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SEE IT: Marty Foster makes one of the worst calls you’ll see all seasonMarty Foster is giving Ángel Hernández a run for his money....

Padres Manager Pulled His Players To Screw With EveryoneWith the MLB trade deadline tomorrow, fans are now on Early Exit Watch. Any player who leaves a game early will be considered to be involved in a trade, until proven otherwise. (Yesterday, the opposite happened.) When Justin Upton and Matt Kemp prematurely left Wednesday’s Padres game, the buzz star...

NCAA And Arizona State Both Impose Penalties On ASU Baseball; NCAA's Are HarsherThe Sun Devils' five-time national champion baseball team will endure a three-year probation and a one-year postseason ban for violations that took place during former head coach Pat Murphy's tenure. Murphy, meanwhile, will need a permission slip for his next job....

OK, Don't Blame Drew: ASU Coach Pat Murphy Was Forced Out Amid NCAA Allegations

The NCAA is accusing Arizona State's baseball program of nine violations, including the dreaded "lack of institutional control." Let's hope the NCAA's source is better than ours. [Arizona Republic, also]...

Blame Drew: ASU Baseball Coach Pat Murphy Resigns

Pat Murphy announced his resignation today, thus freeing up some time to roam the earth, seek out Drew and beat him like a redheaded stepchild, if he were the sort of man to do such a thing. [ASU Sun Devils]...

The One Where The Texas Rangers Inform Us Their Six-Shooters Are Not Whores

We get a massive amount of tips in our inbox each week. Some are pretty interesting, but don't get published for one reason or another....

And This Is What Happens When The Truth Is Untrue

Many of you read last night's amended Pat Murphy story where one rogue emailer decided to punch-up his Ali autograph-seeking story with some silly false details about ASU's coach. This happens sometimes....