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• Braves News: Atlanta loses six straight, Michael Harris II confident of mid-August return, and more

Vincent Carchietta-USA TODAY Sports Atlanta Braves news and notes from Friday. For the first time since 2017, the Atlanta Braves have lost six straight games. Friday night’s 8-4 loss to the New York Mets extended the Braves’ skid and placed them at third in the NL East. Charlie Morton got the start and lasted just 2.2 frames. He surrendered seven runs, five of them earned. Adam Duvall ho...2024
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• Astros 5, Dodgers 0: A lack of effort & thinking plus a swiss cheese roster gets expected result
Things got off to a bad start when the broadcast made us relive the 2017 World Series and then didn’t mention how the result got that way, then we had to watch this depleted Dodgers roster get humiliated by the Astros in a 5-0 loss. Apple broadcast playing the 2017 World Series highlights and not …...2024
• Mets acquire World Series-winning pitcher in trade

The New York Mets continue to load up on experienced arms....2024
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• Zach Eflin trade grades: Orioles get 'A' for landing veteran starter from division rival Rays

Eflin fills an immediate need for the Orioles as they look to win the World Series...2024
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• Rays trade Zach Eflin to Baltimore Orioles

Photo by Mike Ehrmann/Getty Images Tampa Bay deals their Opening Day starter to a division rival for three prospects. The Tampa Bay Rays are trading 2024 Opening Day starter Zach Eflin to the division rival Baltimore Orioles in exchange for three prospects, according to ESPN’s Jeff Passan. Trade news: The Baltimore Orioles are acquiring right-handed starter Zach Eflin from the Tampa Bay ...2024
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• Phillies add 2023 All-Star outfielder in trade with Orioles

It’s a rare swap of major leaguers between a pair of World Series hopefuls. The former All-Star will give the Phillies a more impactful right-handed bat in their outfield mix....2024

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• Good Morning San Diego: Padres celebrate Dylan Cease no-hitter

Photo by Jess Rapfogel/Getty Images Everything you need to know about MLB news and your San Diego Padres for Friday, July 26, 2024. San Diego Padres News Padres’ Cease throws no-hitter against Nationals (ESPN.com) Spectacular Cease spins 2nd no-hitter in Padres history (MLB.com) Padres’ Dylan Cease no-hits Nationals in 3-0 win (Yahoo! Sports) Padres’ Dylan Cease throws no-hitter; second ...2024
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• The Braves suck right now but that’s part of fandom

Photo by Alex Slitz/Getty Images Diehard fans stay with a team during the goods times and the bad. Right now, Braves fans are being tested. Yes, the Atlanta Braves suck right now. There are no two ways about it. Although they still lead the Wild Card standings they have been struggling since May and have yet to be able to turn things around. We all know one of the major reasons they are s...2024
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• Walker Buehler Gets Brutally Honest About Struggles With Dodgers

The Los Angeles Dodgers have suffered through several significant injuries. In spite of these short-term setbacks, the expectation for the Dodgers is still World Series or bust. The Dodgers can expect to get some of their key players back in time for a postseason run. It’s too soon, however, to pencil right-handed pitcher Walker Buehler …...2024
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• Five lesser known Royals prospects performing well in 2024

Photo by Zac BonDurant/MLB Photos via Getty Images Sometimes valuable big leaguers come from places you’d least expect. It’s fairly easy to follow along with the Royals' top prospects. At least, most fans could probably name the top handful of guys working their way through the pipeline. Many of them, including Blake Mitchell, Gavin Cross, and Ben Kudrna have had solid seasons and taken no...2024
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• The White Sox have lost 76 games. Can they beat fantasy baseball’s worst lineup?

Sam Hodde/Getty Images The Rangers win, and the Memphis Rags make their national debut The 2024 White Sox season slogs on. Pedro Grifol, in his apathetic, monotone voice that displays less humanity than an AI skipper, makes the bizarre claim that the team is almost there. John Schriffen calls another pitch “juicy.” We are in baseball hell. The White Sox are the final square of one-ply to...2024
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• MLB Trade Deadline: Could the Braves deal for an outfielder?

