Willie Mays rumors, news

Willie Mays news, rumors

  • This day in Braves History: Bobby Cox reaches 2,000 career wins
    • This day in Braves History: Bobby Cox reaches 2,000 career wins
    Photo by Jamie Squire/Getty Images The old skipper hits an incredible milestone. Braves Franchise History 1914: The Boston Braves complete an incredible second-half comeback to clinch the pennant. They will forever be remembered as the “Miracle Braves”. 1959: In Game 2 of a three-game playoff, the Dodgers defeat the Milwaukee Braves in 12 innings to clinch the National League pennant. Gil ...2024
  • This Day in Braves History: Braves and Brewers get into a heated brawl
    • This Day in Braves History: Braves and Brewers get into a heated brawl
    Dale Zanine-Imagn Images Braves Franchise History 1979 - Mickey and Rick Mahler pitch in the same game as the Braves fall to the Astros 8-0. It is the most recent instance of brothers pitching in the same game for the same team. 1991 - Deion Sanders rejoins the Braves for the remainder of the season. 2000 - Tom Glavine wins his 20th game of the season as the Braves beat the Expos 6-0. It...2024
  • Baseball history unpacked, September 25
    • Baseball history unpacked, September 25
    Happy birthday, Kyle Ryan! | Photo by Rob Leiter/MLB Photos via Getty Images A M-W-F digest, replete with #Cubs, #MLB, and #MiLB content, gathered from reputable sources. Happy birthday, Kyle Ryan! No-hitters, Sammy 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 ...2024
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  • Mark Sanchez's Willie Mays reference irks some 49ers fans
    • Mark Sanchez's Willie Mays reference irks some 49ers fans
    San Francisco 49er fans already had to suffer through their team blowing a lead to the Los Angeles Rams. Then, Mark Sanchez doubled-down on their pain with his comparison for Tutu Atwell's big late-game catch....2024
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  • This Day in Braves History: Atlanta clinches NL East in both 2013 and 2018
    • This Day in Braves History: Atlanta clinches NL East in both 2013 and 2018
    Photo by Daniel Shirey/Getty Images Pretty good day, right? Braves Franchise History 2013: The Atlanta Braves win their first NL East title since 2005 as its closest pursuers, the Nationals, lose, 4-2, to the Marlins. The Braves then defeat the Cubs, 5-2, as they now set their eyes on finishing the year with the best record in the National League. 2014: One day after being mathematically...2024
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  • This day in Braves History: Eddie Rosario hits for the cycle
    • This day in Braves History: Eddie Rosario hits for the cycle
    Photo by Lachlan Cunningham/Getty Images The start of a special fall for Eddie Braves franchise history 1925: The Pirates pip the Braves, 2-1, as Kiki Cuyler has his second straight 4-for-4 game. The two teams total 23 hits — Pittsburgh 13 — but score just three runs. 1956: For the third time in his career, P Don Newcombe hits two home runs in one game, in a 17-2 laugher. The win puts the...2024

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Willie Mays injury and suspension

