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• Instant Winnings

My weekend got kicked up a notch by an unexpected box of various good cards. Friday evening I won a cardsphere giveaway, and Saturday morning I had the winnings in hand. The Diamond King has been doing good work this holiday season running giveaways where you enter by committing to send cards to someone just to be nice. I was the lucky winner of the box of serial numbered cards, and since Kevin wa...2025
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• My completed sets go international

For the first five years of this blog, there was nothing more mind-blowing to me than communicating and trading with collectors from around the world, specifically overseas. England, France, Australia, Italy, Germany, the Netherlands, I couldn't believe the reach of the blog and how many different people collected baseball cards! I connected with many of them and traded multiple times w...2025
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• 1991 Fleer "white border" mod tutorial

Figured I'd put a post together about how I make de-yellowed 1991 Fleer mods. I meant to get to it earlier in the summer, but hey, there are still plenty of sunny days left.First, get the 1991 Fleer card you'd like to modify, along with a common/dupe that you won't mind destroying. For this example, I'm looking to bleach the border of the Tony Gwynn card, while sacrificing Kelvin Torve's card (no ...2025
• Manny Machado has quietly become an NL MVP candidate

San Diego Padres Manny Machado | Photo by Matt Thomas/San Diego Padres/Getty Images Seeking his first MVP honor. After catching his breath from playing in the All-Star Game, San Diego Padres third baseman Manny Machado has taken off with his bat and glove in the second half of the season. Hopefully, it will be enough to join the conversation in contending for the 2025 National League Most...2025
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• This Day in Braves History: Greg Maddux, Tom Glavine and Bobby Cox are inducted into Hall of Fame together

Photo by Daniel Shirey/Getty Images Cooperstown turns into Atlanta North for one wonderful day. Braves Franchise History 1961: Vada Pinson steals home to give the Reds a 2-1 win over the Braves. Carl Willey’s throw beats Pinson but he kicks the ball out of the glove of catcher Sammy White. 1966: The Wisconsin Supreme Court overrules a lower court decision and holds that the state doesn’t ...2025
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• The most Hall of Famers, yearly update (2025)

Back in January, when we knew the five former players who were going to be inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame for 2025, I wrote a post on those five players, mentioning how many cards I had of each of them. I went back to that post to see if I had gained any cards of Dick Allen, Dave Parker, CC Sabathia, Ichiro Suzuki or Bobby Wagner since. I did. None for Sabathia or Wa...2025
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• Baseball history unpacked, June 16

Jerry Lai-Imagn Images A M-W-F digest, replete with #Cubs, #MLB, and #MiLB content. Happy birthday, Kerry Wood*! Mel Allen and Tony Gwynn pass, 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 they unfold over the course ...2025
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• Baseball history unpacked, May 9

RVR Photos-Imagn Images A M-W-F digest, replete with #Cubs, #MLB, and #MiLB content, gathered from reputable sources. Mark Grace* hits for the cycle, 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 they unfold over ...2025
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• The San Diego Padres all-quarter-century team

San Diego Padres Jake Peavy | Photo by Nick Doan/Icon SMI/Icon Sport Media via Getty Images A group of past and present stars of the game We are one day away from Opening Day at Petco Park. Before setting our sights on the Atlanta Braves, let us take a moment to appreciate a significant sports moment. The Friar Faithful have witnessed a quarter-century of San Diego Padres baseball since fl...2025
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• Padres could benefit from second year of Luis Arraez

Luis Arraez | Orlando Ramirez-Imagn Images Health and familiarity should lead the Silver Slugger to improved results Three batting titles in three years and a career batting average of .323 with a .790 OPS. Many casual baseball fans would see those accomplishments/stats and would surmise the numbers must belong to one of the best players in the game. However, that is not the case when many...2025
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• San Diego Padres FanFest 2025: What we learned

Don Orsillo, Manny Machado, Jackson Merrill and Mark Grant at Fanfest 2025 | Photo by Cheri Bell The sky is not falling The San Diego Padres held their 2025 FanFest celebration February 2nd with an improvement over the 2023 version. With the signing of Xander Bogaerts and the trade for Juan Soto, excitement was high in 2023 and Petco Park had ten of thousands of people clogging the concour...2025
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• The Royals Review Hall of Fame ballots

Photo by Jim McIsaac/Getty Images Who deserves enshrinement in Cooperstown? Baseball writers are currently mulling over this year’s Hall of Fame candidates, with selections to be announced on January 21. None of us at Royals Review have a vote but who would we vote for if we did? You can see the list of eligible candidates and their career statistics here. Here are our ballots with some wr...2024
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• Is MLB expansion the cure to baseball’s lack of offense?