Injuries and ineffectiveness have pushed the Braves to the brink of desperation in terms of needing outfield help. (Editor’s note: In the past, we have run Trade Deadline series focused on specific targets. However, as we all know at this point, we could run 35 pieces identifying potential acquisitions, and the Braves would somehow manage to acquire four players outside of that set of 35. So, we’r...2024
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• 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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• Cub Tracks’ miles to go before I sleep

Photo by Jamie Sabau/Getty Images #Cubs, #MLB, and #MiLB news, notes, and commentary, four days a week, rain or shine. The Cubs dropped another game from the schedule. The Cubs’ caravan’s awry. 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 w...2024
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• Royals load up on pitching with a draft class headlined by a supreme two-way talent

Photo by Sam Hodde/MLB Photos via Getty Images Kansas City looks to replenish the farm. The 2024 MLB Draft has concluded, with 615 amateur baseball players being given the opportunity to fulfill their ambitions of playing professional baseball. The Kansas City Royals have 20 of these players that they will attempt to sign to professional contracts. If you’re looking for a more high-level o...2024
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• I wish July could last forever

I have a natural bias when it comes to the month of July. Naturally I am going to like it because it's my birthday month.It is also the month for the All-Star Game, one of my favorite sports events. It's also a month in which baseball is the primary sport in action and every one of those other sports that dominates the calendar loudly -- football, basketball, hockey -- aren't playing. Even m...2024
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• The 1975 Topps countdown, worst to best (No. 120-101)

Well, three out of the four posts I've made this week have some sort of mention of 1975 Topps, so why not make it 4-for-5, that always sound better than 3-for-4 in the baseball realm.Once I get through this episode of the countdown, there will be just 100 cards left, which means nothing but greatness ahead.So let's get to it, no fancy intro this time. 120: Ed Kranepool (card 324)S...2024
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• My summer baseball reading list

Just take a look, it’s in a book. When I was about 10 years old, I got really into baseball. I was a bookish kid already, so anytime I went to the library I checked out two kinds of books - Matt Christopher novels and baseball biographies. Matt Christopher wrote a series of fictional kids books about baseball like Catcher with a Glass Arm and The Kid Who Only Hit Homers, which I loved. I also love...2024
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• Royals Rumblings - News for June 17, 2024

Photo by Jayne Kamin-Oncea/Getty Images MJ with grand salami. Seth Lugo became the first American League pitcher to reach 10 wins, the first time he has reached that mark as a big leaguer. “It feels great,” Lugo said. “You know, I never got to 10 in the big leagues or the minors. So getting to 10 was really cool. I was waiting for that one.” MJ Melendez had an epic 12-pitch at-bat before h...2024
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• Royals Rumblings - News for June 14, 2024

Yesterday was fun. Ok, the 8th inning wasn’t. But the rest of the game was. | Photo by David Eulitt/Getty Images Yesterday was a big win in a young(-ish) season already full of nice wins Roster move yesterday: Lynch down, Veneziano up We have made the following roster moves: pic.twitter.com/gjxt4TeqDP— Kansas City Royals (@Royals) June 13, 2024 As part of his series about Kansas Ci...2024
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• Today in baseball history: The 1981 strike begins

Photo by Jonathan Daniel/Getty Images This labor dispute wiped out a third of the season. After threats of a player strike for more than a year, the MLB Players Association took its members out on a strike that began June 12, 1981. A book called “Split Season 1981” by Jeff Katz — well worth reading, incidentally — described what happened in great detail. Here’s what Katz said about it in a...2024
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• The All-Star game is coming. Are you ready to vote?

Maikel Garcia #11 and Bobby Witt Jr. #7 of the Kansas City Royals are splashed by MJ Melendez #1 after the Royals defeated the Detroit Tigers 10-3 to win the game at Kauffman Stadium on May 21, 2024 in Kansas City, Missouri. | Photo by Jamie Squire/Getty Images How many Royals will be headed to Arlington instead of on a vacation? Believe it or not, the All-Star Game is coming up fast. Voti...2024
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• Know Your Enemy Cincinnati: Marge Schott and The Fine Line

Focus on Sport/Getty Images Remembering a polarizing owner Note: this year’s “Know Your Enemy” will take a few different paths. We’re not always going to examine the pitching matchups unless notable. Rather, we’ll look at the scoundrels, oddities, histories, and other elements that make our enemies interesting. Cincinnati is a surprise to the first-time visitor. If you arrive by car, fr...2024
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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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• The history of cities that rejected baseball park ballot measures

Photo by Kirby Lee/Getty Images Teams don’t typically move at the first “no” vote. Last week, Jackson County voters resoundingly rejected a proposal to extend a 3/8 cent sales tax for another 40 years to fund a new downtown ballpark for the Royals and renovations for Arrowhead Stadium for the Chiefs. The failed vote immediately brought concerns that the Royals could soon relocate, possibl...2024
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"Bellinger’s 2020 season wasn’t as strong and he injured himself during the World Series that year."

