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• White Sox Minor League Update: April 6, 2024

The Knights were trounced again on Saturday, but nonetheless were winners with their Negro Leagues tribute to the Charlotte Black Hornets. Knights bench coach Pat Listach, whose grandfather Nora played in the Negro Leagues, brought out the lineup card pregame. | Laura Wolff/Charlotte Knights Three wins! A starter with 10 Ks! A leadoff man with five hits! A starter with five no-hit innings...2024
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• 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
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• Who is John Sherman?

Photo by Ed Zurga/Getty Images Like the guy next door, except richer In the past, I’ve written stories critical of how the Royals organization has handled their downtown stadium negotiations. And while I don’t back away from the ham-handed way that process has been going, I did start to wonder if perhaps I have gotten the wrong idea about Royals owner John Sherman. After all, I’ve never m...2024
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• Chicago White Sox Food Preview 2024

The brand new Campfire Milkshake was a wonderful treat! | Dante Jones/South Side Sox I had the opportunity to try some of the newest offerings at Guaranteed Rate Field! The Chicago White Sox invited the South Side Sox crew to Guaranteed Rate Field’s newly-redesigned Vizzy View Bar for a sampling of the team’s newest in stadium food offerings and a preview of some of the promotional giveaw...2024
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• 1908 Birmingham Giants with the Taylor Brothers

1908 Birmingham Giants I love this 1908 photo, featuring FOUR brothers! I believe them to be:slugging Candy Jim Taylor center row, second from left pitcher Steel Arm Johnny Taylor, back row, in bowler C.I.Taylor 2b, center row, third from left Hall of Famer Ben Taylor, center row, far right other players include: James Patton back row, far right Morten Clark, center row, first on left...2024
• It’s time for the Royals to honor George Spriggs

Our 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...2024
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• New Biscuits Manager! Rickwood Info! History Conference!

The Biscuits finally got a new manager! Yet with Kevin Boles taking the helm its difficult to predict what we should expect from him in Montgomery. Boles has made stops at multiple levels with multiple affiliated organizations, as well as recently heading a club in the Appy League, a collegiate wood-bat level. Boles shares a similarity to previous Biscuit managers, being the son of a we...2024
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• Baseball history unpacked, March 4

The Iron Horse, Lou Gehrig | Photo by Pictorial Parade/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. Early rules, Lou Gehrig Day, and other stories. Happy birthday, Chicago. On Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays, Bleed Cubbie Blue is pleased to present a light-hearted, Cubs-centric look at ...2024
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• Baseball history unpacked, February 16

Happy birthday, Eduardo Sanchez! | Photo by Hunter Martin/Getty Images A M-W-F digest, replete with #Cubs, #MLB, and #MiLB content, gathered from reputable sources. Hall of Fame elections and the end of syndicate baseball. Happy birthday, Eduardo Sanchez! RIP, Gary Carter. On Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays, Bleed Cubbie Blue is pleased to present a light-hearted, Cubs-centric look at bas...2024
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• Royals Rumblings - News for February 12, 2024

Photo by TIMOTHY A. CLARY/AFP via Getty Images Time for another parade, Kansas City. David Lesky at Inside the Crown looks at the rotation depth. I want to get into this just a little bit more because I’m sort of fascinated how the Royals will handle their starting pitching this year. Other than Jordan Lyles, they don’t have a pitcher who has thrown more than 160 innings since 2017 when M...2024
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• Baseball history unpacked, February 9

Juan Pizarro | Photo by Louis Requena/MLB Photos via Getty Images A M-W-F digest, replete with #Cubs, #MLB, and #MiLB content, gathered from reputable sources. Over time, a clearer picture emerges. All-Stars play at Folsom Prison, Connie Mack passes, and Mickey Mantle is banned from baseball. But wait, there’s more! Sometimes what appears where can be very interesting. On Mondays, Wednesd...2024
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• A Royals geographical lesson

Photo 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...2024
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• 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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• Baseball history unpacked, January 1

Photo by Jonathan Daniel/Getty Images A M-W-F digest, replete with #Cubs, #MLB, and #MiLB content, gathered from reputable sources. Ice Hockey in Wrigley Field 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 ...2024
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• Baseball history unpacked, October 20

Photo by: 2019 Diamond Images via Getty Images A M-W-F digest, replete with #Cubs, #MLB, and #MiLB content, gathered from reputable sources. The Cardinals have always been that way, and other stories. Plus ‘poetry’. RIP Eric Cooper. A LOT happened today, historically-speaking. Read on! On Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays, Bleed Cubbie Blue is pleased to present a light-hearted, Cubs-centri...2023
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• Baseball history unpacked, July 7
Tom Browning had a good day | Photo by Focus on Sport/Getty Images A thrice-weekly digest, replete with #Cubs, #MLB, and #MiLB content, gathered from reputable sources. Tom Browning had a very good day on a day full of legends. 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...2023
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• Can't Change Even If I Wanted To, Biscuits Find New Homes

NOBODY KNOWS..People ask what I have been up to and its easier to answer "same old same old" than to explain how I am mapping each known location for organized baseball games in Montgomery pre-WW1. Hopefully soon I will have some exciting news on the history front, stay tuned! CANT CHANGE IF I WANTED TO I was hoping to revamp the blog but found that the blogspot tools have been adj...2023

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"In our spare time, we might visit the World War I museum, the Nelson Atkins or the Negro League Hall of Fame, or Worlds of Fun."

