• MLB

    Why Your Team Won't Make The Playoffs: National League

    East.

    • 1. New York Mets. Record: 81-63. Magic number: 16. Why they're doomed: Bullpen woes; chiefly Billy Wagner, who is currently planning a comeback in time to play in the 2012 Olympics. Upcoming: They don't play the Phillies again. So there's that. Ray of hope: Carlos Delgado has four multihomer games in the past 13. Had two on Tuesday in 10-8 win over Nationals. More »

    10:45 AM on Wed Sep 10 2008
    By Rick Chandler
    7,059 views, 60 comments

  • slash fiction

    You Will Never Think Of The Drew Brothers The Same Way Again

    I've heard of Star Trek slash fiction, and Starsky & Hutch ... even Harry Potter. But baseball's Drew brothers? Why, Jesus? No, I don't have all the answers. But I would like to point out that the author at Live Journal is not twisted and sick, as one might expect. He's just a misunderstood artist trying to find his voice in a world that doesn't take fiction seriously. This anonymous fabulist has the same dreams as a young Hemingway or Steinbeck: To get a story into print. Well, that, and to have sloppy, primitive sex with a Drew brother.

    "Mom and Dad are just behind me," J.D. warned softly when they parted again, "but we'll steal some time soon, I promise". Stephen nodded, turning his face into J.D.'s caressing hand and kissing the palm ...

    More »

    3:30 PM on Thu Aug 14 2008
    By Rick Chandler
    15,242 views, 75 comments

    Latest by DrAndrewsInsultedByTomBrady'sBastardKnee: Georgia boys will be Georgia boys. more »

  • MLB Closer

    Jim Edmonds Jogs La Russa's Memory

    Cubs outfielder Jim Edmonds has gotten past the drama of being traded from the Cardinals in the offseason. Or maybe not. After refusing to discuss his former manager, Tony La Russa, with the media, Edmonds proceeded to go two for four, both hits going yard in a 3-2 win over his ex-team. The game stretched to a tedious eleven innings with Cubs reliever Bob Howry getting the win. The loss was handed to the Cardinals Ryan Franklin with a bases loaded single by Henry Blanco to bring in the winning run. More »

    10:45 AM on Sat Aug 9 2008
    By Sarah Schorno
    3,279 views, 14 comments

    Latest by V for Vishnu: @KazMatsuisAnalFissure: Well, I guess they were pretty impressed with his brilliant performances last season in the playoffs. more »

  • DUAN!

    Unfortunately, Being An Unrepentant Moron Is Not A Crime

    Last week, there was a horrible story about two female St. Louis Cardinals' fans who were struck by a car while crossing the street on the way home from the Cards-Phillies series at Citizens Bank Park. One of the women died due to her injuries. More »

    6:30 PM on Thu Jul 17 2008
    By DAULERIO
    25,089 views, 559 comments

    Latest by Billy Clyde Puckett: Fuck him. Seriously, he can die. more »

  • Emeritus

    On Vincent Gallo, Black Gallagher And Rotten.com Videos


    This video has been online for about a year now, but I just saw it for the first time today. It's brutal, punishing and so uncalled for that it should come with a Tipper Gore warning. It's from 2001, when my immortal beloved Rick Ankiel was still struggling with his "control" and some minor league fans were letting him have it, and then some. It's like seeing other kids picking on your son; it's impossible to look at. More »

    11:45 AM on Wed Jul 9 2008
    By Will Leitch
    11,755 views, 129 comments

    Latest by Pardon_The_Bad_Post: Come on will. you walked in here unprepared and arrogant. you were sloppy. and i know why. you got more »

