Tag Archives: baseball
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This Day In Sports History (April 23rd) – New York Mets
It was on this day in 1962 that the New York Mets earned their first franchise win. After losing the first nine games of the season, the Mets would finally get their first win by beating the Pittsburgh Pirates 9-1 in a game played at Forbes Field. The 1962 New York Mets were one of [...]
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University of Nebraska-Omaha Player Performs Great Escape During a Rundown (Video)
When a baseball player gets caught in a rundown, it is probably fair to assume that about 95% of the time they will get caught, resulting in an out. As for the five percent that get away, four percent are likely the result of an error by a defensive player, while the other one percent is the [...]
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Astros Fan Catches a Home Run With a Popcorn Bucket (Video)
The man in the video you are about to watch is not the first person to catch a baseball in a popcorn bucket. But he is the latest, so that’s why we’re talking about him. It took place during Sunday’s series finale between the Indians and the Astros at Minute Maid Park in Houston. With [...]
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Neil Diamond Sings “Sweet Caroline” at Fenway Park (Video)
Last Wednesday, just two days after the Boston Marathon Bombing, Bruins fans encapsulated the strength of their city by coming together and singing the Star Spangled Banner in unison during the B’s first home game since the tragic act of terrorism. On Saturday, it was Red Sox Nation’s chance to put Boston’s strength on display, [...]
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Umpire Balk! Bill Miller Goes to Punch Out Batter, then Changes Mind and Calls a Ball (Video)
Every baseball umpire worth his salt has a good punchout move that he busts out after a big strikeout. These little sprinkles of theatricality add character to the game, and pretty much everybody loves them—including the umpires themselves. Unfortunately, from time to time you’ll come across an umpire who loves doing his punchout move a [...]
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Baseball Is Back, and So Are the Drunken Dancing Fans (Video)
Drunk dancing baseball fans are back. Thank goodness. Of course, you can see drunk fans dancing like idiots at lots of different sporting events—hockey games, basketball games, football games, you name it. But no sport produces as many drunk dancing fans as baseball. I don’t know what it is. Actually, that’s not true. I do [...]
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Shane Victorino Steals Some Peanuts from a Fan (Video)
This past offseason, the Boston Red Sox signed outfielder Shane Victorino to a three-year, $39 million deal. That’s not Josh Hamilton or Zack Greinke money, but $13 million a year is still a pretty nice chunk of change. Divide that total by 365 and that works out to an income of $35,616 per day, which [...]
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Rockies Fan Builds Snowman to Keep Him Company During a Cold Double Header at Coors Field (Video)
Just about anyone who has ever spent a few days in Denver, Colorado, knows that they have some of the strangest weather patterns you’ll find anywhere. They’ll have a blizzard in October, but then it will be sunny and 55º on Christmas Day. They’ll have 75º weather in March, but in April they’ll get more [...]
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Teams Around MLB Pay Tribute to Boston Marathon Bombing Victims by Playing Red Sox Anthem “Sweet Caroline” (Videos)
Since at least 1997, every time the Boston Red Sox play a home game at Fenway Park, Neil Diamond’s soft rock anthem “Sweet Caroline” is played in the middle of the 8th inning. There was no particular rhyme or reason to it at first, but over the years the song became the unofficial anthem of [...]
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Ben Revere’s Diving Catch is Something to Behold (Video + GIF)
Most people will probably say that Ben Revere‘s diving overhead catch to rob Todd Frazier of extra bases during yesterday’s game between the Philadelphia Phillies and the Cincinnati Reds is an early candidate for “catch of the year” honors. I, on the other hand, would suggest that we just give the dude the award now. [...]
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Watch this Pirates Fan Catch a Foul Ball in His Oversized Novelty Baseball Glove (Video)
The 2013 Major League Baseball season is only a couple weeks old, and already we’ve seen some good lessons in what to do and, more importantly, what not to do when a ball comes your way. For example, do catch foul balls in your beer (and then chug it), and do catch home run balls [...]
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The 9 Nastiest Baseball Brawls of All-Time
Last Thursday, a bench-clearing brawl erupted between the Padres and Dodgers after San Diego’s Carlos Quentin took umbrage at being plunked by Los Angeles’ Zack Greinke. It was probably the most heated altercation we’ve seen in MLB since the Reds-Cardinals melee back in 2010, and it resulted in another altercation between Carlos Quentin and Matt [...]
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Redemption! John Wall Reaches the Plate With His Latest Ceremonial First Pitch (Video)
Remember the last time Washington Wizards guard John Wall threw out the ceremonial first pitch at a Washington Nationals baseball game? How could you forget? The dude, who is known for his ability to dish a basketball with the best of them, became quite the laughingstock after he one-hopped the ball approximately five feet wide [...]
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12 Epic Home Plate Collisions
Ever since Buster Posey broke his leg in a brutal home plate collision at the start of the 2011 season, there has been a lot of talk about eliminating that play from baseball. In fact, the debate flares up pretty much every time we see such a collision now, whether anybody gets injured or not. [...]
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This Day In Sports History (April 12th) – Frank Robinson
It was on this day in 1988 that Frank Robinson replaced Cal Ripken Sr. as general manager of the Baltimore Orioles. The Orioles lost their first six games of the season, which led to the firing. They would go on to lose the next 15 games under Robinson to begin the season at 0-21, the [...]
