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• This Day in Braves History: Atlanta opens SunTrust Park with win over Padres

Photo by Scott Cunningham/Getty Images Braves Franchise History 1931 - At Braves Field, Jack Quinn of the Brooklyn Robins becomes the oldest pitcher to start an Opening Day game at age 47. The Braves defeat the Robins, 7-4. 2014 - Dan Uggla homers twice, including a ninth inning grand slam, to help the Braves to a 9-6 win over the Phillies. Uggla, Evan Gattis and Andrelton Simmons went ba...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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• This Day in Braves History: April 9th

Photo by © Paul A. Souders/CORBIS/Corbis via Getty Images Braves Franchise History 1980 - Two days after opening the season, the Durham Bulls home uniforms are stolen. Braves minor league director Hank Aaron sends the team a set of used Braves uniforms. MLB History 1912 - The Boston Red Sox defeat Harvard University in an exhibition game that is the first game ever played at Fenway Park. ...2024
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• The Oakland Athletics’ rich history is being set on fire by John Fisher

Photo by Focus on Sport/Getty Images The A’s will officially be playing Sacramento in 2025 before a planned move to Vegas. A once-dynastic baseball town has been abandoned. It’s official. At the end of the 2024 campaign, the Oakland Athletics will be dead. They will play at least their next three seasons at Sutter Health Park, home of the minor-league Sacramento River Cats, and aim to move...2024
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• What to know about the stadium tax ballot measure

Go out and vote! On Tuesday, April 2, Jackson County voters will decide whether to extend a 3/8 cent sales tax that is currently used to fund the 2006 renovations to the Truman Sports Complex for another 40 years, to fund improvements to Arrowhead and build a new downtown baseball stadium for the Royals. The campaigns on both sides have been intense with a flood of advertising slanted towards thei...2024
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• This Day in Braves History: SunTrust Park opens with exhibition game against Yankees

Photo by David J. Griffin/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images Braves Franchise History 1958 - The Milwaukee Braves acquire veteran Dick Littlefield from the Chicago Cubs for cash. 1959 - The Milwaukee Braves acquire catcher Stan Lopata, shortstop Ted Kazanski and infielder Johnny O’Brien from the Phillies in exchange for pitcher Gene Conley and infielders Joe Koppe and Harry Hanebrink. 1962...2024
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• This Day in Braves History: April 9th
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• This Day in Braves History: March 26th

Photo by Mitchell Layton/Getty Images Braves Franchise History 1998 - Free agent second baseman Mark Lemke signs a minor league contract with the Boston Red Sox. MLB History 1936 - Hank Greenberg agrees to a $20,000 contract with the Detroit Tigers. 1937 - On the advice of Ty Cobb, Joe DiMaggio reduces the weight of his bat from 40 ounces to 36 ounces. 1974 - The Boston Red Sox release ...2024
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• Looking back on the 1994 Atlanta Braves season that was and wasn’t

Often lost in the celebration of Atlanta’s 14 division crowns from 1991 though 2005 is the one they didn’t win - but didn’t count - in 1994. After the Boston Braves won the 1914 World Series, earning the moniker the “Miracle Braves” in the process after going 68-19 in their final 87 games to win the National League, the Braves franchise only made five appearances in the postseason until 1991. Fiv...2024
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• Baseball history unpacked, March 6

The 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, ...2024
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• Wax Pack 2024

Photo by Mark Cunningham/MLB Photos via Getty Images Break those babies open! During the pandemic, I read a baseball book titled: “The Wax Pack: On the Open Road in Search of Baseball’s Afterlife” by Brad Balukjian. It was an entertaining book that I highly recommend, somewhat reminiscent of “The Glory of Our Times” which was one of the best baseball books ever written. Each year since re...2024
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• This Day in Braves History: Commissioner voids contract between Atlanta and Tom Seaver

Braves Franchise History 1966 - The Braves sign Tom Seaver out of USC, but the deal will later be voided and Seaver will be selected by the Mets in a special draft. 2016 - The Braves announce that John Schuerholz and Andruw Jones will be inducted into the team’s Hall of Fame. MLB History 1896 - The National League adopts some rule changes in the National Agreement that divides the minor leagues ...2024
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• This Day in MLB History: February 19th

