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The Crazy Life of Rube Waddell
By Bill Coleman There have been baseball stars. There have been baseball legends. And then there was George Edward “Rube” Waddell, the flame throwing left-hander who may have been the strangest superstar the sport has ever seen. Author’s Note: “Rube” began as slang for an unsophisticated country bumpkin in the mid-19th century. It was a…
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Cheer Up White Sox Fans
As most fans now know, the Chicago White Sox set the record for futility in 2024 with the most losses in a single season with 121. This mark “bested” the 1962 New York Mets, who previously held the record with 120 losses. Although this is a low point in White Sox history, they can in…