Brad Penner-Imagn Images Baseball is an ever changing landscape of late, but would expansion solve one of its biggest issues? Baseball had an offensive explosion in 1994, in retrospect, a chemically-aided jolt to the game. Lost among the plethora of dingers whizzing out of ballparks was the run at a .400 batting average by Padres batting champ Tony Gwynn. Far from a steroid-inflated Adonis...2024
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• 2024 Padres Season Review: Luis Arraez

Photo by Daniel Shirey/MLB Photos via Getty Images A third straight batting title for Luis Arraez Luis Arraez: 1.1 fWAR, 150 G, .314 AVG, .346 OBP, .392 SLG, 109 wRC+, 83 R, 46 RBI, 4 HR Baseball Savant Positives From This Season I’m not going to say he lived up to the Tony Gwynn comparisons because that’s disrespectful to Tony (there are levels to this). But what I will...2024
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• Baseball history unpacked, September 16

Photo by Jonathan Daniel/Getty Images A M-W-F digest, replete with #Cubs, #MLB, and #MiLB content, gathered from reputable sources. Rennie Stennet’s big game, Glenn Beckert’s record of futility, Sosa homers and more. On Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays, Bleed Cubbie Blue is pleased to present a light-hearted, Cubs-centric look at baseball’s colorful past, with plenty of the lore and v...2024
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• Baseball history unpacked, August 19

Getty Images A M-W-F digest, replete with #Cubs, #MLB, and #MiLB content, gathered from reputable sources. Hack Wilson, Norman Rockwell, and the short story of Eddie Gaedel. But wait, there’s more! Holtzman throws a gem, Fergie goes deep, and Jim Hendry joins the ranks of the unemployed. On Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays, Bleed Cubbie Blue is pleased to present a light-hearted, Cubs-cent...2024
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• Manny Machado has quietly become an NL MVP candidate
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• Blog Bat-Around: 5 best pack-pulled hits (plus a few others)

All right, time to inject a little spirit of community into the blog world again. Everyone's gone off into their own directions, even if they didn't ditch their blog 10 years ago. What we need is another Blog Bat-Around.This version was started by Matt of Diamond Jesters. Inspired by his recent pull of a Tony Gwynn bat relic in 2024 Topps, he listed his top five pack-pulled hits.I'm taking u...2024
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• Stephen Strasburg's Father-Son Bond with Tony Gwynn Made Him an MLB Star
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• Pablo Sandoval Will Be Red Sox's Biggest Winter Addition, Belly and All
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• 2015 Pro Football Hall of Fame "Snubs" Just Have to Wait Their Turn
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• The Cautionary Tale of Ken Caminiti: The Steroid Era's First Truth-Teller
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"Mel Allen and Tony Gwynn pass, and other stories."

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"The 2024 Padres broadcast team seems like it will be Don Orsillo, Mark Grant, Bob Scanlan, Mike Pomeranz, Jesse Agler and Tony Gwynn Jr."

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"1993 - Tony Gwynn records his third five-hit game of the season in an 8-0 win over the Cubs."

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"Five hits, 4 runs, 2 SBs with a homer in a game had only been done three times since 1987 -- Andrew McCutchen, Carl Crawford and Tony Gwynn."

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"Preller almost acquired Blake Snell, Yu Darvish, and Joe Musgrove on the same day, he said on Jon Heyman and Tony Gwynn Jr."

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"Let's keep this simple: Tony Gwynn could hit."

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"Check out this Tony Gwynn doc"

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"Tony Gwynn became a baseball player by chance -- both at the college and professional levels."

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"There's never a bad time to rehash the insane numbers Tony Gwynn put up during his 20 Hall-of-Fame seasons in San Diego."