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"Some of these charges can be leveled at MLB The Show 23, but not when it comes to the addition of its Negro League mode."

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"MLB considering historic Negro League stadium for future Field of Dreams-style game, per report"

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"The story of the various baseball organizations that collectively formed the Negro Leagues over the first half of the 20 th century is vital to telling the story of the game to this day."

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"The simulated competition will feature a Negro League team and an all-under 25 team"

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"A Kickstarter campaign hopes to create a series of bobbleheads celebrating Negro League stars."

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"Historic KC Negro League site nearly restored"

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"The Brewers jumped on Gio Gonzalez for six runs in the first three innings Saturday, and the Nationals' comeback fell just short as Milwaukee handed Washington its seventh consecutive loss, 6-5, on Negro League Tribute Day at Miller Park."

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"The Red Sox and Mariners paid tribute to Negro League players on Saturday night at Safeco Field, donning throwback uniforms for the Boston Royal Giants and Seattle Steelheads of 1946."

• White Sox Minor League Update: April 6, 2024
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• It’s time for the Royals to honor George Spriggs
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• Today in White Sox History: March 18

On this day eight years ago, dumb got dumber. | @BNightengale/Twitter On this day eight years ago, dumb things got much dumber for the South Siders 1942 White Sox manager Jimmy Dykes granted Black players Jackie Robinson and Nate Moreland a tryout with the White Sox, while the Pale Hose conducted spring training in Pasadena, Calif. Neither player made the cut. After also failing to make t...2024
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• New Biscuits Manager! Rickwood Info! History Conference!
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• Royals at a “crossroads” as they propose downtown ballpark in Crossroads District

The Royals unveil renderings of their ballpark vision. “Today we’re at a crossroads. In fact, we’re here to talk about the Crossroads,” began Royals owner John Sherman as he unveiled renderings for a proposed ballpark in the north Crossroads at the site of the former Kansas City Star printing press. The proposed development would occupy 17.3 acres and consist of a ballpark with just over 34,000 se...2024
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• Royals Rumblings - News for February 12, 2024
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• This Day in Braves History: February 10

Braves Franchise History 1920 - Lee Magee admits to NL president John Heydler that he tried to throw a game against the Boston Braves while he was with the Reds. Cincinnati eventually won the game in 13 innings. 1948 - The Boston Braves acquire outfielder Johnny Wyrostek from the Phillies in exchange for shortstop Eddie Miller. MLB History 1910 - Major League Baseball institutes a rule preventing...2024
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• White Sox Minor League Update: April 6, 2024
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• MONTGOMERY BASEBALL HISTORY & LEGENDS CONFERENCE 2024 #MBHLC

ANNOUNCEMENT! SAVE THE DATE!! CALL FOR PRESENTATIONS!! #MBHLCComing to Montgomery, Alabama on Saturday, May 18th, 2024 - a unique history experience! With events planned at multiple locations, the Montgomery Baseball History and Legends Conference opens the door to celebrate baseball's connections to the Capitol city. Previously known as the Southern Association Research Conference, thi...2023
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• Baseball history unpacked, October 20
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• The Bookshelf Conversation #171: Philip Lee

One of the main concerns when MLB announced it would incorporate Negro League statistics into the official canon was “How?” It seemed there were a bunch of problems with that noble effort to recognize Black baseball on a more equal level with the Majors, but the lack of coverage made that difficult. The Black media […]...2023
• The Buttery Buzzsaw, Montgomery Baseball History, Numbers Game

A flaky, home baked, steaming hot buttery buzzsaw. That's what this Montgomery Biscuits club has been so far, chalking up victory after victory and able to dismantle Southern League opponents with five different weapons: hitting, pitching, defense, mojo and swagger.Mojo and swagger, not technically a metric for analytics but certainly part of the eye test and this Biscuits squad is leading t...2023
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• Weekend Rumblings - News for April 8, 2023
D. Ross Cameron-USA TODAY Sports Congrats to Paul Hoover for his first managerial win! Scott Chasen covered Paul Hoover’s first win as manager. “It was cold, lost my breath,” Hoover said. “But it was cool that everybody got together just to celebrate a team win.” “It was pretty fun,” added Perez. “Everybody knows Q is not here. (Hoover) is doing a very good job. ... Good for him.” He al...2023
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• The results of the Royals Review 2023 fan survey
Photo by: Helen Healey/NBC via Getty Images What do you think about the Royals, downtown baseball, and the state of the game? Last week I asked fans to chime in with the Royals Review fan survey, asking them what they thought about the Royals, downtown baseball, and the state of baseball. We had 820 responses to our fan survey this year - 13 percent more than last year! This isn’t a scient...2023
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• White Sox Minor League Update: April 6, 2024
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• Baseball history unpacked, March 4
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• Today in White Sox History: March 1