MLB History 1935 - Lou Gehrig signs a contract with the Yankees worth a reported $30,000. 1937 - The New York Giants open their spring training camp in Havana, Cuba. 1953 - Ted Williams safely crash-lands his Panther Jet after flying a combat mission in Korea. 1970 - Commissioner Bowie Kuhn announces the suspension of Tigers pitcher Denny McLain for his involvement in a bookmaking operation. Th...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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• Baseball history unpacked, February 5

Photo by Chris Coduto/Getty Images A M-W-F digest, replete with #Cubs, #MLB, and #MiLB content, gathered from reputable sources. Happy birthday, Daniel Palencia! 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 unfol...2024
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• Baseball history unpacked, December 27

Photo by Nick Wosika/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images A M-W-F digest, replete with #Cubs, #MLB, and #MiLB content, gathered from reputable sources. Happy birthday to Dylan Floro and a host of other former Cubs. 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 narr...2023
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• The best former Royals player for each MLB team

Photo by Ron Vesely/MLB Photos via Getty Images What Royals were great with other teams? There is a lull in the baseball season, the perfect time to engage in frivolities and shenanigans. You may have played the internet baseball trivia game Immaculate Grid that asks you to find players that meet specified requirements, many times, “who played for these two teams?” I don’t know if that in...2023
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• NHL suspends season due to coronavirus concerns
Photo by Joel Auerbach/Getty Images Here’s the latest on the COVID-19 pandemic from the NHL. The NHL has released the following statement surrounding the COVID-19 pandemic: The @NHL pauses 2019-20 season. https://t.co/WMePei4clH pic.twitter.com/W5Hqmk3kX7— NHL Public Relations (@PR_NHL) March 12, 2020 This comes on the heels of the NBA suspending its season indefinitely following Utah Jazz...2020
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• 53-Man roster breakdown: Lifestyle edition

By now, you know everything you need to know about the Patriots 53-man roster. Or at least, you know quick facts -- touchdowns scored last year, where they went to college and their strengths. Well, we're taking one more crack at breaking down the Patriots roster -- but with a twist. Patriots players are more than their performance on the field. They have unique hobbies, interesting families and ...2017
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• Would Bonds, Clemens Entry Open Up Hall of Fame Floodgates?
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• ‘The Colorful Montreal Expos’ dives into dearly departed team
The latest installment of MLB Network Presents covers a topic that many baseball fans have been clamoring for quite a bit – the Montreal Expos. This hour-long documentary isn’t a thorough, deep dive into the franchise’s history, but does provide some background into the franchise’s beginnings and the highlights of its short-lived life. Connecting different generations of players, Warren Cromartie...2016
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• Former MLB pitcher Floyd Youmans is now an Uber driver
Floyd Youmans was once a rising star in MLB, and now he’s ferrying folks around as an Uber driver. Pedro Moura of the Orange County Register ran into the former phenom — once compared to Doc Gooden before his career petered out with the Montreal Expos — while covering the league’s Winter Meetings in Nashville, Tn. It was quite the round-about-way for Youmans to be participating in the game he love...2015
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• An Icon at 40: The Untold Story of Allen Iverson
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• Giancarlo Stanton Taking Big Bucks, Bigger Risk with Marlins, Loria
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"Only one MLB team has relocated within the past 50 years, and that happened when the league outright owned the Montreal Expos."

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"The last announced crowd at Wrigley of 4,714 or fewer happened nearly 37 years ago, as a bad Cubs team was playing out the string, September 23, 1986 against the Montreal Expos."

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"The game, which features prominently in the movie, was a 1985 contest between the Montreal Expos and Chicago Cubs."

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"Brady was drafted by the Montreal Expos in 1995 -- the same year Mahomes was born"

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"Larry Walker's Hall of Fame plaque in Cooperstown will have a Colorado Rockies cap, not a Montreal Expos one, he said Wednesday."

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"arrived at Rogers Centre dressed in a Montreal Expos jersey, a tribute to his Hall of Fame father before his major league debut for Toronto against Oakland,"

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"We brought back the Montreal Expos with a team comprised completely of players still available this winter."