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"Robinson spent his entire 23-year career in Baltimore, where he won two World Series and was an 18-time All-Star."

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"Phillies to include Pete Rose as part of celebration for 1980 World Series championship team"

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"World Series: Joc Pederson becomes ninth player to win championship in back-to-back years with different teams"

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"Tom Seaver, the Hall of Fame pitcher who led the Mets to a World Series title in 1969 and won three Cy Young Awards, died Monday at age 75."

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"The defending World Series champs and the game’s biggest agent have kicked off the Winter Meetings with a bang."

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"Cubs seek return to World Series in '18"

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"Enrique Hernandez smacked three home runs, including a grand slam in the third inning, and had seven RBIs to back Clayton Kershaw and power the Dodgers to an 11-1 victory in Game 5 of the NL Championship Series presented by Camping World and eliminate the defending World Series champion Cubs."

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"The Cubs are headed to the World Series for the first time since 1945 after they defeated Clayton Kershaw and the Dodgers, 5-0, in Game 6 of the National League Championship Series on Saturday night at Wrigley Field in Chicago."

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"A mainstay player on 10 Yankee championship teams who as a manager led the Yankees and Mets to the World Series, Berra may have been better known for his bumbling yet wise way with words."

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"Troops will be honored at Game 1 of the 2014 World Series on Tuesday during the seventh-inning stretch, and Big Papi made sure Tom Pittman (Iraq and Afghanistan veteran), Doug Whalen (two tours in Iraq) and Molly Alesch (active servicewoman) would play a part."

• Evaluating what the Royals can offer in a trade

Photo by Michael Zagaris/Oakland Athletics/Getty Images Gotta give up talent to get talent. Tuesday’s trade deadline is fast approaching, and the Royals will likely be buyers for the first time in several seasons. The team has a low-ranked farm system, according to several evaluators. Will they have enough to offer other teams to receive players that can make a difference? They have shown ...2024
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• 2 Chicago Cubs players linked to World Series contender on MLB trade block

Two Chicago Cubs players are being linked to a World Series contender ahead of next week's MLB trade deadline....2024
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• The Braves suck right now but that’s part of fandom
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• 10 Underrated Moments in the 2005 World Series
The post 10 Underrated Moments in the 2005 World Series appeared first on Sox On 35th. The 2024 White Sox are bad. They are on the verge of breaking franchise records for being so bad. With us again being sellers at the trade deadline in a… The post 10 Underrated Moments in the 2005 World Series appeared first on Sox On 35th....2024
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• Diamondbacks series preview: The defending National League champs come to town

Photo by Norm Hall/Getty Images Their pennant defense hasn’t gone as planned. Last fall, the Diamondbacks went on a run to win the second National League pennant in club history. They fell to the Rangers in the World Series, but had a good team led by a young star in Corbin Carroll, with expectations they had a window of contention. But the team stumbled out of the gate this year, and were...2024
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• MLB Trade Deadline: Could the Braves deal for an outfielder?
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• Outside The Confines: Four for the Hall
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• The Purple Row staff shares their favorite memories of Todd Helton

Photo by Justin Edmonds/Getty Images The Toddfather has left his mark on both the Rockies franchise and their fans As Todd Helton prepares to take his place in the MLB Hall of Fame, we thought it would be a good time for staff members to reflect on their memories of The Toddfather. The ceremony starts at 11:30am MT. ★ ★ ★ Sam Bradfield My late maternal grandfather was a baseball guy, alwa...2024
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• Cub Tracks’ miles to go before I sleep
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• Astros 5, Dodgers 0: A lack of effort & thinking plus a swiss cheese roster gets expected result
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• Is Bobby Witt having the greatest season in Royals history?

