MLB
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Listen to Vin Scully Tell the Most Charming Story About Bird Poop You’ll Ever Hear (Video)
If you could choose anybody in the world to narrate your life, who would it be? James Earl Jones? Maybe Morgan Freeman? For me it would be legendary Dodgers announcer Vin Scully. It’s not just that he has a great voice, either, although he certainly does. It’s that he has an unbelievable knack for cadence […]
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Rangers Second Baseman Rougned Odor Strikes Out, Still Gets to Third Base (Video)
Most of the time in baseball, a strikeout is just a strikeout. However, one of the great beauties of the game is that, sometimes, a strikeout is not a strikeout. Sometimes a strikeout is single or a double. And in fact, last night in Texas, during the bottom of the eighth inning of the Rangers-Tigers […]
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Tim Lincecum Throws Second Career No-Hitter vs. Padres, Celebrates Accordingly (Videos)
Exactly one week after Clayton Kershaw hurled the MLB’s second no-hitter of the season, Tim Lincecum now has the third, and it is also the second of his career. Sure, Lincecum’s no-hit performance may not have been as impressive as Kershaw’s, but it was still awfully good, as he allowed just one baserunner—Chase Headley via a second […]
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Phillies Fans Give Tony Gwynn Jr a Standing Ovation in First Game Back Since the Passing of His Father (Video)
It’s not often that I get to write nice things about Philadelphia Phillies fans, who can be a little gruff, to say the least. However, Tony Gwynn can bring out the best in anyone, even though he’s not with us anymore. You will of course recall that Gwynn, one of the nicest guys in baseball history, passed away last week at […]
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Military Dad Surprises Son at Royals Game, Things Get Emotional (Video)
I have tons of respect for military families. They make huge sacrifices most of us couldn’t fathom. However, for a little while, all those reunion videos of dads and moms surprising their kids were starting to get a little boring. You see, when reunion videos first started hitting the web, it was always veterans returning […]
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Young Jays Fan Shows Smooth Moves, Gives Ball to Girl Sitting Behind Him (Video)
Some dudes have “it,” and some dudes don’t. And even among those who have “it,” they all seem to get “it” at different times in their lives. Some guys don’t get “it” until they’re well into their twenties, while others already have “it” by the time they reach the age of ten. Take this young […]
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Korean Baseball Player Park Seok-Min Evades Tag at Home Plate Like a Boss (Video)
Last week Washington Nationals slugger Jayson Werth busted out some fancy footwork to avoid a tag at second base, and we were pretty impressed. However, the clip we have for you today makes Werth’s effort look like child’s play. It comes to us from the Korean Baseball Organization, and it is a few months old. […]
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Let’s Listen to a Mic’d Up Elvis Andrus Yell ‘AW SH!T!’ After Getting Hit by Pickoff Attempt (Video)
When you watch baseball games on ESPN, you’re not really watching it. You’re experiencing it. This is the Worldwide Leader we’re talking about here. They don’t just point cameras at the field and let the experts narrate. They put microphones on every warm body they can find to capture all the sounds of the game, […]
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Padres’ Alex Torres Tries Out New Protective Cap During Game (Video)
Head injuries are a serious thing in baseball, but the risk has never really spurred any big league players to wear anything other than the traditional cap on the field. That changed at Saturday night’s game between the Dodgers and the Padres, as Alex Torres of the Padres tried out a protective baseball cap called the […]
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Reds Center Fielder Billy Hamilton Makes Leaping, Game-Saving Catch Against the Wall (Video)
At this point, every baseball fan has heard about the base-stealing and base-running prowess of the Cincinnati Reds’ Billy Hamilton. In 2012, the 23-year-old set the professional (though not the Major League) record for bases stolen in a season, surpassing the 145 bags swiped by Vince Coleman for the single-A Macon Redbirds in 1983. And […]
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Here’s a Supercut of Vin Scully Calling Clayton Kershaw’s No Hitter (Video)
There is no one you would rather have behind the mic for an important ballgame than Vin Scully. The guy talks in baseball poetry. He always knows exactly what to say and, perhaps more importantly, he always knows when it’s better to say nothing. Of course, Vin Scully has been calling Dodgers games for 64 […]
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Tampa’s Matt Joyce Hits Pitching Machine Ball Right Back Into Pitching Machine (GIF)
The headline says it all, folks. The Tampa Bay Rays‘ Matt Joyce was taking BP at Tropicana Field, and he knocked one pitch up off the protective netting and back into the pitching machine, where it promptly was fired back at him. Would it be funnier if it hit him in the crotch? Yes. Immeasurably so. But […]
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Detroit Tigers Fan Faces Danger, Spills Beer to Catch Foul Ball Barehanded (GIFs)
A pretty deft fan made a great foul ball snag on Wednesday. Not only was it impressive, but the way he did it was actually pretty dangerous as well. This article could have just easily began with, “An overzealous Detroit Tigers fan died today when a misguided attempt at a foul ball left him tumbling […]
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Jayson Werth Dances His Way Around Tag at Second Base (Video)
When you think of Jayson Werth, you picture a big burly guy with a bushy beard who crushes extra base hits. You do not picture a guy with nimble feet who can tip-toe around a tag at second base. But that’s exactly what Werth did yesterday against the Houston Astros. In the bottom of the […]
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Clayton Kershaw Pitched One of the Greatest No-Hitters of All Time, So His Teammates Were Kind of Excited (Videos)
Clayton Kershaw has been the best pitcher in baseball for several years now, but it wasn’t until last night that he recorded the first no-hitter of his career. This was not one of those fluke no-hitters, either. Kershaw struck out 15 batters and walked none, with the only Colorado baserunner all night reaching on a throwing error. (Way […]