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"Tony Gwynn Jr.On his first Father's Day after the death of his dad, Hall of Famer Tony Gwynn, the outfielder smacked a walk-off single to lift the Triple-A Syracuse Chiefs to a 1-0 win over the Buffalo Bisons."

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"This should have been someone who was going to be a part of the Padres alumni for years, just as Tony Gwynn should have been a part of the Padres alumni for years."

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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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• This Day in Braves History: Braves hit into 7 double plays and beat Reds 2-0

Photo by G Fiume/Getty Images A win’s a win. Braves Franchise History 1982: The Atlanta Braves tie the major-league record with seven double plays in a 2-0, 14-inning win over Cincinnati. Mario Soto pitches ten shutout innings for the Reds but gets no decision. The loss starts the Reds on a streak where they’ll lose 20 out of 23 games. 1993: Atlanta OF Ron Gant fans four times against Hou...2025
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• Baseball history unpacked, June 16
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• This Day in Braves History: Braves fire Chuck Tanner

Today was Braves Franchise History 1919: It’s Hank Gowdy Day in Boston‚ the catcher’s first game after returning from the Army. He hits the first pitch he sees from Dolf Luque for a single‚ but the Reds prevail over the Braves‚ 10 - 4. 1920: The Braves beat the Reds‚ 7-0‚ behind Jack Scott’s three-hitter. Boston chases Jimmy Ring in the 3rd inning and goes on to tally 12 hits. 1926: Hack Wilson sm...2025
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• Outside The Confines: Fade to Black

Ron Chenoy-Imagn Images The Rockies fire their longtime manager. The Red Sox are trying to calm a feud with their star slugger. And other news from baseball over the weekend. Good morning. On Saturday, the Colorado Rockies lost 21-0 to the San Diego Padres. So on Sunday, the Rockies fired their longtime manager Bud Black. Bench coach Mike Redmond was also let go. Third base coach Warren...2025
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• WWE Backlash 2025 predictions

Here’s how our staff of learned pro wrestling blowhards see the card playing out. WWE Backlash is all set to take place tonight (Sat., May 10, 2025) from the Enterprise Center in St. Louis, Missouri. It begins at 5:00 pm ET with the Kickoff show leading right on into the main course at 7 pm ET on Peacock in the U.S., WWE Network everywhere else, or your local cable pay-per-view provider. Luckily f...2025
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• Manny Machado is worth the price of admission

Manny Machado | Denis Poroy-Imagn Images Padres fans should appreciate what we have at the hot corner rather than dwell on the contract There are some segments of the San Diego Padres fan base that choose to lament the years or the money Manny Machado received from the team when he signed his 11-year, $350 million contract extension in 2023. His performance in the month of April should pu...2025
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• The San Diego Padres all-quarter-century team
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• Yuki Matsui proving to be a dependable bullpen piece

Yuki Matsui | Photo by Christian Petersen/Getty Images Lefty enters year two with San Diego Yuki Matsui signed with the Padres in 2024 and proved to be an effective and dependable arm out of the bullpen in his first season. He appeared in 64 games and finished with a 3.73 ERA. This was not a surprise to the leadership in San Diego because Matsui had just completed his 10th season in the Ni...2025
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• Manny Machado has quietly become an NL MVP candidate
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• The Royals according to Ted Williams
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• Baseball history unpacked, June 16
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• This Day in Braves History: Braves fire Chuck Tanner
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• SB Nation Reacts: How long will Aaron Judge hit .400?

Photo by Dustin Satloff/Getty Images He’s off to a fantastic start. Yankees star Aaron Judge, who was the unanimous choice for AL MVP last year when he batted .322/.458/.701 with 58 home runs, is off to an even better start in 2025. Through Friday, Judge is batting .396/.488/.743 (57-for-144) with 12 home runs in 38 games. He’s leading the AL in homers, runs, hits, RBI, all three slash li...2025
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• Baseball history unpacked, May 9
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• Manny Machado is worth the price of admission
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• Jackson Merrill is the San Diego Padres’ next breakout star

