MLB
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This Vine of Jose Bautista and Munenori Kawasaki Stretching Is Glorious (Video)
Have you found yourself wondering recently how Toronto Blue Jays hilarious utility infielder/outfielder Munenori Kawasaki stays limber while riding the pine and waiting for his chance to get in the game? Well, it’s all about the pregame stretching, apparently. And yesterday, Muno took time out of his busy pregame schedule (which I assume mostly involves [...]
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Pirates Left Fielder Starling Marte Makes Ridiculous Grab to Rob Brandon Phillips of Extra Bases (Video)
The Pittsburgh Pirates do not have an explosive offense. However, they do boast a very good pitching staff and some excellent defense, and that’s got baseball fans in Pittsburgh thinking this might finally be the year that the franchise ends its two decade-long streak of losing seasons. It’s also got to have the Cincinnati Reds [...]
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Frank Calhoun Is LeBron James’ Flopping Coach (Video)
If you watch enough basketball, you may be tempted to suggest that no one knows the art of flopping quite as well as LeBron James, but you’d be wrong. You see, James wasn’t born with an inherent ability to flop. Just like Luke Skywalker learned “the force” from Obi-Wan Kenobi, King James also had a [...]
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Bob Costas Is Not Impressed With the Mets’ Walk-Off Celebration (Video)
Following a three-run homer in the ninth inning to cap off a 4-3 walk-off victory over the Chicago Cubs, the New York Mets improved their record to 25-39 on the season. That still leaves them 13.5 games back of the Atlanta Braves for top spot in the NL East, and an identical 13.5 games back [...]
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Rays’ Alex Cobb Hit in Head by Line Drive (Video)
Earlier this season it was Toronto’s J.A. Happ. Last year it was Oakland’s Brandon McCarthy, Houston’s Mickey Storey, and Detroit’s Doug Fister. Now the latest pitcher to join the “clocked in the head by a line drive club” is Tampa Bay’s Alex Cobb. On Saturday afternoon during a game against the Kansas City Royals at [...]
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Mets Fan Takes a Tumble on Live Television (Video)
The New York Mets seem to be awfully good at embarrassing themselves on live television, as they have done just that on numerous occasions this season en route to a 24-37 record through their first 61 games. And now their fans are getting in on the act as well, beginning with the dude in the [...]
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Google Helps Boy With Disease Throw Out First Pitch at A’s Game From Kansas City (Video)
The boy in the above image is Nick LeGrande. On Wednesday, Nick celebrated his 14th birthday, and as a gift, the Oakland A’s invited him to throw out the first pitch during their game against the New York Yankees at the Coliseum. It was quite the treat from the Athletics organization, but making this once-in-a-lifetime [...]
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It Was Raining Jerky at a Little League Baseball Game in Nebraska Yesterday (Video)
So apparently yesterday was National Jerky Day. At least, that’s according to the folks over at Jack Link’s Jerky. And they decided to celebrate the occasion the only way they knew how: by dropping a ton of beef jerky out of a helicopter hovering over a little league baseball game in Nebraska. Why a little [...]
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After Game-Winning Hit, the Royals’ Eric Hosmer Takes Traditional KC BBQ Sauce Pie to the Face (Video)
Normally when a pro ballplayer gets the big hit that wins the game for his team, he gets either a bucket of gatorade dumped on his head or a shaving cream pie stuffed in his face. However, the Kansas City Royals do things a little differently. Apparently they’ve decided to give their victory tradition more [...]
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Munenori Kawasaki Tells Blue Jays Fans He Is a Canuck, Then Sings Canadian National Anthem (Video)
The Toronto Blue Jays’ Munenori Kawasaki is the most entertaining player in Major League Baseball. This has absolutely nothing to do with his abilities to hit or catch or throw the ball, and everything to do with his comedic timing and feigned ignorance of the English language. Any time he gets in front of a [...]
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J.J. Hardy Gets Robbed of a Home Run by Peter Bourjos, then Screwed Over by the Umpires on a Foul Ball (Videos)
Being from different divisions in the American League, the Baltimore Orioles and Anaheim Angels only play two series against each other every year—one in Anaheim, and one in Baltimore. So what are the chances that Orioles shortstop J.J. Hardy would get robbed of a home run by a great catch by the center fielder for [...]
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Brawl Erupts Between Dodgers and Diamondbacks After Three Beaned Batters (Videos)
Major League baseball is going to do a lot of suspending and finger-wagging as a result of the melee that broke out between the Dodgers and Diamondbacks in L.A. last night. But don’t let that fool you—everything that went down is good for the game. Anytime two teams comes to loathe each other, that’s quality [...]
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Fan Leaps Into Bushes at Petco Park While Chasing Home Run Ball (Video)
How far would you go to get your hands on a home run ball at a Major League Baseball game? Would you waste a full bucket of popcorn or dive backwards over a row of seats to catch one? Or, how about this: would you steamroll your child if he got in between you and [...]
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Jays Fan Catches Foul Ball, Then Accidentally Throws It Away While Celebrating (Video)
Finally, a post about a Toronto Blue Jays fan that does not involve public drunkenness, streaking, or belligerence. I guess there really is a first time for everything. On Friday night, during the top of the 7th inning of the Blue Jays’ 6-1 victory over the Texas Rangers, a foul ball off the bat of [...]
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Simpsons Characters Read Starting Lineup at Dodgers Stadium (Video)
Yesterday, the Los Angeles Dodgers brought out Moe Szyslak, Apu Nahasapeemapetilon, and Police Chief Clancy Wiggum to read the home team’s starting lineup—which is to say, they brought out Hank Azaria, who performs the voices for all three of those classic Simpsons characters. It was the first time this writer had ever heard anybody from [...]