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"Jonah Keri reflects on a lifetime love of baseball ignited by family and the 1980s Montreal Expos"

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"After stints with the Philadelphia Phillies and the Montreal Expos, he returned to Cincinnati in 1984 to serve as a player-manager en route to becoming MLB's all-time hit king."

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"Moore played high school football and baseball in Newport News and was good enough to be picked by the Montreal Expos in the 1973 draft."

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"Between 1997 with the Montreal Expos and 2003 with the Boston Red Sox, Martinez won five ERA titles, led his league ERA-plus, FIP, WHIP and strikeouts per nine innings five times and led pitching WAR and strikeouts three times, including 1999 when he struck out 313."

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• The Oakland Athletics’ rich history is being set on fire by John Fisher
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• This Day in Braves History: SunTrust Park opens with exhibition game against Yankees
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• This Day in Braves History: March 26th
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• Baseball history unpacked, March 6
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• This Day in Braves History: Commissioner voids contract between Atlanta and Tom Seaver
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• The history of deaf baseball players

Photo by Stephen Dunn/Getty Images Can you hear me now? Baseball is unusual compared to other sports. To excel in football, it helps to be big, strong, fast, and athletic. In basketball, being tall is a plus. You also need fast twitch muscles, great eye-hand coordination, and extreme athleticism. Tennis? You had best be athletic. Hockey? Those guys are athletic, strong and tough as nails w...2024
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• This Day in MLB History: February 19th
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• This Day in Braves History: February 12th

Photo by UPI/Bettmann Archive/Getty Images Braves Franchise History 1912 - The Boston Braves acquire outfielder Vin Campbell from the Pirates in exchange for Mike Donlin. 1944 - The Boston Braves name Bob Coleman as their new manager. Coleman spent the previous 23 years managing in the minors. MLB History 1878 - Fredrick W. Thayer patents the catcher’s mask. 1924 - The National League a...2024
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• Wrigley Field historical sleuthing: Tim Raines edition

When was this photo of the Montreal Expos star taken? I found this photo on Facebook. Before I get to sleuthing, here’s the full photo of Montreal Expos outfielder Tim Raines taken at Wrigley Field: Raines played for the Expos from 1979-90, but we can narrow this down further very quickly. He was a September callup in 1979 and played in only 15 games for the Expos in 1980. One of t...2024
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• Baseball history unpacked, February 5
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• This Day in MLB History: February 2nd

Photo by Gary I. Rothstein/Icon SMI/Icon Sport Media via Getty Images MLB History 1876 - The National League was formed in New York City as a result of the lack of central direction in the young National Association. The NL will field eight teams in its inaugural season and will become the blueprint of professional team sports in North America. 1936 - The BBWAA elects Babe Ruth, Ty Cobb, ...2024
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• Braves Hall of Fame Profile: Bartolo Colon

Bartolo Colon’s 21-year career saw him play for 11 different teams including the Atlanta Braves in 2017. | Photo by Patrick Duffy/Beam Imagination/Atlanta Braves/Getty Images He won more games than any Latin American pitcher in MLB history and won an American League Cy Young Award. Should that be enough for “Big Sexy” to gain entrance into Cooperstown? When you say the nickname “Big Sexy” ...2024
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• Braves Hall of Fame Profile: Brandon Phillips

Brandon Phillips had only spent part of one season with the Atlanta Braves in 2017. | Photo by Scott Cunningham/Getty Images Although “Dat Dude” is most known for his decade of production with the Cincinnati Reds, he achieved two historic, career milestones during his 120 games with the Atlanta Braves in 2017. A graduate of Stone Mountain, GA’s Redan High School, Brandon Phillips was a sec...2024
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• Braves Hall of Fame Profile: Bartolo Colon
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• In Memoriam: The White Sox We Lost in 2023

A southpaw star, long-distance slugger, popular broadcaster and beloved scout were among our dearly departed It’s the time of year where, as we grimace ahead into 2024 and what awaits us with the Chicago White Sox, we look back at those South Siders we lost in 2023. Included among them are a southpaw star, long-distance slugger, departed but popular broadcaster, and beloved scout. Please, feel fre...2023
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• Baseball history unpacked, December 27
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• Wednesday Rockpile: Jim Leyland and the 1999 Colorado Rockies