  • • This Day in Braves History: Braves and Brewers get into a heated brawl
    2024
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  • • Baseball history unpacked, September 25
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  • • This Day in Braves History: Atlanta clinches NL East in both 2013 and 2018
    2024
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  • Royals Rumblings - News for September 18, 2024
    • Royals Rumblings - News for September 18, 2024
    Photo by Ed Zurga/Getty Images Another 30/30 for Bobby! BBobby Witt Jr. becomes the first shortstop with two 30/30 seasons, writes Anne Rogers. Witt became the first Royal ever to record a 30-30 season in 2023 when he hit 30 home runs and swiped 49 bags. And he’s just the eighth player to record back-to-back 30-30 seasons, joining Ryan Braun (2011-12), Alfonso Soriano (‘05-06 and ‘02-03), ...2024
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  • This Day in Braves History: Otis Nixon is suspended for violating baseball’s drug policy
    • This Day in Braves History: Otis Nixon is suspended for violating baseball’s drug policy
    Photo by Focus on Sport/Getty Images Braves Franchise History 1960: At the age of 39, Warren Spahn pitches a no-hitter beating the Phillies, 4-0. The crafty lefty sets an all-time Braves record with 15 strikeouts. 1969: Juan Marichal blanks the Braves, 2-0, as the Giants regain first place. 1991 Atlanta outfielder Otis Nixon is suspended for 60 days for violating baseball’s drug policy. ...2024
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  • This day in Braves History: Atlanta clinches sixth-straight NL East title
    • This day in Braves History: Atlanta clinches sixth-straight NL East title
    Set Number: X164428 TK1 Ah, the good old days of just last year! Braves Franchise History 1922: Pittsburgh sweeps a pair from the visiting Braves, winning 8-1 and 6-1. Wilbur Cooper and Johnny Morrison are the winners. Joe Genewich makes his major league debut in relief for the Braves. Genewich jumped from the sandlots, where he was making $5 a game pitching, directly to the Braves, bypas...2024
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  • Baseball history unpacked, September 2
    • Baseball history unpacked, September 2
    Happy birthday, Christian Bethancourt! | Photo by Matt Dirksen/Chicago Cubs/Getty Images A M-W-F digest, replete with #Cubs, #MLB, and #MiLB content, gathered from reputable sources. Pappas throws a no-no and other stories. Happy birthday to Christian Bethancourt! On Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays, Bleed Cubbie Blue is pleased to present a light-hearted, Cubs-centric look at baseba...2024
  • Baseball history unpacked, August 28
    • Baseball history unpacked, August 28
    Happy birthday, Randy Wells! | Photo by Brian Kersey/Getty Images A M-W-F digest, replete with #Cubs, #MLB, and #MiLB content, gathered from reputable sources. Sammy Sosa, Ryne Sandberg, and more. Happy birthday, Randy Wells! 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 l...2024
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  • Baseball history unpacked, August 5
    • Baseball history unpacked, August 5
    Photo by Jon Durr/Getty Images A M-W-F digest, replete with #Cubs, #MLB, and #MiLB content, gathered from reputable sources. Happy birthday, Tim Federowicz! Hits, no-hits, another record broken by Slammin’ Sammy, 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 ...2024
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  • Baseball history unpacked, July 29
    • Baseball history unpacked, July 29
    John Baker | Photo by Jonathan Daniel/Getty Images A M-W-F digest, replete with #Cubs, #MLB, and #MiLB content, gathered from reputable sources. The Baker Game, Jon Garland heads south, and other stories. Happy birthdays to Tyson Miller and a throng of Cubs. On Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays, Bleed Cubbie Blue is pleased to present a light-hearted, Cubs-centric look at baseball’s colorfu...2024

Willie Mays lifestyle

  • • This Day in Braves History: Otis Nixon is suspended for violating baseball’s drug policy
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  • A look back on Harry Simpson
    • A look back on Harry Simpson
    Have Suitcase, will travel I don’t think there’s much debate that baseball players today are better than they were 50 or 100 years ago. For one thing, MLB is now integrated. It’s truly an international sport. The second thing is players at nearly all levels now play and work out year-round. With AAU and traveling teams, pre-teen ballplayers probably play more games in a summer than I played in the...2024
  • This Day in Braves History: Peter Moylan makes 75th appearance without allowing a homer
    • This Day in Braves History: Peter Moylan makes 75th appearance without allowing a homer
    Photo by Doug Pensinger/Getty Images Braves Franchise History 1960: At the age of 39, Warren Spahn pitches a no-hitter beating the Phillies, 4-0. The crafty lefty sets an all-time Braves record with 15 strikeouts. 1969: Juan Marichal blanks the Braves, 2-0, as the Giants regain first place. 1991 Atlanta outfielder Otis Nixon is suspended for 60 days for violating baseball’s drug policy. ...2023
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  • • Outside The Confines: Is the MLBPA going to stand up for MiLB?
    Photo by Scott W. Grau/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images Seems like some interesting changes might be coming. In some late-breaking Sunday news that we will most certainly be hearing a lot more about in the coming week, it appears that a vote is on the way to see how Minor League players feel about having the MLPBA act as their collective bargaining representative. BREAKING: Minor Leaguer...2022
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  • • Alex Rodriguez Apologizes to Yankees Organization over Past Actions
    2015
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Timeline

  • 2024
    "MLB History 1958 - Willie Mays of the San Francisco Giants signs a contract worth $65,000."