Photo by Ed Zurga/Getty Images Is Bobby Witt Jr. putting up a better season than 1980 George Brett? Bobby Witt Jr. is on an incredible tear. Through 15 games this July he is slashing .508/.523/.932 for an absurd 296 wRC+. He has 30 hits, that’s two per game, and 12 of them are for extra bases. Also, he has passed Aaron Judge on the Fangraphs WAR leaderboard. I am not sure that I have ever ...2024
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• Royals starting pitching has gone from disaster to outstanding

William Purnell-USA TODAY Sports Quantifying the effect of the Royals’ improved starting pitching Last season, I wrote an article titled “Avoiding the Disaster Start.” The Royals were 45 games into the season, floundering with a 14-31 record, and had recently gone through a stretch where the starting pitcher had failed to complete five innings and had given up more runs than innings pitche...2024
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• The Purple Row staff shares their favorite memories of Todd Helton
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• Cub Tracks’ miles to go before I sleep
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• Royals load up on pitching with a draft class headlined by a supreme two-way talent
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• 2024 MLB Draft: Chicago Cubs recap

Ty Southisene | Mark J. Rebilas-USA TODAY Sports The 2024 MLB Draft is now complete. Here are some initial thoughts. The 2024 MLB Draft is now over, and the important thing is that there are 20 new members of the Cubs family. The Cubs had a well-balanced draft, with nine pitchers (six right-handers and thee left-handers) and eleven position players. There were seven infielders, two outfie...2024
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• Four takeaways from the 2024 MLB All-Star Game

Photo by Brett Patzke/MLB Photos via Getty Images A Sock, Shohei, Skenes, Soto, and so, so much Texas. Major League Baseball held its 94th All-Star Game on Tuesday night in Texas, the first to be hosted by the Rangers since 1995. That particular Midsummer Classic featured some of the most dangerous hitters of the ‘90s, like Barry Bonds, Frank Thomas, Tony Gwynn, Cal Ripken Jr., and Mike Pi...2024
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• Day 2 of the draft was ... underwhelming

Among non-relievers, the White Sox made one high-upside pick on Monday: Casey Saucke. | Samuel Lewis/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images First-day costs create rest-of-draft depression Our every-pick-in-real-time trick that has been pulled off successfully by Brett and staff for about five years running was completed again, just not here. If you want greater detail on every player the White S...2024
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• Vic Joseph Wants His Passion For Pro Wrestling To Be His Legacy
Vic Joseph speaks to Fightful about how he wants to be remembered by wrestling fans. Vic Joseph is currently the voice of WWE NXT but he's also a longtime wrestling fan and would like his passion for the sport to be his legacy. Speaking to Sean Ross Sapp ahead of WWE WrestleMania XL, Joseph claimed that being involved in pro wrestling was his lifelong dream and he considers covering the World Se...2024
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• The White Sox have lost 76 games. Can they beat fantasy baseball’s worst lineup?
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• The beautiful baseball beef between Mike Piazza and Roger Clemens

Piazza smoked Clemens with his bat (figuratively) and then Clemens tried to smoke Piazza with his bat (literally) If you know one thing about Mike Piazza’s beef with Roger Clemens, it’s probably the moment in Game 2 of the 2000 World Series when Clemens threw a chunk of Piazza’s broken bat right back at Piazza. That’s definitely the climax of the feud, but it wasn’t an isolated incident. Clemens v...2024
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• The Purple Row staff shares their favorite memories of Todd Helton
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• The 1975 Topps countdown, worst to best (No. 120-101)
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• Washington Nationals news & notes: Nats’ “second-half” and preparing for the future…

Notes and quotes on the Nationals heading into the second-half of the 2024 season… Davey Martinez delivered a simple but important message to his players with the 2024 MLB Trade Deadline only two weeks away (July 30th). Martinez talked with his team about the additional changes likely to come after the club traded Hunter Harvey to Kansas City this past weekend. “We’re building a team here to win ...2024
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• 2024 MLB Draft: Chicago Cubs recap
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• Outside The Confines: The stars at night are big and bright . . .

Photo by Maddie Malhotra/Boston Red Sox/Getty Images The All-Star Game and Home Run Derby took place this week. As if that wasn’t enough news, so did the MLB Draft. Also, announcer rankings. What are we going to do today with no baseball? Anthony Castrovince offers his thoughts and has a recap of the American League’s 5-3 win over the National League in the All-Star Game. Do-Hyoung Park ...2024
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• Wednesday Rockpile: Will Charlie Condon save the Colorado Rockies?