Mark Buehrle (who else?) got the first-ever White Sox start at Camelback Ranch, on this day, 15 years ago. | Kevork Djansezian/Getty Images Opening Day at Camelback Ranch! 1976 Bill Veeck began his second round of ownership of the White Sox in underwhelming fashion, as Spring Training opened in Sarasota with just non-roster players due to an ongoing owners’ lockout. 2009 The White Sox op...2024
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• Today in White Sox History: February 16

On this day a century ago, Frank Chance tried to leave his White Sox managerial post due to poor health. | Chicago Tribune Illness shakes up the coaching staff 1924 Early on this day Frank Chance resigned as manager of the White Sox, having been stricken ill with pneumonia some time after accepting the helm during the 1924 Winter Meetings in Chicago the previous December. However, owner ...2024
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• A Royals geographical lesson
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• Brewers hold on, hand Nats 7th straight loss
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• MLB considering historic Negro League stadium for future Field of Dreams-style game, per report
Hinchliffe Stadium in Paterson, New Jersey is currently undergoing a massive restoration...2022
• The Negro League mode in ‘MLB The Show 23’ is the greatest historical mode in sports game history
This absolutely rules. Sports games deservedly suffer the same criticism year-to-year. Often changes are only minor, it can feel like a $60 roster update, and development teams rarely have the time needed to actually overhaul the game. Some of these charges can be leveled at MLB The Show 23, but not when it comes to the addition of its Negro League mode. Never has a game so lovingly added a histo...2023
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• Hall of Fame baseball player Monte Irvin dies at 96
Former New York Giants and Chicago Cubs Hall of Fame outfielder Monte Irvin died Monday at his home in Houston, Texas.Irvin, who began his career in the Negro League in 1938, was one of the first African-American players to play in the majors. Irvin made the jump to the majors with the Giants, and over eight years was able to tally 99 home runs, 443 RBI's, and a batting average of .293.Irvin was k...2016
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• Monte Irvin, MLB Hall of Fame OF, Dies at Age 96
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• MLB The Show to feature Negro League greats

For the first time, MLB The Show will insert some of the Negro Leagues' greatest players -- from Satchel Paige to Jackie Robinson -- into the 2023 edition of the game as playable characters....2023
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• Royals Rumblings - News for January 26, 2024

Mark Taylor/Chicago Tribune/Tribune News Service via Getty Images The Negro League Baseball Museum is free next month - take a look! Jared Perkins at Farm to Fountains considers the trade market for closers, which could include Boston’s Kanley Jansen. It’s also hard to see Jansen being a fit, but for a team that just spent $105 million this offseason, they might be willing to take on a sal...2024
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• 1908 Birmingham Giants with the Taylor Brothers
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• Baseball history unpacked, March 4
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• The two John Donaldsons

Both played in KC Recently, my wife, daughter and I were on a short road trip and drove through Lehigh, Iowa, a small burg of 395 people located in central Iowa which was founded in 1881. Lehigh sits in a steep valley of the Des Moines river which cuts through the center of what is left of the town. The east part of Lehigh has 10-15 houses plus the local bar and grill. Most residents live in west ...2023
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• Gamethread: White Sox at Mariners
It’s a special day in Seattle. | Alika Jenner/Getty Images Lucas Giolito is on for Saturday’s tilt with the M’s The White Sox (30-41) look to bounce back from last night’s disappointing loss against the Mariners (34-34) — which seems to be a habit at this point. The good news is we have an exciting pitching matchup on the mound this afternoon, with Lucas Giolito facing off against Logan G...2023
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• History in a box

If I ever start to think that the blogs aren't the way they used to be, and isn't that a shame and all that, Rod from Padrographs will set me straight.He's done it so many times. He did it just four months ago. And he's doing it now.Rod is responsible for so much goodness in my card room, probably more visible examples than anyone else. Let's take a look around:The fantastic Ron Cey poster R...2023
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• Cooking Something Good!

I'm cooking something. Of course we will all get to taste it when it's done, but first lets catch up. I thought I had been traded to ASU but after a few attempts to get in touch with them I was met with noticeable apathy which abated my own ambition to pimp their team and ballpark. It's a shame as they have a long baseball history that I am not sure even they are aware of, with pedigree...2023
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• Predictions, redux
Tammy Ljungblad/Kansas City Star/Tribune News Service via Getty Images The envelope please I was digging around in my archives a few weeks ago and found this piece from November of 2021, when I made ten predictions for the 2022 Royals and the Kansas City sports scene. Usually, a writer tries to forget about those predictions, but I tend to look back now and then and here’s how the prognost...2023
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