San Diego Padres Jackson Merrill | Photo by Orlando Ramirez/Getty Images The Petco Park crowd believes in their young star The Friar Faithful loves to cheer for homegrown talent. From Tony Gwynn to Jake Peavy, the crowd support has been phenomenal. The fans find it rewarding to witness a young prospect advance through the minor league system before becoming a breakout star for their belove...2025
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• Padres’ “Baltimore boys” impress on opening day

Jackson Merrill robs a home run | Photo by Matt Thomas/San Diego Padres/Getty Images Gavin Sheets and Jackson Merrill celebrate the new season The San Diego Padres beat the Atlanta Braves 7-4 on Opening Day at Petco Park. With Michael King struggling with his command, the bullpen and offense came through. They rallied from behind, something Padres fans got used to last season. A continuati...2025
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• Padres could benefit from second year of Luis Arraez
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• Baseball history unpacked, June 16
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• This Day in Braves History: Braves fire Chuck Tanner
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• Outside The Confines: Fade to Black
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• WWE Backlash 2025 predictions
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• Padres’ “Baltimore boys” impress on opening day
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• The San Diego Padres all-quarter-century team
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• Who’s next to 3,000 hits?

Jose Altuve #27 of the Houston Astros hits a single against the Washington Nationals during the second inning of a spring training game at CACTI Park of the Palm Beaches on March 02, 2025 in West Palm Beach, Florida. | Photo by Rich Storry/Getty Images And could it be...Bob? Nothing in sports is as quintessential as a hit in baseball. The windup, the release, the swing of the lumber, the c...2025
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• San Diego Padres FanFest 2025: What we learned
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• Monday Rockpile: The place of Rickey Henderson in Colorado Rockies history

Photo by Steve Grayson/WireImage Colorado Rockies news and links for Monday, December 23rd, 2024 On the morning of Saturday, December 21st, there were unconfirmed rumors that were confirmed by the early afternoon. The baseball world had lost a true titan of the game far too young: Ricky Nelson Henley Henderson—the “Man of Steal”—had passed away at the age of 65. Henderson was unequivocally...2024
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• MLB Playoffs: Bobby Witt Jr., Royals looking to make their mark on the postseason

Bobby Witt Jr’s MVP-like performance helped push the Royals back to the postseason. Kauffman Stadium was built for speed. Ironically, that wasn’t the intent. When the stadium was constructed for the 1973 season, the team anticipated home runs would go up since the dimensions were actually smaller than their previous home at Municipal Stadium, where hitters had to smack a ball 360 feet down the le...2024
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• 19 facts about the wonderful career of Gwynn
There's never a bad time to rehash the insane numbers Tony Gwynn put up during his 20 Hall-of-Fame seasons in San Diego. But today would have been Gwynn's 56th birthday, and to commemorate the occasion, we've compiled a list of 19 facts about No. 19....2016
• The Cautionary Tale of Ken Caminiti: The Steroid Era's First Truth-Teller
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• Tony Gwynn Jr. Gets Warm Reception in 1st Game in San Diego Since Dad Passed
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• A year later, Gwynn honors dad with walk-off
Tony Gwynn Jr. authored a special moment on Sunday. On his first Father's Day after the death of his dad, Hall of Famer Tony Gwynn, the outfielder smacked a walk-off single to lift the Triple-A Syracuse Chiefs to a 1-0 win over the Buffalo Bisons....2015
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• California Governor Bans Smokeless Tobacco at Baseball Parks
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• Mike Freeman's 10-Point Stance: Does the NFL Have a Dipping Problem?
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• MLB Announces Batting Awards to Be Named After Tony Gwynn, Rod Carew
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• Derek Jeter vs. Orioles: Highlights, Twitter Reaction from Star's Last Home Game
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• Profar, So Good: 5 NL Surprises - July 13, 2024
Here's five NL hitters who have been pleasant surprises in fantasy baseball during the first half of 2024 season. Jurickson Profar OF SD A perennial Padre of disappointing returns, Jurickson jumped into our fantasy hearts in the first half of 2024 with a startling slash line: .311/.402/.891. Sustainability is suspect due to our pre-2024 notions regarding Profar, however StatCast likes his xOBA and...2024
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• Tuesday Rockpile: Will Todd Helton be inducted into the Hall of Fame in 2024? (We’ll know in a few hours.)