  • mlb closer

    Windy City Teams On Verge Of Trading Sweeps; Kerry Wood Not Pleased

    Despite getting the catchy nickname of "One of the most consistent hitters in the game" by teammate Matt Murton, Aramis Ramirez failed to take advantage of a lead-off double in the 9th by Derrek Lee. With one out and Lee on third, Bobby Jenks forced the Cubbie into grounding out weakly to short when a sac fly would've sent the game to extra frames. Carlos Quentin took Carlos Marmol deep in the 7th to put the Pale Hose up 6-5 for good. Today the White Sox try to avenge the sweep at Wrigley earlier this month. Call it a hunch, but the camera may not be checking in with Kerry Wood today. More »

    11:00 AM on Sun Jun 29 2008
    By Christmas Ape
    2,611 views, 7 comments

    Latest by HazelMaesLandingStrip: After the incident Wood was placed on the 60 Day DL with torn ligaments in both fingers. more »

  • purple prose

    SuperYid Youkilis Drubs The Hardly Punchless RedBirds

    Slate's Robert Weintraub, like many of us, loves the old purple prose of early 1900s sportswriting, the Grantland Rices, the men who painted epic tales of warriors, grizzled combatants and lardywarks too manly to wear gloves. In an occasional series, Weintraub writes about the week's best baseball game in the style of the vaunted sportswriters of yesteryear. This week: The Red Sox 13-inning win over the Cardinals on Sunday.

    In a swampy soup more Bayou than Beantown, God’s Tears threatened to fall more than once. The Great Father finally wept for nearly an hour, holding up this shining example of the Pastime, and sending many faithful scurrying to the foul-smelling runways of His Park. The delay only added to the exceptional breadth of the gala, which challenged the stamina of most onlookers, and broke the tape in the gloaming, even on the longest day of the year. More »

    4:00 PM on Wed Jun 25 2008
    By robert weintraub
    3,421 views, 93 comments

    Latest by KazMatsuisAnalFissure: @FoxHoundADAM: Are you implying that other MLB teams are actually relevant? /Northeastern fuckhead'd more »

  • real men of genius

    The Cardinals Just May Have Changed The Game As We Know It

    Dilemma: How to lug a cooler full of refreshing beverages to the bullpen each day without injuring certain medial collateral ligaments? Solution: The motorized cooler. Credit Cardinals' reliever Jason Isringhausen — who had to keep busy somehow while on the 15-day DL — with this upgrade of a regular cooler, which is driven from the Busch Stadium clubhouse to the bullpen before each game. More »

    11:40 AM on Tue Jun 24 2008
    By Rick Chandler
    7,517 views, 66 comments

    Latest by WydrasArmy: The Giants made one for Barry Bonds last year but he complained that he kept getting "pricked" when he tried more »

  • fenway park

    We Enjoyed Fenway Park Almost As Much As Brendan Ryan

    We know that Bostonians take a lot of heat around these parts — or pretty much anywhere in the world of sport these days — and we suspect they can take it; multiple championships will serve as balm to just about any wound. (Other, than, you know, maybe a gunshot.) But we're gonna compliment them anyway; everyone we and our parents met at Fenway Park this weekend were friendly and welcoming. And that's not easy to do when one's team is down 8-0 after two innings. More »

    10:00 AM on Mon Jun 23 2008
    By Will Leitch
    12,983 views, 68 comments

    Latest by WydrasArmy: I won a bet with Stay Away From Oprah for my Cards taking 2 of 3...I just wanted everyone to more »

  • boston

    Is Boston Ready To Host A Championship Celebration?


    As mentioned last week, the Leitch family is heading to Fenway Park this Saturday — tentative pitching matchup: Josh Beckett vs. Mitchell Boggs. You're toast, Sox! — and we are hopeful that the Yawkey Way faithful will show us the appropriate respect. That is to say: We hope they won't throw anything heavy at us. If the Celtics can win either one of these two home games this week, we have to think they'll be in a good enough mood, right? Right? More »

    5:30 PM on Mon Jun 16 2008
    By Will Leitch
    4,463 views, 47 comments

    Latest by Chazz_Goodtimes: I think the fenway experience basically depends on where you're sitting and the mix in your section of regular fans, more »