Tag Archives: MLB
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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. [...]
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This Day In Sports History (April 12th) – Frank Robinson
It was on this day in 1988 that Frank Robinson replaced Cal Ripken Sr. as general manager of the Baltimore Orioles. The Orioles lost their first six games of the season, which led to the firing. They would go on to lose the next 15 games under Robinson to begin the season at 0-21, the [...]
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Dodgers-Padres Brawl Leaves Pitcher Zack Greinke with a Broken Collarbone (Video)
Last night the San Diego Padres and the Los Angeles Dodgers gave us the first bench-clearing brawl of the 2013 Major League Baseball season, and it wasn’t one of those half-hearted brawls like the one we saw from the Cubs and Nationals last September. This one left a $147,000,000 pitcher with a broken collarbone, and [...]
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Mariners Fan Catches Foul Ball in Beer, Chugs It Down (Video)
Well, it seems like Major League Baseball fans are finally starting to get back into the swing of things now. You’ll recall that, for opening week, they were a little rusty. We saw a dude fall on his head going for a foul ball, and another dude jumping out of the way of a home [...]
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Drunk Phillies Fan Gets Branded with Hot Spatula While Tailgating (Video)
Phillies fans are known for being pretty wild, violent, and obnoxious inside the ballpark. However, they do a pretty good job of letting loose outside the ballpark, too. Obviously, I’m talking about their penchant for extreme tailgating. You see, Phillies fans don’t just sit around, drink a few beers and flip some burgers before a [...]
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Miami Marlins Ejected Fans from Home Opener Because They Had Signs Protesting Team Ownership (Video)
Remember when the Miami Marlins traded all their good players—except for Giancarlo Stanton—to the Toronto Blue Jays for a couple of prospects and a case of Molson Canadian? Well, you know, it turns out that Marlins fans were just a little disappointed. Apparently they felt that, after the citizens of southern Florida paid for the [...]
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NFL Hopeful Denard Robinson Throws One of the Worst Ceremonial First Pitches Ever (Video)
If Denard Robinson gets selected in the 2013 NFL Draft, it almost certainly will not be as a quarterback. Oh sure, he played quarterback for the Michigan Wolverines and led the team to the Gator Bowl in 2011, the Sugar Bowl in 2012, and the Outback Bowl in 2013, while passing for 6,250 total yards. [...]
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Giant Wiener Takes a Spill During Hot Dog Race on Opening Day at Kauffman Stadium (Video)
I have no idea how their fans feel about the upcoming season, but the Kansas City Royals’ management certainly thinks this could be the year that they finally end their losing ways and make it back to the postseason for the first time since they miraculously won the World Series in 1985. In the offseason [...]
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Rangers Beat the Rays Thanks to a Terrible Called Strike by Umpire Marty Foster on the Final Pitch of the Game (Video)
Well, that didn’t take long. Last night, on just the eighth day of the six-month baseball season, we got our first truly terrible call by an umpire. And the real kicker is that it ended a close game. Let me set it up for you. The Rays were in Arlington taking on the Rangers. The [...]
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TotalProSports’ Own Esteban Speaks to WGN Radio in Chicago Prior to Cubs’ Home Opener at Wrigley Field (Audio)
TotalProSports writer John, a.k.a. Esteban, has been providing our readers with plenty of great content over the course of the past couple of years, and one of his latest masterpieces was his list ranking the best ballparks to catch a game during the 2013 MLB season. Each stadium in Major League Baseball was analyzed and [...]
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Wasted Jays Fan Barfs All Over Seats, Makes Mom Proud (Video)
The Toronto Blue Jays had very strong attendance numbers for their first homestand of the 2013 MLB season. You see, they usually get a packed house on Opening Day, but then see the crowds shrink dramatically for games two and three of the season. However, with so much hype surrounding the team this year, the [...]
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Reds Fan Catches Home Run Ball in One Hand While Holding Infant in the Other (Video)
Last week we showed you a clip of a Diamondbacks fan who jumped out of the way of a home run ball and let it hit his girlfriend in the face. This week we have the polar opposite. At the Reds-Nationals game in Cincinnati on Saturday, Washington’s Jayson Werth blasted a home run to right-center [...]
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This Day In Sports History (April 8th) – Hank Aaron
It was on this day in 1974 that Hank Aaron hit his 715th career home run. Aaron broke Babe Ruth’s record, which stood for an incredible 39 years. Aaron hit his 713th home run on the second last day of the 1973 season, forcing him to wait all winter for his chance to tie, and [...]