  • 2023
    "Happy B-day, Say Hey: 24 amazing Willie Mays stats"

  • 2022
    "Mets retire Willie Mays' No. 24 during Old Timers' Day"

  • 2021
    "“A Day in the Bleachers” recalled what he saw, heard and felt at the Polo Grounds during a 1954 World Series game in which Willie Mays made “the Catch."

  • 2020
    "Angels' Albert Pujols hits 660th career home run, ties Willie Mays for fifth-most all-time"

  • 2019
    "Henry "Hank" Aaron was born in Alabama two years before Willie Mays, 85 years ago today."

  • 2018
    "Should Derek Holland win a job on the Giants' Opening Day rotation, he'll learn plenty about Willie Mays and Willie McCovey, Stu Miller and the 1961 All-Star Game, the Alou brothers, Masanori Murakami, Bobby and Barry Bonds, Jack and Will Clark, Brian Johnson, the 'Stick (Candlestick Park) and the Shooter (Rod Beck)."

  • 2017
    "The World Series Most Valuable Player Award will now be tied to one of the all-time greats of the game: Willie Mays."

  • 2016
    "Celebrate Willie Mays' 85th birthday by remembering his career"

  • 2015
    "Alex Rodriguez hit career homers 657 and 658 as he closes in on Willie Mays, then added the decisive hit, an RBI single in the eighth, for his fourth RBI of the night to lead the Yanks to a 5-4 win over the Rays, who got back-to-back homers by Allan Dykstra and Logan Forsythe on Friday night."

  • 2014
    "Marichal said that his manager, Alvin Dark, visited the mound in the ninth inning of what eventually was a game the Giants won 1-0 on a Willie Mays homer."

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Willie Mays trade rumors, contract, salary rumors

  • • This Day in Braves History: Braves and Brewers get into a heated brawl
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  • • Royals Rumblings - News for September 18, 2024
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  • The Boys of Summer
    • The Boys of Summer
    The original Dodgers One of the first books I ever read, The Boys of Summer, is a baseball classic written by Roger Kahn, published in 1972. The book was probably my father's, as he was a Dodger fan as a young man. Even now, at 83, my father can recite the Dodgers lineup, position by position, complete with colorful anecdotes about each player. I often wondered how a poor boy from western Kansas g...2024
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  • This Day in Braves History: Dan Uggla extends hitting streak to 30-straight games
    • This Day in Braves History: Dan Uggla extends hitting streak to 30-straight games
    Photo by Brian Garfinkel/Getty Images Braves Franchise History 1956 - Braves catcher Ebba St. Claire is part of three double plays tying the major league record in a 5-4 win over the Phillies. 1961 - Joe Adcock homered twice, but the Dodgers beat the Braves 8-3 behind Don Drysdale who allowed just four hits and also contributed a second inning grand slam. 1966 - The Braves fire Bobby Bra...2024
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  • • Baseball history unpacked, July 29
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  • Lions camp Day 4 observations: Terrion Arnold is adapting
    • Lions camp Day 4 observations: Terrion Arnold is adapting
    Eric Seals / USA TODAY NETWORK Observations from Day 4 of Lions training camp include Terrion Arnold adapting, Steven Gilmore ascending, and depth receivers making plays. The Detroit Lions welcomed 2,600 season ticket holders to their fourth day of 2024 training camp and the energy in Allen Park was impressive. From the moment players gravitated over towards the fans, the cheers were as lo...2024
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  • A profile of the MLB player in 1991
    • A profile of the MLB player in 1991
     I wrote a month or so ago that I've been working on a post on the 1991 Studio set. Based on the information provided by players on the back of that set's cards, could a personality profile be developed for the average Major League Baseball player in 1991? I went through all 264 cards. For most of the cards, there are four categories listed on the back that allows you to know the player ...2024
  • Outside The Confines: Four for the Hall
    • Outside The Confines: Four for the Hall
    Photo by Jim McIsaac/Getty Images Four new inductees into Cooperstown. A preview of the second half. Lots of injuries and other news from around MLB. Good morning. At least the Cubs won yesterday. Adrian Beltré, Todd Helton, Joe Mauer and Jim Leyland were all inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame yesterday. Jason Beck has a recap of the ceremonies. Tyler Kepner has a recap of the even...2024
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  • The National Ballpark Museum
    • The National Ballpark Museum
    Must see for fans On a recent trip to Denver to see the Royals play, more on that later, my son and I had the opportunity to make a visit to the National Ballpark Museum. The Museum is located at 1940 Blake Street, just a long home run from Coors Field. The museum is the brainchild of one Bruce “B” Hellerstein, who started putting this astounding collection together in the 1980s, securing the curr...2024
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  • Outside The Confines: All-Star Rosters are announced
    • Outside The Confines: All-Star Rosters are announced
    Charles LeClaire-USA TODAY Sports The All-Star Game rosters were announced. That means we can all complain about who got left out. More as the trade deadline and draft approaches. Good morning. Just pretend I wrote something clever and inspirational up here. I did watch a movie over the weekend where there was a a big armored car robbery just outside of Wrigley Field. Unfortunately, it w...2024

