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• This Day in Braves History: Brian Snitker is named N.L. Manager of the YearBraves Franchise History 1995 - Greg Maddux wins his fourth straight Cy Young Award after going 19-2 with a 1.63 ERA. 2018 - Brian Snitker wins the Manager of the Year award in the National League after guiding Atlanta back to the playoffs. Oakland’s Bob Melvin wins the award in the American League. MLB History 1899 - The National League announces that starting in 1900, there will be two umpires...2024Read about Brian Snitker news -
• That post cost me moneyYes, the same card topping consecutive posts. Sorry about that, but I wanted to discuss this card for just a minute. This will be a short post.Bloggers, do you pull a card from your collection for a post and realize for the first time -- even though you've owned that card for decades -- that it's got issues????That's what happened to me with the 1979 Topps Willie Stargell when I pulled it fo...2024 -
• Staying in '79Two straight posts on 1979! Hey, I guess I'm old!Forty-five years ago tonight was Game 7 of the 1979 World Series, when Willie Stargell clinched the Series for the Pirates, the most recent championship for the Pirates.That Series is notable for Stargell stars, "We Are Family," and some of the most colorful uniforms to appear together in a single WS. It's also the first World Series that I wa...2024Read about World Series news -
• The 1975 Topps countdown, worst to best (No. 40-21)I would be remiss if I didn't mention on a post devoted completely to cards issued in 1975 that we recently lost two key members of the 1975 baseball postseason.Both Pete Rose and Luis Tiant were critical parts of the two teams that reached the 1975 World Series. Both wily veterans by the '75 series, their abilities were trumpeted all over the playoff telecasts that year.At least that's what...2024Read about Pete Rose news -
• Best of the No Stars from 'my era'There was an interesting post on Diamond Jesters a week or so ago in which an all-star squad was assembled from junk-wax era players using junk-wax era cards.This all-star team was unique in one distinct way: none of the players ever played in an All-Star Game. I was intrigued yet repelled at the same time. I don't need to see those junk wax cards ever again! Social media has been celeb...2024Read about World Series news -
• Andrew McCutchen is putting the finishing touches on a storied careerPhoto by Norm Hall/Getty Images A spot in Cooperstown may be unlikely, but Andrew McCutchen deserves praise for an outstanding run. If I had to pick my favorite cliche statement in sports media, it’d be that father time is undefeated. Time and time again we see the decline of a once seemingly unstoppable athlete, as the miles start to pile on and they are simply not the same as they once ...2024Read about Andrew McCutchen news
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Willie Stargell injury and suspension
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• The 1975 Topps countdown, worst to best (No. 40-21)
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• This Day in Braves History: Chipper Jones homers in All-Star Game at Turner FieldPhoto by Jamie Squire/Getty Images Braves Franchise History 1957 - Felix Mantilla and Billy Bruton collide while chasing a pop fly. Mantilla will miss 19 games while Bruton hurts his knee and will miss almost a year. 1962 - Hank Aaron and Tommie Aaaron homer in the ninth inning to help the Braves to an 8-6 win over the Cardinals. It is the first time since the Waner brothers accomplished ...2024Read about Chipper Jones injuries -
• This Day in Braves History: Atlanta trades Orlando Cepeda to A’sBraves Franchise History 1972 - The Braves trade Orlando Cepeda to the A’s for Denny McLain. 1997 - Keith Lockhart hits a pinch-hit grand slam to help the Braves overcome a five-run deficit in a 6-5 win over the Phillies. Fred McGriff broke the tie in the seventh with a triple to give Atlanta the win. 2000 - John Rocker tosses a perfect eighth to help the Braves beat the Mets and end their seven...2024Read about Orlando Cepeda injuries -
• Baseball history unpacked, June 12Photo by Scott Kane/Getty Images A M-W-F digest, replete with #Cubs, #MLB, and #MiLB content, gathered from reputable sources. Happy birthday to Sean Newcomb and others, and more Cubs 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 a...2024Read about Sean Newcomb injuries -
• Baseball history unpacked, May 24Jon Lieber | Getty Images A M-W-F digest, replete with #Cubs, #MLB, and #MiLB content, gathered from reputable sources. Jon Lieber throws a shutout 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 cou...2024Read about Clark Griffith injuries -
• Baseball history unpacked, May 22The Hawk takes a walk | Getty Images A M-W-F digest, replete with #Cubs, #MLB, and #MiLB content, gathered from reputable sources. The Hawk takes walks and other baseball tales. 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 o...2024Read about Wrigley Field injuries -
