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Mar
2025

The Court-Martial of Jackie Robinson

ON JULY 6, 1944, Jackie Robinson, a twenty-five-year-old Army lieutenant, boarded an Army bus at Fort Hood, Texas….

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Mar
2025

Dick Allen Day 2025

Today would’ve been Dick Allen’s 83rd birthday. I have a tradition of honoring my friend & all…

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13
Feb
2025

Captain Sal

Today would have been Sal Bando’s 81st birthday. As a kid, he was always one of my…

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07
Feb
2025

Bad News Bears

I have always been a huge fan of the original 1976 movie “The Bad News Bears”. For…

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Jan
2025

The Kid in High School

Hall of Famer Ken Griffey Jr. attended Archbishop Moeller High School in Cincinnati (the same high school…

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16
Jan
2025

Bob Uecker 1934-2025

The Brewers announced this morning that former big league catcher, legendary broadcaster and franchise icon Bob Uecker…

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09
Jan
2025

The Mendoza Line

The Mendoza Line is baseball jargon for a .200 batting average, the supposed threshold for offensive futility…

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18
Dec
2024

HoF Class of 2025

Still smiling after learning that Dick Allen and Dave Parker are going to Cooperstown together.

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Dec
2024

2024 MVPs

It has been a while since I have added to the MVP Series. Both Ohtani and Judge…

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13
Dec
2024

Dick Allen – Hall of Famer

It finally happened! Richard Anthony Allen has be voted into the National Baseball Hall of Fame!

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01
Nov
2024

Mookie Betts vs Yankees fans

“We always joke about the ball in our area, If it’s in our area, we’re going to…

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Oct
2024

Pete Rose

I gasped when I heard Pete Rose had passed away last night. My wife immediately asked me…

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16
Aug
2024

Phillies Rookie Hits for Cycle

Just in case Philadelphia‘s Weston Wilson needed a reminder on the hit he needed to complete the cycle — fans…

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14
Aug
2024

MTC24: Roberto Clemente card & print

Roberto Clemente is widely considered one of the all-time great baseball players because of his extraordinary on-field…

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16
Jul
2024

Alec Bohm HR Derby

Nice showing by Phillies 3B Alec Bohm in last night’s All Star Home Run Derby. He didn’t…

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11
Jul
2024

OTD 1976: Henry Aaron HR #754

On this day in 1976, the great Henry Aaron hit a walk-off home run against the Texas…

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08
Apr
2024

Phillies City Connect

On Friday the Phillies will don their brand new City Connect uniforms for the first time. I…

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08
Mar
2024

Dick Allen Day 2024

Today would’ve been the 82nd birthday of my friend & all time favorite ballplayer. As I have…

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Feb
2024

2024 Hall of Famers

It has been a while since I have added something new… In honor of spring training games…

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Oct
2023

“Atta Boy Harper”

Don’t Poke the Bear! Braves SS Orlando Arcia was reportedly mocking Harper in the clubhouse after Game…