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On June 4, 1953, after batting practice at Forbes Field, the Pirates and Cubs announced a shocking trade. Pittsburgh sent slugger Ralph Kiner, C Joe Garagiola‚ P Howie Pollet‚ and OF Catfish Metkovich to Chicago for C Toby Atwell‚ P Bob Schultz‚ 1B Preston Ward‚ 3B George Freese‚ OF Bob Addis‚ OF Gene Hermanski‚ and $150‚000. Can you imagine how the fantasy world would react today if two teams made a trade right after batting practice? Let's take a look at the latest MLB news happening on June 4, 2018. MLB News and Notes…

MLB News and Notes Baseball is considered America's pastime, and on Memorial Day, we should not forget the patriotism and ultimate sacrifices of the soldiers who also played MLB when they weren't fighting for America on battlefields around the world. According to Gary Bedingfield, a member of the Society for American Baseball Research and the operator of baseballinwartime.com, 535 baseball players have lost their lives in military service since the Civil War. We remember them and all the others who have fought for our…

Fathers get a lot of the credit for instilling a love of baseball in their children, but for many of us, our mothers also played a crucial role. Considering the number of hours many of us spent playing baseball growing up, moms made a lot of this possible. That is why it is really nice to see MLB and their players celebrate Mother's Day the way they do. Players, coaches, and managers proved that real men wear pink, and that color, along with supporting breast cancer research, unified every MLB team, regardless of the names…