• This Day in Braves History: Ronald Acuña Jr makes his major league debutBraves Franchise History 2018 - Ronald Acuña Jr. makes his major league debut for the Braves and records his first major league hit in the eighth inning against the Cincinnati Reds. Acuña will score the winning run in a 5-4 Atlanta win. 2021 - The Braves record just one hit in a doubleheader against the Diamondbacks. Zac Gallen allows just one hit and Madison Bumgarner doesn’t allow any in the tw...2024Read about Cincinnati Reds injuries -
• Baseball history unpacked, April 12Ryan Dempster | Photo by George Gojkovich/Getty Images A M-W-F digest, replete with #Cubs, #MLB, and #MiLB content, gathered from reputable sources. Dempster does a deed 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 th...2024Read about Ryan Dempster injuries -
• It’s time for the Royals to honor George SpriggsOur only alumni The Royals have made some significant moves this spring, inducting Bo Jackson, John Schuerholz and Cedric Tallis into the team’s Hall of Fame. Now that Tallis has been inducted, I’ll need to find a new windmill to tilt at. Bringing attention to the Tallis oversight has been one of my main passions the last five years and I’m very happy for the Tallis family to see this long-overdu...2024Read about John Schuerholz injuries -
• Baseball history unpacked, March 6The Hawk comes to Chicago | Photo by Focus on Sport/Getty Images A M-W-F digest, replete with #Cubs, #MLB, and #MiLB content, gathered from reputable sources. Free of charge for the discerning reader. Andre Dawson comes to Chicago, 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, ...2024Read about Andre Dawson injuries
Willie Stargell lifestyle
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"1971 - Willie Stargell homered three times to help the Pirates to a 10-2 win over the Braves." - 2023
"1971 - Willie Stargell homered three times to help the Pirates to a 10-2 win over the Braves." - 2022
"Baseball’s players may be locked out, but Dusty Baker, at 72, is hard at work in his vineyards, trusting advice from Willie Stargell and paying tribute to Henry Aaron." - 2021
"A second baseman, he was part of baseball’s first all-minority lineup in 1971, along with the future Hall of Famers Roberto Clemente and Willie Stargell." - 2020
"Pirates all-time team: Roberto Clemente, Barry Bonds, Honus Wagner, Willie Stargell and more" - 2018
"Andrew McCutchen was the face of the Pirates' franchise for nine seasons, its best player since Barry Bonds and perhaps its most beloved star since Willie Stargell." - 2017
"Winning was common with the Pirates, with World Series triumphs in 1971 and again eight years later with the “We Are Family” team led by the late, great Willie Stargell." - 2016
"With all due respects to the exploits of Barry Bonds and Willie Stargell, it could be argued that he could be the franchise’s most important stakeholder since Roberto Clemente." - 2015
"David Ortiz ties Stan Musial and Willie Stargell for 29th on all-time homer list" - 2014
"All hail Willie Stargell and Sister Sledge."
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Willie Stargell trade rumors, contract, salary rumors
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• Andrew McCutchen is putting the finishing touches on a storied career
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• This Day in Braves History: Chipper Jones extends his hit streak to 14 gamesPhoto by Scott Cunningham/Getty Images Braves Franchise History 1944 - The Dodgers score eight unearned runs to defeat the Braves 8-5 and snap a 16-game losing streak. 1992 - Greg Maddux announces that he has broken off negotiations with the Cubs and will become a free agent at the end of the season. Maddux will sign with the Atlanta Braves during the offseason. 2001 - Fred McGriff invok...2024Read about Chipper Jones trade rumors -
• This Day in Braves History: May 20thBraves Franchise History 1947 - The Boston Braves fall to the Pittsburgh Pirates 4-3 in a game that features 22 hits that are all singles. 1953 - The Milwaukee Braves play their 13th home game and surpass the attendance total for the previous season, when the franchise played in Boston. 2001 - The Braves beat the Giants 11-6, but Barry Bonds homered twice and became just the 23rd player in major...2024Read about Pittsburgh Pirates trade rumors -
• It’s time for the Royals to honor George Spriggs
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• Baseball history unpacked, March 6
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• A Royals geographical lessonPhoto by © Wally McNamee/CORBIS/Corbis via Getty Images Who produces the best regional talent While snowed in recently, I got to thinking about states that seem to produce more professional athletes. Pennsylvania comes to mind immediately. Looking at the top football players who came out of Pennsylvania is like looking at a Hall of Fame roster. Same with baseball, as some of the biggest na...2024Read about Stan Musial trade rumors -