Mark J. Rebilas-USA TODAY Sports Colorado Rockies News and Notes for Tuesday, January 23 Today, we’ll know if Todd Helton will be inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame. He should. His teammates are clear in making a case for the former first baseman. As former Colorado Rockies shortstop Troy Tulowitzki told Patrick Saunders, “He was a fierce competitor and that’s what sticks out the mos...2024
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• Padres’ Home Opener Electricity Provided By Man-Power
Motivational speaker, Manny Machado, entered the Padres' clubhouse before yesterday's contest and asked new head coach, Bob Melvin, if he could speak. His teammates' rapt attention centered on Manny, and he spoke, "I won't always run hard to first, 2nd, third or home. I will usually ask for a golf cart to take me out to 3rd base between innings. When it's my time in the on-deck circle, I will ask ...2022
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• Touchdowns & Donuts | Week 8 NFL Fantasy Football Plays

Lisa Lane and Tony Gwynn Jr. break down their picks for Week 8 in fantasy football....2017

• My completed sets go international
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• Manny Machado has quietly become an NL MVP candidate
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• This Day in Braves History: Braves hit into 7 double plays and beat Reds 2-0
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• Baseball history unpacked, June 16
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• Baseball history unpacked, May 9
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• Manny Machado is worth the price of admission
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• Jackson Merrill is the San Diego Padres’ next breakout star
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• Padres’ “Baltimore boys” impress on opening day
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• The San Diego Padres all-quarter-century team
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• Who’s next to 3,000 hits?
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• Manny Machado has quietly become an NL MVP candidate
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• San Diego Padres FanFest 2025: What we learned
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• The Royals Review Hall of Fame ballots
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• A look at Cubs trades in the expansion era: 1984

Rick Sutcliffe | Getty Images This was a watershed year for Dallas Green in making deals. The Cubs had regressed, a bit, from their 1982 record of 73-89 to 71-91 in 1983. They hired Jim Frey as manager, a World Series-winning guy, and hopes were a bit higher in 1984. The first trade Green made that calendar year turned out to be a difference-maker. March 26: Acquired Gary Matthews, Bob Der...2023
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• How John Glenn and Ted Williams became an unlikely duo

A new book shows how the famous pair forged a friendship in war. I’ve always been a bit amazed at how high-profile people seem to end up in the same orbit. Tommy Lee Jones and Al Gore were college roommates at Harvard. Chevy Chase played drums in a college band with Walter Becker and Donald Fagan, who later went on to form the band Steely Dan. Clayton Kershaw and Matt Stafford were childhood frien...2023
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• Red Sox 11, Cubs 5: Because baseball
Photo by Michael Reaves/Getty Images That wasn’t how we envisioned the series finale. This one was going to go the Cubs’ way, right? With All-Star Justin Steele on the mound and an opposing pitcher who had been hit really hard (5.17 ERA, four home runs) in his last three starts, this game was... Well, nope, because baseball. Steele didn’t have it and got hit hard, and Kutter Crawford threw...2023
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• Good Morning San Diego: Padres legend Tony Gwynn’s record in jeopardy?
Photo by Jasen Vinlove/Miami Marlins/Getty Images Everything you need to know about MLB news and your San Diego Padres for Friday, June 9, 2023. San Diego Padres News How Miami Marlins’ Luis Arraez Compares to San Diego Padres Legend Tony Gwynn (Spots Illustrated) Gary Sánchez homers again as new Padres catcher goes deep for fourth time in nine games with San Diego (CBS Sports) MLB News ...2023
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• Royals Rumblings - News for June 9, 2023
Looks like a nice, clear day in Houston. I don’t see the problem. | Bill Streicher-USA TODAY Sports The Royals haven’t lost on a Thursday since May 4th. Five week unbeaten streak on my watch, so I’m doing my part. It may be an off-day, but The Star keeps delivering quite a bit of Royals news. I gave them a lot of grief in the offseason for not having a beat writer and not publishing mu...2023
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• SDSU Gwynns

I've never followed college sports very closely-- probably in part because San Diego has historically not been much of a factor in college football or basketball rankings despite a few incredible players passing through over the years. Living in Portland now, the Oregon Ducks are the most popular college team in these parts, and I'll casually root for them to win the championship if they're in con...2023
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