Tag Archives: baseball
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This Day In Sports History (October 29th) – Philadelphia Phillies
It was on this day in 2008 that the Philadelphia Phillies and Tampa Bay Rays completed Game Five of the World Series. The game had started two days earlier, but was postponed due to rain, making it the first World Series game in history to be delayed for over a day. The Phillies made it [...]
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Granny Can't Stop Cheering For The Giants During Game One (Video)
How To Get Ex Boyfriend Back Most baseball fans will be tuning in to Game 2 of the World Series tonight to see if the Tigers can bounce back, or if we're in for another Pablo Sandoval show. But not me! Sure, I'll still be tunin How To Get Ex Boyfriend Back g in to [...]
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30 Fantastic Baseball Fan GIFs
Well, the 2012 World Series is officially underway. And since the games are once again being telecast on Fox, you know what that means: out of every four-hour broadcast, a good forty-five minutes will be dedicated to close-ups of fans nervously biting their nails and covering up the bottom halves of their faces with their [...]
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Stat Line Of The Night — 10/24/12 — Pablo Sandoval
How Do I Get Back Together With Some One With Justin Verlander on the mound for the Detroit Tigers during Game One of the World Series last night, few would have imagined that we would be talking about a three-home-run performance from a San Francisco Giants batter. But that is exactly what all the buzz [...]
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The 13 Greatest Comebacks in MLB Postseason History
Well, last night the San Francisco Giants became only the 12th MLB team to come back from a 3-1 deficit in a best-of-seven series. So the topic for today’s list was a no-brainer: best postseason comebacks in MLB history. It includes all twelve 3-1 comebacks, plus one comeback from a best-of-give series, and while a [...]
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This Day In Sports History (October 23rd) — Joe Carter And The Blue Jays
It was on this day in 1993 that the Toronto Blue Jays beat the Philadelphia Phillies by a score of 8-6 in Game 6 of the World Series. With the win, the Blue Jays clinched their second of back-to-back World Series titles. The 1993 World Series will forever be remembered for how it ended, as [...]
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Hunter Pence's Tricky Broken Bat Double Broke Things Open For The Giants Last Night (Video)
We've already awarded the “Stat Line of the Night” to Marco Scutaro, but we easily could have bestowed that honor upon his Giants teammate, Hunter Pence. After all, in addition to his one run and two RBIs on the night, the 29-year-old right fielder also accomplished the rare feat of recording three hits in a [...]
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Stat Line Of The Night — 10/22/12 — Marco Scutaro
Five days ago the San Francisco Giants' chances of reaching the World Series for the second time in three years were not looking good. After all, they had just lost Game 4 of the NLCS by a score of 8-3, and with the Cards holding a commanding 3-1 series lead, the Giants would have to [...]
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This Day In Sports History (October 22nd) – Cincinnati Reds
It was on this day in 1975 that the Cincinnati Reds and the Boston Red Sox played game seven of the World Series. The Reds defeated the Sox 4-3 to capture the franchise’s third World Series title. This World Series was ranked by ESPN as the second greatest Series ever played. One of the most [...]
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Two Bat Boys Were Almost Impaled By A Broken Bat Last Night In St. Louis (Video)
Most people probably don’t realize it, but being a bat boy is one of the toughest jobs in the game of baseball. Sure, it looks like they get to just hang out with ballplayers and hand them equipment, but in actuality, they work somewhere between six and eight hours a day, doing everything from cleaning [...]
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Justin Verlander Rubbed The Detroit Trainer’s Bald Head For Good Luck (Video)
When he’s on the field, Justin Verlander seems to have ice-water in his veins. On Tuesday night in Detroit, the Tigers’ ace pitched another gem of a game, going 8 1/3 innings while giving up just three hits, one earned run, and no walks, leaving the game in the ninth with a 2-1 lead. However, once [...]
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Prince Fielder’s Son Was Mistaken For A Girl By An A’s Fan (Video)
Here’s a tip for all you drunken sports fans out there: if you’re going to harass the family of one of the opposing team’s superstar players, make sure you don’t confuse his son for a little girl. It won’t go over well. Why do I bring this up? Because at Game 5 of the American [...]
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15 Unlikely MLB Postseason Heroes
One of the best things about postseason baseball is that you get to expect the unexpected. You never know what it will be, but you can count on seeing something completely unpredictable. And the 2012 MLB postseason is certainly no exception. On Friday night, not only did we witness yet another historic comeback by the [...]
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Yankees Fan’s Tall Glove Comes Up Short On Raul Ibanez’s Home Run (Video)
When most of you watched Raul Ibanez hit a two-run homer to tie the game in the bottom of the ninth inning during Game 1 of the ALCS on Saturday, you were probably thinking to yourself, “Did that just happen? Did this 40-year-old designated hitter just hit another game-tying home run in the bottom of [...]
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21 Amazing Baseball Catch GIFs
The other day I was watching a little postseason baseball—totally not while I was at work—when I saw St. Louis Cardinals center fielder Jon Jay make a fantastic catch up against the left-center field wall during Game 2 of the NLDS. At the time the Cardinals were up 7-3, but it was only the 6th [...]