• This Day in Braves History: Atlanta signs Gaylord PerryPhoto by MLB via Getty Images Braves Franchise History 1906 - The owners of the Boston Beaneaters reject a $250,000 offer for the team. 1949 - The New York Giants are fined $2,000, and their manager Leo Durocher $500, for signing Freddie Fitzsimmons as a coach while he was still under contract to the Boston Braves. Fitzsimmons gets a $500 fine and a 30-day spring training suspension. 1972 ...2024Read about Gaylord Perry trade rumors -
• This Day in Braves History: Chipper Jones extends extra-base streak to 14-straight games
Photo by Scott Cunningham/Getty Images Braves Franchise History 1944 - The Dodgers score eight unearned runs to defeat the Braves 8-5 and snap a 16-game losing streak. 1992 - Greg Maddux announces that he has broken off negotiations with the Cubs and will become a free agent at the end of the season. Maddux will sign with the Atlanta Braves during the offseason. 2001 - Fred McGriff invok...2023Read about Chipper Jones trade rumors
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• This Day in Braves History: May 20
Set Number: X4777 TK4 C6 F21 Braves Franchise History 1947 - The Boston Braves fall to the Pittsburgh Pirates 4-3 in a game that features 22 hits that are all singles. 1953 - The Milwaukee Braves play their 13th home game and surpass the attendance total for the previous season, when the franchise played in Boston. 2001 - The Braves beat the Giants 11-6, but Barry Bonds homered twice and...2023Read about Pittsburgh Pirates trade rumors
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• Baseball history unpacked, March 6
Happy birthday, Jake Arrieta! | Quinn Harris-USA TODAY Sports A thrice-weekly digest, replete with #Cubs, #MLB, and #MiLB factoids, gathered from reputable sources. The Hawk signs a blank check, Kirby Puckett departs this vale, 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...2023Read about Jake Arrieta trade rumors
Willie Stargell stats and results
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• Andrew McCutchen is putting the finishing touches on a storied career
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• Baseball history unpacked, May 24
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• Cubs history: The bizarre way the Cubs helped decide the 1974 NL East titleOh, this is a good one. The 1974 Cubs were not a very good team, and that was by design after the teams of the previous several years had contended and failed to make the postseason. Stars like Fergie Jenkins, Ron Santo, Glenn Beckert, Bill Hands and Randy Hundley were traded away. Sure, there were still some decent players on the club — Rick Monday, Jose Cardenal and Rick Reuschel — and a solid a...2023Read about NL East stats -
• This Day in Braves History: John Smoltz shuts out Pirates to send Atlanta to NLCSSet Number: X42016 TK3 Braves Franchise History 1991 - John Smoltz shuts out the Pirates, 4-0 as the Braves beat the Pirates in Game 7 of the NLCS to win their first pennant since moving from Milwaukee. Brian Hunter’s two-run home run in the first inning is all the runs that Smoltz will need. 1992 - Tom Glavine tosses a complete game in a 3-1 win over the Blue Jays in Game 1 of the World...2023Read about John Smoltz stats -
• Why people just can't get behind the Washington Nationals
The Washington Nationals. Ugh. Just the mention of this uninspiring “patriotic” team name drums up feelings of mediocrity, hopelessness and despair; a certain level of inferiority; a knowledge that the team being spoken about is not quite good enough — kind of like an 1100 on an SAT test or a seven on the Wonderlic. Harsh? Hardly. For a team that has consistently tried to put itself in a position ...2016Read about Montreal Expos stats
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• Scott Miller's Starting 9: Dodgers, Yankees, Cubs, Nats Look to Solve Problems
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• Royals Rout Sends 'Crazy' World Series Spinning into Game 7 Wednesday Night
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Willie Stargell parents, kids, wife / husband, girlfriend / boyfriend
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• The 1975 Topps countdown, worst to best (No. 40-21)
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• Andrew McCutchen is putting the finishing touches on a storied career
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• This Day in Braves History: Chipper Jones homers in All-Star Game at Turner Field
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• Quieting the little voices in my headI don't know about you but among the many voices in my head are the ones that say "have you finished this set yet?" "Don't forget to complete that team set!" "Wow, it's a long time since you did anything with that set!"So many voices and out-and-out badgering about card tasks. So the first Sportlots order of the year was about quieting a bunch of those voices -- or at least cutting down on t...2024Read about Dizzy Dean -
• It’s time for the Royals to honor George Spriggs
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• A Royals geographical lesson
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• This Day in Braves History: Chipper Jones homers in the All-Star game at Turner Field
