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Lasorda Back With Dodgers; Still Fat

To help us to get into shape for baseball's opening day, here's a mini Closer. I promise I will not take out the catcher ...

If, as some are saying, Billy Crystal signing with the Yankees is making a mockery of baseball, then what do we make of Tommy Lasorda's return to the Dodgers? While Crystal is in danger of getting hurt in his one-game exhibition game stint on Thursday, Lasorda could very well keel over dead. I mean, just look at him; and remember that he's 80. I keep seeing that scene in The Godfather in which Vito Corelone falls over dead in the tomato garden (as Rafael Furcal chases him with the bug sprayer).

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11:40 AM on Wed Mar 12 2008
By rickchand
2,962 views, 47 comments

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You're Giving More Money To Bud Selig Than Ever Before

Fascinating figures in the Chicago Tribune the other day: It turns out that
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Bud Selig's Fortnight From Hell

As we move on with our lives now that Barry Bonds has taken over the home run record — though we really can't move on, considering he's gonna keep playing — we look at the guy who has consistently looked worse than everybody else, Bonds included, this entire time. We're talking of course about Bud Selig. More »

4:40 PM on Wed Aug 8 2007
By Leitch
6,394 views, 57 comments

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Confirmed Family Man Is Having a Good Weekend

Alex Rodriguez tallied his 497th career homerun during a day/night doubleheader curb-stomping of those pesky D-Rays. The Yankees one won the first game by four runs, a fairly respectable margin. Once the sun went down shit got ugly—17-5 ugly. Luis Vizcaino got the win in both games and Shelley Duncan hit his/her a home run (the first of his/her career) while his/her brother Chris did the same in a losing cause for St. Louis. More »

11:40 AM on Sun Jul 22 2007
By Unsilent Majority
2,609 views, 11 comments

Latest by What Would Kornheiser Do? Presented by Peniston Fuels: @lieutenant winslow: Fuck that. Weed and blow, dude. Weed and blow. more »

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It's Your All-Star Game Live Blog, Ya'll

We run this picture, not because there's any particular reason to run it, but because it's the All-Star Game tonight, and we will never, ever tire of looking at this picture. It has been five years since the ultimate Bud Selig befuddled moment — honestly, just look at that picture again; doesn't it just make you want to laugh and dance? That's what it does to us — and it's pretty much the first, last and every image we think about it anytime the game comes back around. It makes us happy. It just does.

We hope you all enjoyed Bud's chat today and are raring and ready for the 78th All-Star Game. The American League has won nine in a row. Since they made that All Important Rule about home-field advantage in the World Series going to the league that wins here, the World Series is even between leagues at 2. So strap in and HOLD ON TIGHT. (And play Bingo!)

Because this is a Big Game — and the Only Thing Happening Today — we are proud to introduce the fine crew at Babes Love Baseball, who will be live blogging this monster for you tonight. Their words will begin a bit before gametime after the jump. Make them feel welcome, and do try to enjoy yourselves.

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5:05 PM on Tue Jul 10 2007
By Leitch
27,895 views, 1046 comments

Latest by Trackback: MLB All-Star Game: Ichiro! It’s hard to be first to ever do something in an All-Star Game with a history as long as MLB’s, but MVP Ichiro did it, hitting the game’s first-ever inside-the-park home run (which is so cool, more »

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Worry Not, Everybody: You'll Be Seeing Plenty Of Bud Selig

We know that you, like us, have been on your proverbial pins and your proverbial needles wondering whether or not baseball commissioner Bud Selig would attend the game in which Barry Bonds destroys our collective faith in humanity by breaking Hank Aaron's home run record. Wonder no longer! More »

1:05 PM on Tue Jul 10 2007
By Leitch
4,094 views, 44 comments

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How Bud And Company Are Justifying Keeping Games From You

OK, so here's where everything stands with the Major League Baseball / DirectTV / Extra Innings deal from yesterday. Richard Sandomir has the scoop in The New York Times. More »

12:00 PM on Thu Mar 22 2007
By Leitch
3,337 views, 92 comments

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MLB Pretends It Cares, A Little, Barely

So, if you buy what Major League Baseball is spinning, yesterday's announcement that the Direct TV wouldn't necessarily be an exclusive deal is great news, a chance for fans to still watch their favorite out-of-town team without having to buy stupid DirectTV. After all, cable providers have until the beginning of the season to "match" the DirectTV offer and put the games on their carriers. They'll of course match, right? The onus is on them! More »

10:30 AM on Fri Mar 9 2007
By Leitch
4,765 views, 62 comments

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Bud Selig Is Trying Very Hard To Tolerate Your Bitching

Bug Selig, rebel bad-ass that he is, is taking a little bit of a contentious stance against the backlash towards the MLB's exclusive deal with DirecTV. He referred to it as "a slight controversy, in some places," and he believes that the solution is for you to get off your broke ass and buy yourself a dish. Via The Sports Frog, from the Chicago Tribune: More »

2:15 PM on Sun Mar 4 2007
By mjdeadspin
3,291 views, 48 comments

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MLB Would Like You To Stop Enjoying Their Product So Much

Lots of discussion the last few days about fantasy baseball statistics, who owns them and whether Major League Baseball is clueless, a bunch of jerks or both. Basically, baseball wanted to force any fantasy game companies to pay them a licensing fee just to use their stats, and a St. Louis judge said "No way." Our favorite quote was from Daniel Okrent, former public editor for The New York Times and one of the founders of Rotisserie baseball (and never got a dime for his efforts): "The only thing that saddens me about it is that there won't be a public trial, during which MLB's incredible greed would have been on public display." More »