Willie Mays stats and results

  • • This day in Braves History: Bobby Cox reaches 2,000 career wins
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  • • Baseball history unpacked, September 2
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  • • Baseball history unpacked, August 28
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  • • Baseball history unpacked, August 5
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  • Brenton Doyle wins NL Player of the Month honors
    • Brenton Doyle wins NL Player of the Month honors
    Photo by Justin Edmonds/Getty Images He’s the first Rockie to win this award since CJ Cron in August 2021 We all knew Brenton Doyle was on fire in July, and today MLB agreed, recognizing him as the NL Player of the Month. View this post on Instagram A post shared by Colorado Rockies (@rockies) His accomplishments are significant. Over 24 games in July...2024
  • • Baseball history unpacked, July 29
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  • • A profile of the MLB player in 1991
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  • This Day in Braves History: Hank Aaron passes Willie Mays on the all-time homers list
    • This Day in Braves History: Hank Aaron passes Willie Mays on the all-time homers list
    Braves Franchise History 1918 - Dick Rudolph tosses a one-hitter beating Rube Bressler and the Reds 3-0. Hal Chase recorded the lone hit. 1931 - Rabbit Maranville scores five runs as the Braves beat the Cardinals 13-4. 1961 - The Braves tied the National League record with 14 homers in three games as they beat the Cubs at Wrigley Field 9-5. 1972 - Hank Aaron hits his 649th home run which moves ...2024
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  • • Outside The Confines: All-Star Rosters are announced
    2024
    Visit the page Charles LeClaire scores
  • This Day in Braves History: Chipper Jones is named an All-Star in his final season
    • This Day in Braves History: Chipper Jones is named an All-Star in his final season
    Photo by Dilip Vishwanat/Getty Images Braves Franchise History 1966 - Tony Cloninger hits two grand slams and drives in nine runs as the Braves blowout the Giants at Candlestick Park, 17-3. Cloninger is the first National League player to hit two grand slams in a game and is the first pitcher ever to drive in nine runs. 1967 - At Fulton County Stadium, Billy Williams, Ron Santo and Randy ...2024
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Willie Mays parents, kids, wife / husband, girlfriend / boyfriend

  • Back to the morgue
    • Back to the morgue
     Earlier this year, I wrote a post about some clippings I found in our newspaper morgue that pertained to baseball cards. I featured only one of the clips because it came with half-tones of two old baseball cards, the 1975 Topps Bert Blyleven and the 1976 Topps Pete Rose. But the envelope was filled with other clippings related to baseball cards. So I pulled a few of them that I tho...2024
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  • • The Boys of Summer
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  • • Baseball history unpacked, August 28
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  • Some photographs I've been meaning to post
    • Some photographs I've been meaning to post
    I've given the reusable grocery bag full of cards from Rod a first pass, but still have another round or two of sorting before I snap pics of some highlights (lots of good stuff!), but in the meantime, here's a post of photos from the past couple months or so.I know it's been a long time since Rod last dropped off cards on me.. because back in May he asked if I was going to be around one weekend t...2024
  • • Brenton Doyle wins NL Player of the Month honors
    2024
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  • • Lions camp Day 4 observations: Terrion Arnold is adapting
    2024
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  • • A profile of the MLB player in 1991
    2024
    Check it out Curt Schilling
  • • Outside The Confines: All-Star Rosters are announced
    2024
    See more articles Charles LeClaire
  • A mini
    • A mini "problem"
     It's taken me a little time to get to this package arrival, mostly because it's a lot to go over.That happens sometimes with the sends from Johnny's Trading Spot -- there's so much stuff and a lot of it is not the usual stuff, so some time has to go into the corresponding blog post.For example, this:This is way cool. It's a season highlights record of the 1959 Dodgers' season, their second y...2024
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  • Remembering Orlando Cepeda
    • Remembering Orlando Cepeda
    Photo by Louis Requena/MLB via Getty Images Last stop with the Royals This story originally ran July 25, 2022, and has been edited for content. After the advent of the designated hitter rule in 1973, American League clubs had to develop a plan as to who their DH would be. Some teams had an in-house option, such as Gates Brown with the Tigers or Tony Oliva with the Twins. Other teams went...2024
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Top Willie Mays news

