Tag Archives: minor league baseball
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Lehigh Valley IronPigs to Install “Urinal Gaming System” in Ballpark Restrooms (Video)
Minor league baseball teams are always coming up with wacky promotions. Last year the Lowell Spinners, single A farm team for the Boston Red Sox, had Boston Bruins star and eligible bachelor Tyler Seguin come in and do some speed dating during a game. A few years back, the very same team entertained the crowd [...]
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Minor League Umpire Ejects Music Guy For Playing “Three Bling Mice” Over The PA (Video)
We told you earlier today how it’s been a tough year for baseball umpires, who have just been inundated with all kinds of nonsense that most of us never have to deal with at work. Well, it seems that at least one minor league baseball umpire had seen/heard enough. So the other day, when “Three [...]
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Minor League Baseball Manager With History Of Epic Tirades Does It Again (Video)
There are few things that put a smile on the face of a baseball fan like a good old-fashioned manager tirade. Sure, rain delay antics are nice, but they also have a downside (i.e., a rain delay). On the other hand, there is very little downside to a manager blowing his top and going ballistic [...]
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Watch This Mascot Get Thrown From An ATV And Hit The Ground Face First (Video)
It’s not easy being a sports mascot. Not only are those suits ridiculously hot, but those guys get subjected to all kinds of abuse and humiliation. If they aren’t being pushed or tackled or molested by crazy fans, they’re the victims of stunts gone wrong. And that brings us to poor Rip Tide. He’s the [...]
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Did Phillies Prospect Jiwan James Make An Insane Bare-Handed Catch Over The Outfield Wall? (Video)
Do you like magic tricks? If so, you’re going to love this play. Recently, Jiwan James, a highly touted prospect in the Philadelphia Phillies farm system—or is it pharm system?—made an absolutely unbelievable over-the-wall catch to rob an opposing batter of a home run. And by “absolutely unbelievable,” I don’t mean it was so amazing [...]
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Bill Murray Was Inducted Into The South Atlantic League Hall of Fame (Video)
Bill Murray is pretty damn awesome. You probably don’t need any further evidence of this, but in case you do, here’s a video of his induction speech into the South Atlantic League Hall of Fame. Despite Murray’s professed ignorance as to why he was asked into the Hall (“nobody’s ever asked me to be in [...]
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Bill Murray Entertains Minor League Baseball Fans During Rain Delay (Video)
The rain delay is one of those idiosyncratic features of baseball that makes you either love the game or hate it. The haters would argue that rain delays are boring, and that real men playing real sports play through bad weather (See Green Bay, Wisconson). But the lovers would insist that rain delays provide unique [...]
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Watch 47-Year-Old Jose Canseco Get Ejected From A Minor League Baseball Game (Video)
Jose Canseco has been far more entertaining since retiring from Major League Baseball than he ever was as a player. And we’re talking about a guy with arms like tree trunks who hit 462 home runs, so that’s really saying something. Back in March, after bouncing around various independent league teams for about 10 years, [...]
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Unbelievable Triple Play Turned By Triple-A Nashville Sounds (Video)
Last Monday the NL Central-leading Milwaukee Brewers turned a triple play. On Saturday night, the Brew Crew’s Triple-A affiliate turned one of their own. The funny thing is, the minor league triple play was far more impressive than the one turned by the big leaguers. Let me set it up for you. The Nashville Sounds [...]
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AA Pitcher Makes Worst Head-First Dive In History Of Pro Baseball (Video)
I know what you’re going to think when you see this video, so I’ll just cut to the chase: no, this is not footage from some local slow-pitch softball league. This is video from a game between the Jacksonville Suns and Carolina Mudcats of the AA Southern League. The funny thing is, this happened way [...]
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Here Is Another Baseball Fan Getting Tased
Early in the 20th century, it was hot dogs making their mark within baseball stadiums around the country. As for the 21st century, it appears as though tasers have been playing the role of the hot dog, and have <a title="Phillies Fan Tased During Game (Videos)" href="http://www. Tips 2 Gt Ur Bf Back totalprosports.com/2010/05/04/phillies-fan-tased-during-game-videos/” target=”_self”>become [...]
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Opening Pitches Don’t Get Sexier Than This (Video/Pics)
When it comes to opening pitches in baseball, we have provided you with the political, the comical, and now we bring you the beautiful. That is the best way to describe the scene on the field last night prior to the Las Vegas 51′s minor league game. And what made it such a beautiful scene [...]