5:00 PM on Thu Aug 10 2006
By Leitch
230 views, 88 comments

Latest by BigRicks: Look in today's closer for the link to Deadspin AAA FFL more »

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We Have To Ask ... Special Bud Selig Edition

Tomorrow afternoon, baseball commissioner Bud Selig will host a live chat with fans from the All-Star Game festivities in Pittsburgh. The chat isn't live, necessarily, considering you can submit your questions a day early. But Selig will be there, probably, and it's possible his typist might even occassionally talk to him before he inputs Selig's answers. More »

3:45 PM on Mon Jul 10 2006
By Rick Chandler
243 views, 59 comments

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If You Can Trust Anyone, You Can Trust Jose Canseco

Yesterday, Major League Baseball released a Strongly Worded Statement, making it clear that former Madonna statue Jose Canseco's claims — that Bud Selig and Co. could cover up a positive steroid test if the player (namely, Roger Clemens) were popular enough — "complete nonsense." It is the next in a series of angry, "Canseco's a self-promoting liar" tsk tsk attacks from MLB on Canseco, pointing out his obvious credibility issues, borderline personality and desire to be Steven Seagal. It's rather easy to discredit Jose Canseco. More »

12:00 PM on Wed Jul 5 2006
By Leitch
557 views, 20 comments

Latest by Tex: Bud Selig and MLB need to quit denying accusations and put their damned house in order. At this point anyone who played in MLB since about 1990 is going to be forever suspect as a player because of this more »

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Sheriff Bud Selig, All Over The Case

Look out, Barry; you're really in trouble now. Bud Selig reportedly is ready to announce that Major League Baseball is launching an investigation into steroid use (insert dramatic music here). So as you can see, the jig is up. There's absolutely nowhere players like Bonds can hide. Having Bud Selig on your tail is like ... is like, um, well, here's a list of things it's like: More »

9:15 AM on Thu Mar 30 2006
By Rick Chandler
206 views, 15 comments

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Everybody Hates Barry ... Even Pepsi

So, let's just say that Barry Bonds does break Hank Aaron's home run record this year. It's not that crazy of a notion, you know; he needs 48, which is fewer home runs than Andruw Jones hit last year. How will you react? OK, let's rephrase that: If you had a multi-million dollar advertising budget at your disposal, how will you react? Do you celebrate? Do you want your name attached to Bonds? More »

11:30 AM on Wed Mar 29 2006
By Leitch
100 views, 1 comment

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Barry Bonds And The Chamber of Secrets

Well, there's less than two weeks left until the official release of the book Game of Shadows, the Barry Bonds expose by San Francisco Chronicle reporters Mark Fainaru-Wada and Lance Williams. We suspect that your kids have been on pins and needles in anticipation and have probably been bugging you to make their Barry Bonds costumes for those neighborhood book release parties. Little Timmy wants to be young, slim Barry. Sally wants to be mistress Kimberly Bell. Jason wants to be Paula Abdul (that should be looked into, by the way). Toy syringes and boxes of Bertie Bott's Every Flavor Anabolic Steroid Pills are flying off the shelves. Whoa, slow down kids! Pace yourselves! More »

9:15 AM on Fri Mar 10 2006
By Rick Chandler
139 views, 8 comments

Latest by Juancho: Aha, it does say if a player is caught WITH steroids, he will be punished. Not having done them. Not having evidence of him having done them. Selig and Bonds are both pretty much screwed. The court of public opinion is more »

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David Wells: More Fun Than Should Be Allowed

How great is it, honestly, to have David Wells around? We're almost sorry to see the Red Sox pitcher come back from that knee injury, because it means he'll be busy again. And we've learned that an idle David Wells is an entertaining David Wells — it's kind of like if Gary Busey all of a sudden showed up at your birthday party. Whenever he opens his mouth, the fun just never ends.

Consider these two observations by Wells, taking into account that this is just what he's said over the past two days:

"(Barry Bonds should) be a man and come out and say that he did [use steroids]. Don't hide behind the uniform. Don't hide behind the players association. If you're guilty and you got caught, come clean. I think he'd get a lot more respect from people than lying. Unknowingly took 'roids? I know everything I've done. If I'm going to do something to my body, I know what's going in. I'm not going to let someone put a needle in me, not knowing what's in that needle. That's a joke."
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1:15 PM on Thu Mar 9 2006
By Leitch
45 views, 3 comments

Latest by Matt: Google stock takes another hit--Davis Wells uses it? Market saturation. more »

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Soon, Bud Selig Will Rule the World! Bwah Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha!

We've never imagined the Yankees' front office as rebel types, but there's a first time for everything, we suppose. On Saturday, some brave soul in the Legends Field ticket office posted a sign in the main concourse of their spring training complex in Tampa, apologizing to fans for the absence of Johnny Damon, Alex Rodriguez and Derek Jeter at spring training games due to their participation in the World Baseball Classic. When Baseball Commissioner Bud Selig heard about this, he blew a fuse. Selig, apparently, instructed his minions to remove the sign the following day. No one messes with the WBC, Selig's pet project. NO ONE. More »

9:15 AM on Mon Mar 6 2006
By Rick Chandler
91 views, 21 comments

Latest by Rick Chandler: Koogz, we hardly knew ye .. more »

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We're Sure Bud Selig Is Very Depressed Now

We're always wary of people who are obsessed with Google-bombing — the practice of making sure when you search for, say, "Tom Brady" on Google, you get a link to something like Mexican goat-fisting, or whatever — but some disgruntled Washington, D.C. residents have decided to go after MLB commissioner Bud Selig in a somewhat amusing way. More »

1:30 PM on Mon Dec 5 2005
By Leitch
403 views, 4 comments

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