Tag Archives: MLB
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This Day In Sports History (April 25th) — Phillie Phanatic
It was on this day in 1978 that the Phillie Phanatic made his first ever appearance as the official mascot of the Philadelphia Phillies. The idea for the Phillie Phanatic was created by Dennis Lehman in 1977, as he felt the team needed to abandon “Philadelphia Phil” and “Philadelphia Phillis”, and replace them with a [...]
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Hardcore Baltimore Orioles Fan Has Orioles Logo Painted on His Prosthetic Leg (Video)
Most fans show dedication to their team by wearing hats and jerseys. Some go so far as to put team flags on their cars and decorate the front of their houses. And occasionally, some even go all-in and get tattoos of team logos or franchise icons on their bodies. You know what you very rarely [...]
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Padres Fan Makes Awesome Diving Catch on Home Run Ball (Videos)
With each passing week, that guy who let the home run ball hit his girlfriend in Arizona is looking worse and worse. First he got shown up by the Reds fan who caught the home run ball one-handed while holding his kid. Then he got shown up by the Astros fan who caught the home [...]
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Darrelle Revis Threw Out the First Pitch at the Rays-Yankees Game, and He Didn’t Blow It (Video)
Throwing out a ceremonial first pitch sounds like it would be a cool thing to do, but it’s actually just a really elaborate way to embarrass yourself. If you mess up, a whole stadium full of people will laugh at you in person. Then you’ll get home, turn on your computer, discover that you’re on [...]
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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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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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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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How Cute!: Young A’s Fan Throws Back His Souvenir Baseball (Video)
Handing a foul ball to a young fan seated nearby seems to be the cool thing to do these days at Major League ballparks. But are these toddlers really all that interested in taking home some dirty baseball that they know absolutely nothing about? To be honest, they probably aren’t any more interested in keeping that ball [...]
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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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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. [...]
