs of life beyond Minnesota
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• In Memoriam: The White Sox We Lost in 2023

A southpaw star, long-distance slugger, popular broadcaster and beloved scout were among our dearly departed It’s the time of year where, as we grimace ahead into 2024 and what awaits us with the Chicago White Sox, we look back at those South Siders we lost in 2023. Included among them are a southpaw star, long-distance slugger, departed but popular broadcaster, and beloved scout. Please, feel fre...2023
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• Outside The Confines: Knuckleballs in heaven
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• MLB Playoffs: Underdog Guardians look to knock out big, bad Yankees
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• Friday Rockpile: Rockies keep signing on for non-competitive future
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• Outside The Confines: Wild, Wild Card
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• Royals Rumblings - News for October 4, 2024
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• Royals Rumblings - News for September 20, 2024
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• 2024 AL Central preview: The search for signs of life beyond Minnesota
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• Remembering the life of UL Washington

Photo by Ron Vesely/Getty Images The toothpick guy Stringtown, Oklahoma, population 410, sits in the southeast corner of the state. For a small village, it has produced some interesting people, most notably country music superstar Reba McEntire and lead singer and guitarist Jerry Cantrell of the rock band, Alice in Chains. Stringtown also produced one UL Washington. That’s UL with no perio...2024
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• Re-live Game 7 of the 2016 World Series with Joe Maddon and Terry Francona

Anthony Rizzo and Kris Bryant lead the mound celebration after the Cubs won the World Series in Cleveland | Brian Cassella/Chicago Tribune/Tribune News Service via Getty Images You will probably want to record this one Have you spent way too much time wondering why Joe Maddon pulled Kyle Hendricks from Game 7 of the World Series in 2016 when he was dealing in the fifth inning? Or maybe, yo...2024
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• Cedric Tallis belongs in the Royals Hall of Fame

Time to right a wrong Last year I made a vow to write an annual story about why the Royals’ first General Manager, Cedric Tallis, should be in the Royals Hall of Fame. Like it or not, it’s that time of year. Many of us have speculated as to why Tallis has been snubbed. His credentials are far too impressive for just a plain oversight, so there must be another underlying reason. The most common the...2024
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• In Memoriam: The White Sox We Lost in 2023
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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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• 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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• Reds, Bryan Shaw Agree To Minor League Deal
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• A look at Cubs trades in the pre-expansion era: 1961
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• MLB Playoffs: Underdog Guardians look to knock out big, bad Yankees
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• Friday Rockpile: Rockies keep signing on for non-competitive future
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• It’s nice to focus on the playoffs in October instead of scapegoat season
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• Cub Tracks thins out the crowd

Photo by Michael Reaves/Getty Images #Cubs, #MLB, and #MiLB news, notes, and commentary, four days a week, rain or shine. Spare until after the World Series, but interesting nonetheless. WELCOME to today’s episode of Cub Tracks news and notes™, a greatest-hits collection of Chicago-style beat writers and bloggers, ground from #Cubs, #MiLB, and #MLB baseball, overheated, steeped in writers’...2024
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• Francona Returns
The Reds turn to Terry Francona to lead the team for the next three seasons: Last night, shortly after the New York Mets came from behind in the 9th inning to defeat the Milwaukee Brewers and advance in the playoffs, it was reported that the Cincinnati Reds were hiring Terry Francona to be their next manager. This […]...2024
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• Outside The Confines: Wild, Wild Card
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• Royals Rumblings - News for October 4, 2024
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• MLB Playoffs: American League Preview
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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
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• Royals Rumblings - News for October 4, 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
• Cedric Tallis belongs in the Royals Hall of Fame
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• Outside The Confines: Royals looking for a new throne

Photo by MediaNews Group/Bay Area News via Getty Images Will KC be the next team hunting for new digs? Also, big news from the Chicago White Sox. The Kansas City Royals unveiled their plans for their future stadium, and the future of Royals baseball in Kansas City. We’re excited to share the future vision of Royals baseball. For more images and to learn about the economic impact of a bal...2023
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• Anderson suspended six games amid day of chaos for White Sox organization

Tim Anderson, restrained by teammates during Saturday’s brawl. | Ron Schwane/Getty Images The shortstop’s suspension ranked only as a minor item in a flat-out embarrassing Monday for the White Sox Tim Anderson has been suspended for six games for his role in Saturday’s bench-clearing brawl, MLB announced on Monday. José Ramírez, who instigated the exchange that led Anderson to make the un...2023
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• Bird App Recap: White Sox 5, Yankees 1

Nothing to see here I am happy to report that absolutely nothing of note happened between yesterday’s finale in Cleveland and tonight’s game back in Chicago. NOT. Jesse Rogers broke a story late last night, with telling quotes from Keynan Middleton. Filed to ESPN: Former White Sox reliever Keynan Middleton documents dysfunction as he saw it in Chicago. ‘No rules': Ex-White Sox pitcher rips club'...2023
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• Son accuses Terry Francona of ‘covering up’ for Mickey Callaway as Indians drama spirals

Amid a detailed report from The Athletic outlining how Indians management must’ve known about the sexual harassment allegations the website brought to light against their former pitching coach Mickey Callaway, Cleveland manager Terry Francona’s son, Nick, has expressed his disappointment in his father and alluded to there being more indiscretions. “I was disappointed to read......2021
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