Photo by Jeff Moreland/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images Colorado Rockies news and links for Wednesday, July 17, 2024 When a team makes a pick at the top of the draft, it’s typically with the intent of selecting a franchise-altering player. We have seen plenty of players become the face of their respective franchises and put them on a course for success. How long that success carries varies...2024
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• Yogi Berra, Master Catcher With a Goofy Wit, Dies at 90
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• Seaver, Hall of Famer and Mets legend, dies at 75
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• Arrieta, Cubs ace Wild Card test vs. Bucs
The Cubs' first step toward their ultimate goal of ending a 107-year World Series championship drought was contentious, yet also decisive. Jake Arrieta weaved his routine spell, and rookie Kyle Schwarber drove in the first three runs -- two on a majestic 450-foot homer out of PNC Park -- and Chicago blanked Pittsburgh, 4-0, in Wednesday night's National League Wild Card Game presented by Budweiser...2015
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• Resolution: Dodgers should be awarded WS titles
A resolution urging Major League Baseball to strip the Houston Astros and Boston Red Sox of recent World Series titles and award them to the Los Angeles Dodgers has been unanimously approved by the L.A. City Council....2020
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• Astros' Luhnow, Hinch suspended for 2020 season
Astros GM Jeff Luhnow and manager AJ Hinch have been suspended for one season after an MLB investigation found the team used technology to cheat during its World Series-winning 2017 season, it was announced Monday....2020
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• Dodgers' Series dream ends with loss to Cubs
The Cubs are headed to the World Series for the first time since 1945 after they defeated Clayton Kershaw and the Dodgers, 5-0, in Game 6 of the National League Championship Series on Saturday night at Wrigley Field in Chicago. The Cubs won the best-of-seven series, four games to two, to wrap up the 11th NL pennant in franchise history....2016
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• Yankees to retire Nos. of Bernie, Jorge, Pettitte
The Yankees will honor some of the most influential figures of the 1990s World Series dynasty when they retire the numbers of Bernie Williams, Jorge Posada and Andy Pettitte. The club will also add a plaque for Willie Randolph to Monument Park this season....2015
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• Blazing Cain: Dash from first sends KC to WS
The Royals advanced to their second straight World Series for the first time in franchise history with a pulsating 4-3 win over the Blue Jays in Game 6 of the American League Championship Series on Friday night at Kauffman Stadium....2015
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• The White Sox have lost 76 games. Can they beat fantasy baseball’s worst lineup?
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• Royals Rumblings - News for July 8, 2024

Photo by Scott Winters/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images Four stars for the Royals! Anne Rogers talks to Bobby Witt Jr. about his first All-Star nod, which will take place in his home state of Texas. “I was going home no matter what, but now it just makes it more special,” Witt said. “I don’t really have a lot of words to describe it. It’ll be one of those moments that’s going to last a lif...2024
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• MLB Roundup: Week 13

Two heavy hitters for the Orioles continue to show dominance, as they take the AL East lead. | Mitch Stringer-USA TODAY Sports The Guardians and Phillies continue to duke it out for the best team in baseball, a bat boy saves Shohei Ohtani, and ... are the Astros back? The action never ceases within MLB, so of course there have been many resurgences and regressions across both league. Wher...2024
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• Royals reportedly interested in Tommy Pham

Photo by Rich Schultz/Getty Images The 11-year vet can hit, but will he mesh with this team? The Royals are dead last in offensive production from the outfielders, who have collectively hit .210/.270/.345 this year. J.J. Picollo recently talked about lengthening his lineup with another bat, and according to reporter Jon Heyman, White Sox outfielder Tommy Pham is a name they are considering...2024
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• Ravens News 6/21: Bird Gang

Photo by Greg Fiume/Getty Images Odafe Oweh Has High Expectations: ‘I’m Chasing Perfection’ Clifton Brown, BaltimoreRavens.com The outside linebacker has been a noticeable presence on defense during offseason practices, knifing into the backfield consistently and giving offensive linemen fits. Oweh enjoyed his best season in 2023 with five sacks, 23 tackles, 12 quarterback hits and two ...2024
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• Introducing the brand-new 2025 White Sox!

Brand-new white socks for brand-new White Sox. | foxsox.com If only This is a fantasy. It would be a fantasy in most cases, but it is assuredly so until you-know-who goes off to the Great Tax Shelter in the Sky. That’s because it’s a good and innovative idea, and good and/or innovative ideas are foreign to the Chicago White Sox. Naytheless, on we go. LET US BEGIN THE REBIRTH This plan c...2024
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• Baseball history unpacked, April 26

Getty Images A M-W-F digest, replete with #Cubs, #MLB, and #MiLB content, gathered from reputable sources. Happy birthday to Kosuke Fukudome, 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 of...2024
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• A Game of Groans

