2016 MLB thread. THE CUBS HAVE BROKEN THE CURSE! Chicago Cubs are your 2016 World Series champions

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Do the Dodgers ever beat a team .500 or better? SMH, Astros getting no help with the Rangers winning 3 in a row vs the Dodgers now...
 
Thinking the Reds should keep this team together and just look to upgrade 2nd SS LF and the rotation. Idk what their money situation is though and if they keep Cueto. Could definitely trade him if there's a good haul though.
 
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Thinking the Reds should keep this team together and just look to upgrade 2nd SS LF and the rotation. Idk what their money situation is though and if they keep Cueto. Could definitely trade him if there's a good haul though.
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No way they keep Cueto. Both him and Chapman should be moved. Frazier :pimp:
 
On June 18 in Baseball History...

1938 - Babe Ruth is signed as a Dodgers coach for the rest of the season. He is in uniform for batting demonstrations the following day.

1953 - Red Sox rookie outfielder Gene Stephens becomes the only A.L. player to get three hits in the same inning, as Boston scores 17 in the seventh inning in a 23-3 romp over Detroit. The Red Sox send 23 to the plate in the seventh, getting 14 hits and six walks — 20 runners — in succession before third baseman George Kell flies out to end it.

1960 - The Giants, a big favorite to win the pennant in a preseason poll of writers taken by The Sporting News, change managers, replacing Bill Rigney with Tom Sheehan. Horace Stoneham's team is 33-25 and trails only Pittsburgh. At 66 years, two months, and 18 days, Sheehan is the oldest rookie manager in major-league history.

1962 - Hank Aaron of the Braves reaches the left-center field bleachers at the Polo Grounds, the second player to find the center field bleachers in two days and only the third ever. The Braves win 7-1.

1972 - By a 5-3 vote, the U.S. Supreme Court confirms lower court rulings in the Curt Flood case, upholding baseball's exemption from antitrust laws and the legitimacy of its reserve clause. Its decision is narrowly construed, however, and leaves the way open for legislation or collective bargaining to undercut the reserve system.

1975 - Boston rookie Fred Lynn drives in ten runs with three home runs, a triple, and a single during a 15-1 drubbing of Detroit. Lynn's 16 total bases tie an A.L. record.

1976 - Commissioner Bowie Kuhn voids the A's sales, totaling $3.5 million, of Joe Rudi and Rollie Fingers to the Red Sox and Vida Blue to the Yankees, saying they are 'not in the best interest of baseball.' A's owner Charlie Finley files a $10 million damage suit against Kuhn, and will refuse to use any of the three players until June 27.

1977 - New York's Reggie Jackson loafs after a fly ball during a 10-4 loss to Boston and is taken out by manager Billy Martin. Jackson and Martin nearly come to blows in the dugout as national television cameras watch.

1986 - California's Don Sutton becomes the 19th pitcher in ML history to win 300 games, beating the Rangers 3-1 on a three-hitter.

1995 - Tigers manager Sparky Anderson moves into third place on the all-time list with his 2,158th win. He passes Bucky Harris with the 10-8 victory over Baltimore.
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Interesting stuffs happened on this day. I have no clue Babe was a coach for the Dodgers for a while.
Oh geez, 17 runs in an inning?

More information about Hank's home run at the Polo Grounds
June 18, 1962: Aaron connected for what is considered the longest home run of his career. The hit was only the third to reach the Polo Grounds' distant center-field bleachers, which were 483 feet from the plate. One of the three was smashed by Milwaukee strongman Joe Adcock, a teammate of Aaron's since the Mobilian broke into the big leagues. The other had been hit just the previous day by future Hall of Famer Lou Brock. Aaron's home run came off Jay Hook, already 4-8 on his way to an 8-19 record for the woeful first-year New York Mets. Fellow Mobilian Frank Bolling led off the third inning for the Braves with a game-tying homer and, five batters later, Aaron launched a grand slam in Milwaukee's 7-1 victory.
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some say he wanted badly to become a manager & was heartbroken when the dodgers & other teams denied him
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Others say the only reason he didn't get hired is because he didn't hide the fact that he planned on breaking the color barrier. Ruth was great friends with a lot of negro leaguers and played them every offseason and when asked who the GOAT was he said negro league shortstop Pop Lloyd....Ruth was down for the cause
 
I remember the Braves were supposed to make him a manager and that didn't happen. Then the Dodgers brought him out to manage and screwed him over too. He wanted to be a manager so bad. Never heard anything about him and black people though.
 
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I remember the Braves were supposed to make him a manager and that didn't happen. Then the Dodgers brought him out to manage and screwed him over too. He wanted to be a manager so bad. Never heard anything about him and black people though.
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No one screwed Ruth over... :lol:

Ruth wanted to manage immediately after retirement, not uncommon in those days, however he had a very negative image at the time. He just enjoyed the sauce way too much.

The only team that had a vacancy was the Indians and they had zero interest.

The Dodgers gave him a shot as a PR stunt, but was told that he was not in consideration as a managerial candidate for the position Burleigh Grimes was about to vacate before he accepted the position. As a first base coach, he would draw a crowd and gain some experience. He didn't get along with Leo Durocher, team captain, who retired at the end of the season and got the manger position. Ruth decided to retire from coaching, and didn't seek a manager position after that.

Damn you facts!
 
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yeah i never fully trust a guy like that till they do it for a couple of years.

twinkles get a walk off homerun by vargas.
 
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@GordonEdes: Sandoval benched, admits that was him liking photos of woman on Instagram during game Said he was using bathroom at the time
 
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Ballerific703 said:
I remember the Braves were supposed to make him a manager and that didn't happen. Then the Dodgers brought him out to manage and screwed him over too. He wanted to be a manager so bad. Never heard anything about him and black people though.
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No one screwed Ruth over... :lol:

Ruth wanted to manage immediately after retirement, not uncommon in those days, however he had a very negative image at the time. He just enjoyed the sauce way too much.

The only team that had a vacancy was the Indians and they had zero interest.

The Dodgers gave him a shot as a PR stunt, but was told that he was not in consideration as a managerial candidate for the position Burleigh Grimes was about to vacate before he accepted the position. As a first base coach, he would draw a crowd and gain some experience. He didn't get along with Leo Durocher, team captain, who retired at the end of the season and got the manger position. Ruth decided to retire from coaching, and didn't seek a manager position after that.

Damn you facts!
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I have a terrible memory but I remember in a documentary it said he was told he could manage. Then after he was there they screwed him over. Was it the Boston Braves?

Sandoval, HAHAHAHAHHA. Taking a dump and liking pics.
 
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