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Harold "Pie" Traynor - Hall of Fame third baseman with the Pittsburgh #Pirates (Classic 1933 Goudey Baseball Card) #MLB #History #PiDay

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Today’s matchup

I’m no Nostradamus but I’m expecting Martin to outpitch his opponent and Chicago to come up with the win.

Andy visits the old Leaf Company factory in Chicago for the first time since 1949.

since people are talking about sports gambling today, can I implore you to read this, in which recovered gambling addicts talk about how it changed their relationship to friends, family, fandom and themselves. I've thought about these conversations so much since reporting www.cnn.com/2026/02/01/s...

Thank you!!

The Integration of Minor League Baseball - McFarland The Integration of Minor League Baseball A History and Player Register, 1946–1959 Rick Swaine and Gary C. Fink 978-1-4766-9238-8 978-1-4766-5186-6

Haha, here it is! Good stuff. Very thorough. mcfarlandbooks.com/product/the-...

GREAT question. I had the same thought as I was editing, and again while building the liner notes, and didn't reach out to Adam either time 😭

Thank you so much! I have a couple friends who are playing in the league, so I was curious for my own sake 😂 I figured, I had the guy sitting right there, I might as well ask him!

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Would you be interested in hosting one of these at historic League Park in Cleveland? I work there and can very easily make that happen.

Jack Kerouac loved baseball The Official Site of Major League Baseball

Happy 104th birthday, Jack Kerouac. www.mlb.com/news/feature...

Kevin Johnson and Gary Gillette from SABR’s Negro Leagues Committee joined me to fill out a custom Grid with legends from Black Baseball. Some deep cuts here! Thanks to @ryanlwalsh.bsky.social for trimming a two-hour conversation (really) down to a short video. 😍

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Would you be interested in hosting one of these at historic League Park in Cleveland? I work there and can very easily make that happen.

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And we thought all he did was collect baseball cards all day!*

* not that there’s anything wrong with that…

Dan’s podcast is incredible in its depth and breadth, so it was an honor when he asked me to join for an episode. Dan is a craftsman, doing all of his interviews in person, with a high level of production quality, and in unparalleled detail. These episode are the deepest of dives.

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I literally may need to drive back out just to have another one 😂

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Episode 0506 is live!

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According to @adarowski.bsky.social, who has the 6th most hits in pro baseball history?

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Lineup form the 1970s the Board Game "Charlie Brown All-Stars"

P-Charlie Brown
C-Schroeder
1B-Patty
2B-Linus
3B-Peppermint Patty
SS-Snoopy
LF-WoodStock
CF-Franklin
RF-Lucy

The playing odds were pretty realistic & offered a significant amount of detail.

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