Nuccio DiNuzzo/Getty Images Much like the smash hit TV series about a quest for power, the 8th season of the White Sox rebuild is letting fans down. But even after a historically bad start, showrunner Jerry Reinsdorf appears keen to do nothing but watch it burn. Chaos is a Ladder Jerry Reinsdorf — the beleaguered owner of the Chicago White Sox — grimaced in disgust as he watched his team ...2024
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• Baseball is back! Opening Day 2024
Happy Opening Day! Baseball is back! Around the League Kodai Senga (shoulder) was able to start a throwing program on Wednesday which included a light catch. His current timeline is a 6-week ramp-up period so we will get more news along the way on how his shoulder has responded. SS Matt McClain had surgery on Tuesday to repair a torn labrum in his left shoulder. The Reds have said they hope ...2024
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• Opening Day is Here - March 27th, 2024
Available Opening Day Starters If you have room on your roster and want to get someone on the mound out of the gates tomorrow, here are some Opening Day starters that should be available in free agency. Garrett Crochet, CHW (7.8% ROST) The 24-year-old southpaw is getting the nod tomorrow against the Tigers. Crochet has made 72 relief appearances in his three-year big league career, but this will...2024
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• Braves News: Atlanta loses six straight, Michael Harris II confident of mid-August return, and more
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• 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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• The Braves suck right now but that’s part of fandom
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• The White Sox have lost 76 games. Can they beat fantasy baseball’s worst lineup?
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• Is Bobby Witt having the greatest season in Royals history?
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• Royals starting pitching has gone from disaster to outstanding
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• I wish July could last forever
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• Diamondbacks series preview: The defending National League champs come to town
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• MLB Trade Deadline: Could the Braves deal for an outfielder?
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• Even with elite pitching, this Braves offense must improve

Photo by Alex Slitz/Getty Images Atlanta's pitching staff looks like it has what it takes to get deep into October. In order for that to actually happen, the offense absolutely must get better. Alright, time to take some basic inventory. We’ve reached the All-Star break and our Atlanta Braves are 53-42, eight-and-a-half games behind in the NL East and four games ahead of the Cardinals for...2024
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• The Guardians are one of the biggest surprises of the MLB season

Photo by Meg Oliphant/Getty Images With a superstar playing superstar-caliber baseball, a breakout young talent and a former Player To Be Named Later leading the way, the Guardians are one of baseball’s real surprise packages this season. Back in the offseason, you would’ve been hard-pressed to find baseball observers and/or fans who were excited about what either of the Central divisions...2024
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• Braves Minor League Recap: Ian Anderson dominates in Augusta

Photo by Julio Aguilar/Getty Images Anderson struck out five batters before rain ended his outing a bit prematurely Ian Anderson is slowly making his return, hoping to provide a spark in the Atlanta Braves rotation. There was a lot to love about his outing in Augusta, though we still have quite a long way to go before he is a real option. In Gwinnett it was the same old, same old, with Dra...2024
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• Outside The Confines: It’s now or never

Photo by Sam Hodde/Getty Images A look ahead at the trade deadline and the draft. And other news from around MLB. Good morning. As we get to the All-Star Break, some teams started great and then sank like a stone (the Cubs) and others started out poorly and then got hot with the weather. John Denton looks at how the Cardinals turned their season around. Dayn Perry has three reasons the...2024
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• 2024 Men’s College World Series Recap – The D1Baseball Podcast

On this episode of The D1Baseball Podcast, Mike Rooney, Joe Healy, Kendall Rogers and Aaron Fitt put on bow on Tennessee's first national championship in baseball and discuss Jim Schlossnagle's shocking move from Texas A&M to Texas....2024
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• 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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Kamil Krzaczynski-USA TODAY Sports #Cubs, #MLB, and #MiLB news, notes, and commentary, four days a week, rain or shine. Was it magic? Has the season turned around, just like that? Inquiring minds want to know! 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, overheat...2024
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• 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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• Better know a draft prospect: Chase Burns

Scott Kinser-USA TODAY Sports Burns is a fiery competitor with a devastating slider. With the MLB draft just a month away, let’s continue evaluating some prospects that the Royals may consider drafting with the sixth overall pick. Following the write up of JJ Wetherholt, there are just two of the top college prospects that we have yet to evaluate here. Today, we will cover perhaps the top ...2024
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• Outside The Confines: Somebody call a doctor

Gary A. Vasquez-USA TODAY Sports Two major injuries hit the Dodgers over the weekend. Another week, another gambling scandal. Snoop Dogg starts broadcasting. And other news from MLB. Good morning. We’re going to start with the butcher’s bill, because it’s really expensive today. Especially for the Dodgers. Shortstop Mookie Betts broke his left hand when he was hit with a pitch in Sunday’...2024
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