Tag Archives: baseball
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This Day In Sports History (September 28th) – Ted Williams
It was on this day in 1941 that Ted Williams finished the regular season with a .406 batting average. Williams remains the last player to hit over .400 throughout the course of a regular season. Williams entered the final day of the 1941 season with a .39955 batting average, which would have been rounded up [...]
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Baseball Player Whose Big League Career Ended On His First Pitch Will Finally Get A Second Chance
How’s your heart today? A little cold? Well, maybe this will warm it up a bit: the only man in the history of Major League Baseball to have his career end on the first pitch of his first at-bat is getting a second chance. Seven years ago, on July 9, 2005, a 24-year-old Chicago Cubs [...]
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Guy Boucher Delivers Perfect Opening Pitch With A Hockey Stick (Video)
Tampa Bay Lightning head coach Guy Boucher earned full marks for creativity during his opening pitch prior to the Tampa Bay Rays’ home game against the Toronto Blue Jays on Friday, as he delivered the pitch via a wrist shot with a hockey stick. And he also earned a perfect score for execution, as his [...]
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The Top 20 Active MLB Career Strikeout Leaders
If you follow Major League Baseball, then you’re probably aware that we’re in the midst of a golden era for pitching. Or at least, that’s what the experts say. However, there’s always two ways to look at any statistical phenomenon. And the other day, as I was watching part of a Chicago White Sox Game—which [...]
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It Was “Star Trek Night” At The Trop in Tampa Last Night (Video)
Earlier this season, the Tampa Bay Rays and nine other teams around Major League Baseball teamed up with Stand Up 2 Cancer and LucasFilms to hold “Star Wars Nights” at the ballpark. I have no idea if these events actually raised any money for cancer research, but we did get to see Darth Vader on [...]
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Vernon Wells Didn’t Make The Catch, But Boy Did He Try (Video)
Poor Vernon Wells. I mean that figuratively, of course, because in actuality he’s ridiculously filthy rich. But we make fun of the guy any time the subject of terrible sports contracts comes up because he gets paid an ungodly amount of money to play pretty bad baseball. However, you have to hand it to Vernon: [...]
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This Day In Sports History (September 14th) – Toronto Blue Jays
It was on this day in 1987 that the Toronto Blue Jays hit a Major League record 10 home runs in a single game. The Jays beat the Baltimore Orioles 18-3 in a game played at Toronto’s Exhibition Stadium. Catcher Ernie Whitt would lead the charge with three home runs, while both George [...]
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Embarrassing Errors Cost Rockies Two Consecutive 1-0 Losses To The Braves (Video)
Good news, Astros fans. For once we have a montage of awful baseball that does not feature your team. Yes, it turns out that the 2012 Colorado Rockies are also comically bad. Sure, they’re not as bad as the guys from Houston, who are 42-95. But the Rockies’ 56-80 record ain’t exactly good either. [...]
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Things Got Pretty Heated Between The Cubs And Nats Last Night (Video)
Things got pretty heated last night between the Cubs and Nationals in Washington, DC, and on two separate occasions the tensions almost escalated into full-on brawls. The first close call came in the bottom of the 5th inning, when Nationals third base coach Bo Porter got into a heated argument on the top step of the [...]
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This Day In Sports History (September 7th) — Fay Vincent
It was on this day in 1992 that Fay Vincent resigned as Commissioner of Major League Baseball. Vincent’s reign lasted just under three years as he had taken over for Bart Giamatti, who died of a heart attack in September of 1989. Fay Vincent was very much involved in Pete Rose’s lifetime banishment from [...]
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This Day In Sports History (September 6th) – Cal Ripken Jr.
It was on this day in 1995 that Cal Ripken Jr. played in his 2,131st consecutive game, setting a new Major League record. Ripken eclipsed the mark that was previously held by Lou Gehrig. After the Angels’ half of the fifth inning, the game was considered official and Cal had broken the record. He [...]
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Put Your Fantasy Sports Knowledge To Good Use At FantasyFactor.com
Stop me if this sounds like a familiar story. You’ve spent weeks crafting the perfect draft strategy. You’ve studied all the injury charts, the updates, the rumors and match ups. When draft day arrives you execute your strategy to perfection, making ungodly value picks and getting all the sleepers that you were targeting. Excitement for [...]
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Pawtucket Red Sox Outfielder Jason Repko Makes An Incredible Over-The-Wall Catch (Video)
Things haven’t exactly been going well for the Boston Red Sox this season, as they currently find themselves 15 games back of the AL East-leading New York Yankees, thanks to an incredibly disappointing 62-74 record. However, the same cannot be said for their Triple-A affiliates, the Pawtucket Red Sox. You see, not only has [...]
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This Day In Sports History (August 31st) – Ken Griffey Sr. and Jr.
It was on this day in 1990 that Ken Griffey Sr. and Ken Griffey Jr. became the first father and son to play on the same team at the same time. In their first game together they hit back-to-back singles in the first inning and would later come around to score. Ken Jr. was [...]
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This Day In Sports History (August 23rd) – Bobby Bonds
It was on this day in 2003 that former Major Leaguer Bobby Bonds passed away. Bonds died of complications from lung cancer and a brain tumor at the age of 57. Bonds was a great leadoff hitter, who had the rare combination of raw power and blazing speed. In 1969, he became only the fourth [...]