  • • A-Rod carries Yanks to victory in series opener vs. Rays
    2015
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  • • Stephen Curry Gets Warm Welcome at San Francisco Giants Game, Crowd Chants 'MVP'
    2015
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  • • A-Rod's 661st HR, clutch Tex power Yanks to win
    Alex Rodriguez hit his 661st career homer to pass Willie Mays for sole possession of fourth place on the all-time list, and Mark Teixeira drove in a pair of runs as the Yankees defeated the Orioles, 4-3, on Thursday night at Yankee Stadium....2015
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  • • A-Rod crushes home run No. 659, moves within 1 of Willie Mays for 4th all-time
    2015
  • • World Series MVP Award renamed for Mays
    The World Series Most Valuable Player Award will now be tied to one of the all-time greats of the game: Willie Mays. Major League Baseball announced Friday that the award has been renamed the "Willie Mays World Series Most Valuable Player" in honor of the Hall of Famer....2017
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  • • World Series MVP Award renamed for Mays
    The World Series Most Valuable Player Award will now be tied to one of the all-time greats of the game: Willie Mays. Major League Baseball announced Friday that the award has been renamed the "Willie Mays World Series Most Valuable Player" in honor of the Hall of Famer....2017
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  • • A-Rod Continues to Turn Back the Clock for His Best Season in Years
    2015
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  • • Alex Rodriguez Collects His 3,000th Hit With a Home Run
    Rodriguez became only the third player to reach that milestone and 600 home runs. The two others are Hank Aaron and Willie Mays....2015
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  • The Cubs lineups are not as effective as they could be
    • The Cubs lineups are not as effective as they could be
    Mike Tauchman rounds the bases after a home run against the Mets | Photo by Dustin Satloff/Getty Images A cautionary tale of handedness obsessions If you are reading Bleed Cubbie Blue you likely obsess about the Chicago Cubs. You are probably watching all of the games, reading Al’s game recaps, joining in on the game threads here and there, and, if you’re anything like me, waiting obsessiv...2023
    See more articles Mike Tauchman
  • • Gary Peters, 1937-2023
    Our tribute to the Rookie of the Year and dominant 1960s pitching force comes in the form of an extended Q&A With the passing of Gary Peters, once again we are able to produce a wonderful tribute to him in the form of an extended Q&A. Peters, by WAR, was the 17th-best pitcher in the history of a very pitching-rich franchise, and tied with Ray Durham for 38th-best player overall. Our sincerely cond...2023
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  • • Sharing Sox Podcast 91 — Phillies phulphil while White Sox phlail and phlunk
    And who needs a manager, anyway? Trying to stay awake during what seems like a 5 1⁄2 -year break between LCSs and the World Series, SSS duty geezer Leigh Allan and his son and west coast correspondent, Will, indulge in a little nostalgia. That nostalgia ranges from the prospect of the return of Ozzieball to the new book that casts Frank Thomas as much more Big Jerk than Big Hurt in his playing day...2022
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  • • Scott Miller's Starting 9: Why Won't Anyone Take a Chance on Yoenis Cespedes?
    2016
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Willie Mays schedule, game