Colorado Rockies news and links for Wednesday, December 6, 2023 “This franchise is one of the most successful not just in baseball, but in all of sports. They put 45,000-50,000 people in there (Coors Field) every night. They have a chance to win, and now we’ll find out if we can. I feel like we’ve got a chance.” Those were the words of an optimistic Jim Leyland after he signed a record $6 million ...2023
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• This Day in Braves History: John Smoltz wins Cy Young Award

Braves Franchise History 1995 - Gaffney Street, near the former site of Braves Field in Boston, MA, is renamed Harry Agganis Way, after the former Boston University and Boston Red Sox star, who died during the 1955 season. 1996 - John Smoltz, who won a major league-high 24 games for the Atlanta Braves, wins the 1996 National League Cy Young Award in a runaway. Smoltz led the NL in strikeouts (27...2023
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• An Icon at 40: The Untold Story of Allen Iverson
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• Pete Rose's Lifetime Ban Reportedly Upheld by MLB Commissioner Rob Manfred
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• Pete Rose to Be Inducted into Cincinnati Reds' Hall of Fame
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• WATCH: Pedro Martinez throws batting practice to Tom Brady
There’s a reason Tom Brady was selected in the 1995 MLB Draft as a catcher, not a pitcher. After his first pitch was low and away to David Ortiz as part of the Boston Red Sox’s Opening Day ceremony Monday, Brady took batting practice off Baseball Hall of Fame pitcher Pedro Martinez inside Fenway Park. Check this out - Brady & @45PedroMartinez just did a little batting practice at Fenway: http://t...2015
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• Pete Rose Reportedly Bet on Reds Games He Played in During 1986 Season
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• Why Tim Raines making the Hall of Fame means so much to a kid from Montreal
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• Dave Dombrowski Named Boston Red Sox President of Baseball Operations
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• Netflix announces documentary about Montreal Expos' downfall

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• This Day in MLB History: February 19th
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• This Day in Braves History: Boston acquires Johnny Evers

Photo by: Circa Images/GHI/Universal History Archive/Universal Images Group via Getty Images Braves Franchise History 1914 - The Boston Braves acquire Johnny Evers from the Chicago Cubs in exchange for Bill Sweeney and cash. Evers will hit .279/.390/.338 and win MVP while helping the Braves to an upset win over the A’s in the World Series. 1965 - The Braves, who are planning to move to At...2024
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• This Day in MLB History: January 16

MLB History 1886 - The Washington Nationals are admitted to the National League, bringing the league total to seven teams. 1891 - A new national agreement was signed by the National League, American Association and the Western Association. The agreement creates a three-man panel to settle problems among the leagues. 1964 - American League owners vote down Charlie Finley’s proposed move of the Ka...2024
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• This Day in Braves History: Hank Aaron hits final home run for Atlanta

Photo by Focus on Sport/Getty Images Braves Franchise History 1974 - Hank Aaron hits his final home run as a member of the Atlanta Braves. Atlanta defeats the Reds 13-0. Phil Niekro tosses the shutout and picks up his 20th win of the season. MLB History 1919 - The Chicago White Sox drop the second game of the World Series, 4-2 to the Reds. Lefty Williams walks three men in the fourth inni...2023
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• This Day in Braves History: February 11
Photo by Kevin Fleming/Corbis/VCG via Getty Images Braves Franchise History 1914 - The Boston Braves acquire Johnny Evers from the Chicago Cubs in exchange for Bill Sweeney and cash. Evers will hit .279/.390/.338 and win MVP while helping the Braves to an upset win over the A’s in the World Series. 1965 - The Braves, who are planning to move to Atlanta for the 1966 season, propose to pay ...2023
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• Time is running out for Larry Walker
Here’s some good news for Larry Walker: he would see a 12.2 percent increase in Hall of Fame votes this year.The bad news, however? He’s still at just 34.1 percent. But more than that, he only has two more tries left to make it. At the very least, though, that 12.2 percent increase would be the highest of anyone on the ballot this year.But barring a miracle surge over the next two years, that’s no...2018
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• Where Will Shelby Miller Blockbuster Rank in Most Lopsided MLB Trades of 2000s?
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• Pete Rose's Lifetime Ban Reportedly Upheld by MLB Commissioner Rob Manfred
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