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F-Rod Is A Big Fan Of The Bottom Of His Cap
In his new book The Cheater's Guide To Baseball, Derek Zumsteg looks at all the different ways baseball players and managers have cheated (or tried to cheat) throughout the years. It's a highly entertaining book; our favorite part is "Tips For Doctoring Bats For Amateur Players."...
Leftovers: Them Rings Are Pretty
• The Cardinals' World Series rings are amazing ... and cursed! [Doberman Demeanor] • The police tried to keep this country singer from a baseball career, or something. [To The People] • What will keep the Brewers hot? Mustaches! [Tempin' Ain't Easy] • The Sports Gal's first column on "The Bachelor"...
Someone In The Reuters Photo Department Is Having Some Fun
Last week, the Denver Broncos held open auditions for women to join their cheerleading team. Two hundred and fifty women tried out for 34 slots. One of them was this woman....
Help This Fat Man Have A Heart Attack!
We don't usually pay much attention to these, well, blatant Internets grabs at attention, but we kind of liked this one: A 435-pound-man is auctioning off his running in the Boston Marathon. All proceeds go to the American Cancer Society. We think he's probably got a while to go....
Hey, The Masters Start Tomorrow
Even though it's dreary outside and we're kind of ill from it — we don't ask much from weather except for it to make up its mind — it is obviously springtime, because The Masters start tomorrow....
If Frank Thomas Can't Hit A Child, What Good Is He?
As anyone who understands comedy can tell you, the sight of a small child in pain is the zenith of modern mirth. Which is why it's such a shame that this Blue Jays commercial with Frank Thomas has been banned by Canadian television....
Blogdome: BP Talks!
• There's another Varsity Letters reading tonight, with the Baseball Prospectus crew. We shall be there. [Gelf Magazine] • What the heck happened with that Dana Altman non-hiring? [Signal To Noise] • The Phillies have fun at-bat music. [The 700 Level] • Spanish racers don't like hot dogs. [Lion In O...
Everybody Should Have A Nittany Lion At Their Party
Looks like when it's offseason at Penn State, it's pretty tough for the beloved JoePa to keep a firm grip on the ears of his players. Because some Nittany Lions could be in some serious trouble after a weekend altercation....
Meet Your D—-spin Pants Party Winner (Kind Of)
Well, the final standings are in from the D—-spin Pants Party Pool, and we have a mostly anonymous winner we suspect we'll be hearing from today....
Soccer Guy Throws Down On Jim Rome In Dorkiest Feud Of The Week
Those who watched the World Cup last year know how opinionated former US soccer star Eric Wynalda can be, but when you get some alcohol in him, he even goes after the sacred cow that is Jim Rome....
RIP, Eddie Robinson
Legendary college football coach Eddie Robinson died last night at the age of 88. Robinson was the all-time winningest Division I coach, but he's more famous and beloved for what he did for his players through the years at the traditionally black Louisiana college. (When he was hired in 1941, the sc...
Billy Packer's Curious Choice Of Words
By now, many of you have heard about the Billy Packer "fag out" comment — to Charlie Rose, of all people — but if you haven't seen the video, here it is, at the 35:34 mark....
Gauging Your Women's Sports Interest
If you're not adequately impressed by the countdown clock ESPN's giving us for the Rutgers-Tennessee women's national championship game tonight — here's something weird; in women's hoops, they have the professional draft the day after the national title game — then here's a sporting event that's pro...
CBS Is Taking Augusta By Storm
With the Masters just two days away, it's time to get in the swing of things, and by "swing of things," we mean looking like this....
Leftovers: Taking Home Busch
• What old Busch Stadium memorabilia can mean. [The Morning News] • The Hold Steady love the Minnesota Twins. [MTV.com] • The Boston Globe comes up with a concept that, uh, you've probably seen before. [Yanks Fan Vs. Sox Fan] • Yes, this was not a good first pitch. [Gheorghe: The Blog] • Penn State ...
The Sad Aftereffect Of The Chinese NFL Cancellation
As we mentioned yesterday, the schedule NFL game between the Patriots and Seahawks in China has been canceled. That's good news for each team's players and coaches, whom we suspect had little desire to break from training camp and head to freaking China....
Curt Schilling Faces The Blog Music
Yesterday wasn't the most pleasant day to be a Red Sox fan — a friend of ours who loves the Sox was lamenting last night that "the season is over;" Red Sox fans are the best — and no one took it harder than Curt Schilling himself....
Yeah, About That Versus Deal ...
Far be it from us to imply that the NHL might have made a mistake aligning itself with a network as shaky as Versus, but ... well ... it's not a good sign when your network might be pulled off cable right before the playoffs....
Blogdome: Time To Look At The Backfield
• Hey, what NFL teams still need running backs? [Winning The Turnover Battle] • It's a Rookie Wiki. [Rookiepedia] • An NL Central preview, with pictures. [Joe Sports Fan] • The Big Ten wasn't so bad this year. [Bad Idea Blue Jeans] • What people were searching for, postgame last night. [Thighs Wide ...
Love Your Local Beer Vendor
We'd never heard of this before, but its existence makes us extremely happy: It's the Beer Vendor Association, consisting (apparently) of only Wrigley Field pourers. They even have their own trading cards....