  • • This day in Braves History: Bobby Cox reaches 2,000 career wins
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  • • Baseball history unpacked, September 25
    2024
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  • • This Day in Braves History: Atlanta clinches NL East in both 2013 and 2018
    2024
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  • • Royals Rumblings - News for September 18, 2024
    2024
    Visit the page Anne Rogers
  • • This Day in Braves History: Otis Nixon is suspended for violating baseball’s drug policy
    2024
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  • • The Boys of Summer
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  • This day in Braves History: McCann hits first video review walk-off homer over Marlins
    • This day in Braves History: McCann hits first video review walk-off homer over Marlins
    Photo by Kevin C. Cox/Getty Images Of course the Braves were the first team to have something like this happen. Braves Franchise History 1930: A little comedy is injected into an 11-inning, 9-8 Braves victory over the Phillies. The Braves’ Rabbit Maranville makes the third out of the 4th inning in a steal attempt at second base. He argues vigorously and at length. Fresco Thompson of the P...2024
  • • Some photographs I've been meaning to post
    2024
  • • Lions camp Day 4 observations: Terrion Arnold is adapting
    2024
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  • Today in Cubs history: The Cubs in contention for the first time in late July in 13 years
    • Today in Cubs history: The Cubs in contention for the first time in late July in 13 years
    Getty Images It didn’t last, but it was a fun team to watch. After the Cubs won the NL pennant in 1945, the remnants of that team contended for a while the following year, as close as four games out of first place on July 20 before fading and finishing third, 13½ games behind the pennant-winning Cardinals. And then... a whole bunch of nothing. The next five seasons were losing ones, includ...2024
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Willie Mays rumors, scandals

  • • Baseball history unpacked, September 2
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  • That looks familiar
    • That looks familiar
     The latest edition of Beckett Vintage magazine showed up on the porch Monday. It contains my most recent article.The first 50-or-so pages of the issue is about the recently departed Willie Mays. I like the photo spread of every one of his Topps cards.My story shows up on page 72. It's about collector Roy Carlson who has created a hobby buzz in the last year with his discoveries of picture re...2024
  • Royals Rumblings - News for June 24, 2024
    • Royals Rumblings - News for June 24, 2024
    Photo by Eakin Howard/Getty Images I miss when the Boys Were Playing Some Ball. The Royals scuffled on offense, getting swept for the first time this year. “We’re going to keep playing hard,” Royals catcher and captain Salvador Perez said. “We’re going to forget about today. It’s over. Bad series for us. We concentrate on tomorrow and try to win the series at home.” Michael Wacha was solid...2024
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  • Outside The Confines: The Rickwood Field game brings history to the spotlight
    • Outside The Confines: The Rickwood Field game brings history to the spotlight
    Photo by Russell Kilgore Jr./MLB Photos via Getty Images Baseball remembers Willie Mays and other Negro League legends. The two big stories of the latter half of the week go hand in hand, with the Rickwood Field game happening on Thursday, just after the passing of the iconic Willie Mays late Tuesday. The memory of Mays and also remembering Negro Leagues legends of the past is a huge part ...2024
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  • Royals Rumblings - News for June 20, 2024
    • Royals Rumblings - News for June 20, 2024
    That was a fun moment between Butler and Gordon | Photo by Jamie Squire/Getty Images Thursdays are the new Friday! Ed note: Yes, I know, it’s not Friday. But when we get down to OT, this will make sense. Greg was gracious enough to switch when I realized the game today fit with the topic. For those of you who skip Friday Rumblings... shame on you. Or not. But this is the wild and bori...2024
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  • Baseball history unpacked, May 3
    • Baseball history unpacked, May 3
    Photo by Justin K. Aller/Getty Images A M-W-F digest, replete with #Cubs, #MLB, and #MiLB content, gathered from reputable sources. Happy birthday to Ryan Dempster 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 unf...2024
  • This Day in Braves History: Tim Hudson signs four year extension with Atlanta
    • 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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  • Your 1914 Montgomery Rebels!
    • Your 1914 Montgomery Rebels!
     1914 Game AdA hundred and ten years has passed since the 1914 Montgomery Rebels took the field in what was essentially a swan song for baseball in Alabama's capitol city. After the '14 season The Rebels would lose their franchise in the Southern Association and not see upper level affiliated baseball for nearly 30 years. Montgomery would not field a team at all in 1915 and only weakly in 191...2024
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  • Royals Rumblings - News for January 19, 2024
    • Royals Rumblings - News for January 19, 2024
    When I searched “Comiskey” and “Royals”, I got “Tartabull” and I’m good with that | Photo by Focus on Sport/Getty Images A surprisingly busy mid-January news day Sigh. I guess I get to start with stadium talk again as that was the biggest news. We’ll start with The Star story on this: With only hours to spare Thursday, Jackson County Executive Frank White vetoed an ordinance that would h...2024
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