Tag Archives: MLB

  • This Day In Sports History (April 25th) — Phillie Phanatic

    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 [...]

  • This Day In Sports History (April 23rd) – New York Mets

    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 [...]

  • Neil Diamond Sings “Sweet Caroline” at Fenway Park (Video)

    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, [...]

  • Baseball Is Back, and So Are the Drunken Dancing Fans (Video)

    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 [...]

  • Shane Victorino Steals Some Peanuts from a Fan (Video)

    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 [...]

  • How Cute!: Young A’s Fan Throws Back His Souvenir Baseball (Video)

    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 [...]

  • The 9 Nastiest Baseball Brawls of All-Time

    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 [...]

  • 12 Epic Home Plate Collisions

    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. [...]