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• Hall of Famer's widow causes stir with memorabilia auction
PITTSBURGH (AP) The family of baseball Hall of Famer Willie Stargell said it is hurt and angry that his widow is auctioning his memorabilia, including his World Series ring and his National League MVP award....2017Read about World Series
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• Scott Miller's Starting 9: Dodgers, Yankees, Cubs, Nats Look to Solve Problems
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• Royals Rout Sends 'Crazy' World Series Spinning into Game 7 Wednesday Night
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Top Willie Stargell news
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• David Ortiz ties Stan Musial and Willie Stargell for 29th on all-time homer list
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• This Day in Braves History: Rafael Furcal has three triples in win over Marlins
Braves Franchise History 1982 - The Braves beat the Cincinnati Reds 4-3 to extend their winning streak to 13-straight to start the season. 2002 - Rafael Furcal hits three triples to tie the modern major league record as the Braves defeat the Marlins 4-2. MLB History 1898 - Phillies pitcher Bill Duggleby hits a grand slam in his first major league at-bat. Bobby Bonds hit a grand slam in his firs...2023Read about Rafael Furcal
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• This Day in Braves History: Andres Galarraga hits his 300th career home run
Braves Franchise History 1963 - The Braves acquire Chico Fernandez from the Tigers for Lou Johnson and cash. They then immediately deal Fernandez to the Mets for Larry Foss. 1996 - The Braves overcome a 6-0 deficit and win in Colorado on a pinch-hit grand slam by Sid Bream. 1998 - Andres Galarraga hits his 300th career home run but the Braves fall to the Padres 3-2. MLB History 1906 - Playing w...2023Read about Andres Galarraga
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• This Day in Braves History: Greg Maddux needs just 78 pitches in complete game against Cubs
Photo by SPX/Diamond Images via Getty Images Braves Franchise History 1939 - A Boston Bees fan jumps from the stands to punch Boston catcher Al Lopez after he drops a pop up in foul territory for the second time in the game. The Bees finished the game with seven errors. 1967 - The Braves establish a major league record when they use five pitchers in the same inning in a 5-4 loss to the Ca...2023Read about Greg Maddux
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• This Day in Braves History: Ronald Acuña Jr. makes his major league debut
Photo by Andy Lyons/Getty Images Braves Franchise History 2018 - Ronald Acuña Jr. makes his major league debut for the Braves and records his first major league hit in the eighth inning against the Cincinnati Reds. Acuña will score the winning run in a 5-4 Atlanta win. 2021 - The Braves record just one hit in a doubleheader against the Diamondbacks. Zac Gallen allows just one hit and Madis...2023Read about Andy Lyons
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• The man who 'didn't just hit pitchers, he took away their dignity'
Willie Stargell would've turned 82 today...2023
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• Papi passes Musial, Stargell on HR list
Red Sox slugger David Ortiz hit his 476th career homer Sunday against the Royals, passing Hall of Famers Stan Musial and Willie Stargell for 29th place on the all-time home run list....2015Read about Red Sox
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• This Day in Braves History: Brian Snitker is named N.L. Manager of the Year
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• Staying in '79
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• The 1975 Topps countdown, worst to best (No. 40-21)
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• Best of the No Stars from 'my era'
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• Andrew McCutchen is putting the finishing touches on a storied career
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• This Day in Braves History: Atlanta snaps Pete Rose’s 44-game hitting streakBraves Franchise History 1914 - The miracle Braves beat the Cardinals 4-3 in 10 innings to reach the .500 mark at 45-45. 1953 - Warren Spahn tosses his 31st career shutout in a 5-0 win over Philadelphia. An infield single by Richie Ashburn is the only hit Spahn will allow. 1954 - The Dodgers and Braves mix it up after Clem Labine beans Joe Adcock in the head. Gene Conley answers by knocking down...2024Read about Pete Rose -
• This Day in Braves History: Chipper Jones homers in All-Star Game at Turner Field
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• It’s time for the Royals to honor George Spriggs
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• A Royals geographical lesson
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• This Day in Braves History: Atlanta signs Gaylord Perry
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• Andrew McCutchen is putting the finishing touches on a storied career
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