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MLBs milestone players: 10,000th-19,000th By JohnW53 on Apr 17, 2021, 6:58am CDT + 20,000th player since the the first game played in the National Association, the first true league. Through Thursday, the count stood at 19,944. This is the second of 2 posts looking at the players who were the 1,000th, 2,000th, etc., to appear in a big league game. This post covers the 10,000th through 19,000th. .......... Andy Kosco, pinch hitter, age 23, for Minnesota Twins, American League Kosco ...

EXCLUSIVE: Brian Kemp predicts a backlash over MLB withdrawal from Atlanta Print this article Joe Cobb was born with both Georgia and baseball in his blood. He is related to both the Detroit Tigers legend Ty Cobb and to Thomas Willis Cobb, the founder of the suburban Atlanta county where the Braves now play. It is only natural for him to have a deep affinity to both baseball and his home state. His team has always been the Atlanta Braves. “I cannot emphasize enough how deep my love for the B...

Ken Reitz dead at 69 By danimal15 on Apr 1, 2021, 8:39pm CDT + Didnt see elsewhere on this site, so in case it wasnt already here, just posting to say ex-Cub Ken Reitz died at age 69, according to MLB.com. Those of you who like me are old enough to remember, Reitz joined the Cubs in 1981, coming in a trade from the Cardinals for ace reliever Bruce Sutter. Reitz was a great third baseman, but not much of a hitter, and his offensive skills faded to nothing when he reached Wrigley. The...

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Forgotten Cubs Opening Day position players since 1980 Share this story Getty Images Earlier this week I posted this article, listing a few Cubs Opening Day starting pitchers who you might not have remembered getting that honor. Well, the article proved pretty popular, so I thought I’d extend it by noting a few Opening Day position players you might not recall. Let’s remember some guys! 1981: Ken Reitz Reitz had been part of the Bruce Sutter trade with the Cardinals, the one that brought Le...

share-square-698690 JUPITER, Fla. -- Doubters? Miles Mikolas yawns at them. High-upsiders? Mikolas drafts them. PFP championships? Mikolas wins them. “I expect excellence out of my group,” Mikolas said, “and that’s exactly what we delivered.” Mikolas’ battalion of Jordan Hicks, Tyler Webb, Matthew Liberatore and Tommy Parsons -- a group with “youth and some bounciness,” their captain said -- came out victorious on Wednesday in one of the Cardinals’ most anticipated days at Spr...

Here’s hoping the temperatures rising in the south will help the awful situations down in Texas. Feel so bad for everyone whose communities are simply not set up to handle these kinds of extreme nature shifts. •   Word broke last night that the Cubs are bringing back outfielder Cameron Maybin on a minor league deal. Maybin, who’ll play this season at 34, has been an almost exactly league average player in every respect the last six years. He’s hit .266/.339/.388, good for an exactly ...

Yankees’ Goose Gossage defends Curt Schilling, Donald Trump in revealing Q & A Updated Jan 29, 2021; Posted Jan 29, 2021 Hall of Famer Goose Gossage isnt a fan of todays game. "Noooooo! The game has been so watered down that I cant even watch it. Now you can take a dump."AP Facebook Share Hall-of-Fame pitcher and Yankees great Goose Gossage has been surviving life during a pandemic very well for a guy who turns 70 in July. He’s healthy, staying busy and enjoying his days living his retire...

The following article is part of Jay Jaffe’s ongoing look at the candidates on the BBWAA 2021 Hall of Fame ballot. For a detailed introduction to this year’s ballot, and other candidates in the series, use the tool above; an introduction to JAWS can be found here. All WAR figures refer to the Baseball-Reference version unless otherwise indicated. The surge via which the Baseball Writers Association of America elected a record 22 Hall of Fame candidates over a seven-year span is over, as the...

Cubs historical sleuthing: Bruce Sutter edition Share this story Bruce Sutter had a Hall of Fame career as a relief pitcher. Unfortunately, because Cubs ownership under the Wrigleys couldn’t or wouldn’t pay him what he was worth, he had most of that career with the Cardinals and Braves. The Getty supplied caption to this photo reads: Cubs’ ace reliefer Bruce Sutter working the mound in the 10th inning against the Giants, got the win as Chicago beat San Francisco 1-0, breaking the Giants�...