MLB
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Minnesota Twins Mascot Catches Ball in Mouth (GIF)
Sports mascots are often gifted with extraordinary “abilities” that we humans can only dream of. But usually those same “abilities” are also pretty useless, like doing the Macarena during the 7th inning stretch, or getting into fights with Barney the Purple Dinosaur. However, at a recent spring training game between the Minnesota Twins and the […]
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MLB Umpire Brad Myers Takes Scorching Line Drive to the Nuts (Video + GIF)
The vast majority of the time, you really don’t even notice where the umpires are on the field during a baseball game. They just kind of blend in and do their jobs. Unfortunately, during yesterday’s spring training game between the Reds and Indians, everyone noticed where third base umpire Brad Myers was. And that’s because […]
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‘R.B.I. Baseball 14′: Sneak Peak Photos and Release Date Unveiled
One of the classics of the video game world is making its return to consoles after an almost twenty-year absence. It’s R.B.I. Baseball 14, which is gearing up for a launch next month on Xbox 360, Xbox One, PS3, PS4, and even iOS and Android. The return of R.B.I. Baseball was first announced back in […]
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Close Call After Dad Leaves Child Unattended in a Wagon While Chasing Souvenir Baseball (GIF)
I don’t know why, but there’s something about the thrill of getting your hands on a souvenir baseball that has helped make the sport one of the most frequent settings for parenting fails. We’ve seen dads do anything for a baseball in the past, from dropping their daughter while catching a ball, to steamrolling their […]
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The Lehigh Valley IronPigs’ New Bacon Gear Is Flying Off the Shelves
The Lehigh Valley IronPigs, Triple-A affiliates of the Philadelphia Phillies, have had some of the best-selling gear among all minor league baseball teams for the last five years simply because they are called the Lehigh Valley IronPigs. However, ever since they announced that the team would sport caps with strips of bacon on them for […]
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Slimmer, Juice-Free Barry Bonds Shows Up to Giants Spring Training
The final contract that MLB home run king (with an asterisk) Barry Bonds signed with the San Francisco Giants included a 10-year “services” deal, meaning the guy would have to earn some of his millions by serving as a spring training instructor after his playing days were done. Well, now his playing days are done, and […]
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Bryce Harper is Jacked (Photo)
Bryce Harper is huge these days. How huge? We’re talking Brett Favre huge! Have a look: Hat Tip – [CBS-DC]
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Jays Manager John Gibbons Gives Us the MLB’s First Replay Challenge (Video)
During the off-season, Major League Baseball instituted new rules and technology that would allow managers to challenge an expanded number of calls on the field through the use of video replay. This new rule made it’s debut today, and during a Grapefruit League battle between the Toronto Blue Jays and the Minnesota Twins, Jays manager […]
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John Axford Goes 18-for-18 with Oscar Predictions
John Axford is pretty much incapable of pitching a perfect game, seeing as how he is a reliever. But as he proved last night, he is more than capable of calling a perfect Oscars. That is exactly what the newly acquired member of the Cleveland Indians did last night, as Axford went a perfect 18-for-18 […]
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Carl Crawford Dives Face First Into the Dirt (GIF)
There are some MLB players who appear as though they haven’t lost a single step or missed a single beat over the course of the winter break, like the Oakland Atheltics’ Josh Reddick, who was scaling walls on Wednesday like it was already midseason. But for every Josh Reddick, there’s a Carl Crawford, diving head […]
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Josh Reddick Robs Michael Morse of a Home Run Twice in One Game (Video)
We’re just one day into the MLB spring training schedule, but apparently Oakland A’s right fielder Josh Reddick is already dialed in. Yesterday, new Giants left fielder Michael Morse drilled a ball to right field on a trajectory that should have given him a home run. However, Reddick scaled the fence like Spider-Man and made […]
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Here’s Jose Reyes Rapping With Toronto Reporters (Video)
You can question whether or not Jose Reyes is the best player on the Toronto Blue Jays’ roster, what with the likes of Jose Bautista and Edwin Encarnacion still hanging around. But what you can’t question is whether or not he’s the best rapper on the team’s roster. He is. And now we have the […]
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Cuban Baseball Brawl Escalates Quickly When One Player Starts Swinging His Bat at Heads (Video)
Apparently Cuban baseball player Demis Valdes is a big fan of Hammurabi and his famous “code,” because during a recent baseball brawl this guy went all “eye for an eye” on an opposing player. It all started, as so many baseball brawls do, with a pitcher being a bad sport after giving up a home […]
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In Honor of Derek Jeter’s Retirement, SportsNation Gives Us the Jeter ‘Dating Diamond’ (Pic)
If you thought the hoopla surrounding the retirement of Mariano Rivera was insane, just wait. Now that Yankees great Derek Jeter has announced that 2014 will be his last season, we’re all in for an entire season of wistful Jeter-themed ceremonies, tributes, and retrospectives that will make the Sandman’s sendoff look like a pat on the back and a dead-fish […]
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Tracy McGrady Is Trying to Become a Professional Baseball Player (Video)
When most NBA superstars retire they try their hand at broadcasting, or maybe they use their name recognition to attract investors to some business venture or another. Not Tracy McGrady, though. Now that this 7x All-Star and 2x NBA scoring champion is out of basketball, he’s pursuing one of his life’s biggest dreams: becoming a […]
