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A Dress Code For Baseball Scribes: Fair Or Foul?
Rick Bacon is the sports columnist for The Citizen-Pollinator of West Waterville, Missouri. He won an APSE award in 1987 for his column, "Batting Around." This is his second column for Deadspin. Read his first here....
A Little Pujols Math To Infuriate Cardinals Fans
In 2009, Albert Pujols said this:...
Which Group Of St. Louis Residents Is Bidding Albert Pujols Good Riddance? Classical Music Fans
Cardinals fans are reacting strongly to today's news of his departure for Anaheim, leading to surreal images like guards surrounding the statue of him outside his St. Louis restaurant....
Man Falls In Lobby Pool At Winter Meetings, Makes Bigger Splash Than Yankees
Rolling MLB Network cameras caught one distracted visitor taking a spill into the reflecting pool at the Hilton Anatole in Dallas, where baseball's winter meeting are being held. It's all fun and games until somebody gets sued. [MLB.com, via SBN]...
ShortCenter: The Winter Meetings Get Their Own Theme Music, With Glockenspiel
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Report: Albert Pujols To Sign With The Angels
Tim Brown of Yahoo appears to have had it first, as you can see above, but Buster Olney's sources are telling him the same thing. Bob Nightengale of USA Today says it's for 10 years and $250 million. Somebody check on Leitch to make sure he's OK. [Yahoo]...
Ken Rosenthal Throws Himself Against The Wall
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"Do You Think Your Nomination Into The HOF Illegitimizes The HOF?" And Other Awkward Questions For Tim McCarver
The media conference call with Tim McCarver that accompanied this morning's announcement of his Hall of Fame award got off to a rocky start (which may have been our fault) when the first question was "What, exactly, is your vendetta against the New York Yankees?" It went downhill from there, espec...
MLB Issues Media Dress Code, Ending Long Tradition Of Interviews Conducted By A Shirtless Buster Olney
Major League Baseball provided a much-needed distraction from the prolonged drama of the Albert Pujols decision yesterday by issuing a dress code policy for media members, the first set of press dress guidelines in major American sports....
To Participate In The 11 A.M. Conference Call With Frick Award Winner Tim McCarver, Dial 1-800-269-4378
Today, sportscaster Tim McCarver was named the winner of the 2012 Ford C. Frick Award in honor of his "broadcasting excellence." The Baseball Hall of Fame is hosting a conference call with the honoree at 11 a.m. ET. To participate, dial 1-800-269-4378 and provide the password: "Frick." You may also ...
Tim McCarver Is Being Inducted Into Honored By The Baseball Hall Of Fame For His "Broadcasting Excellence"
The Hall just announced that McCarver is the winner of the 2012 Ford C. Frick Award, which has previously gone to such notable voices as Mel Allen, Ernie Harwell, Vin Scully, Bob Prince, Jack Buck, Harry Caray, and Harry Kalas. McCarver is likely the only one in that club who thinks "strike" is a f...
ShortCenter: Someone Will Pay Albert Pujols A Shitload Of Money, Buster Olney Reports From Sad Hotel Lobby
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Barry Zito Ties The Knot, Looks Ridiculous In Wedding Photo
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Brian Cashman The Elf, Ken Rosenthal The Ninja, And Other Rumblings Around The Hot Fucking Stove
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What Losing Jose Reyes Really Means For Mets Fans
In eighth grade I wrote a poem about Jose Reyes, the Miami Marlins' new shortstop. The poem wasn't so good. I wrote it in Reyes's gregarious broken English, in which every third utterance is "you know" or "man." But I had to write something quickly for a class, and in April 2005, nothing captivated ...
Ken Rosenthal: Jose Reyes And Marlins Agree On $106M Deal
Yeah, it is Ken Rosenthal, but it sounds like this shit may stick....
Atlanta Braves Reliever Burns Nickelback On Twitter And Nickelback Fires Back
Peter Moylan is a reliever for the Atlanta Braves, apparently. I follow the greatest franchise in the history of sports, so you know, he's not really on my radar. Anyway, this Moylan guy must have gotten back from a Foo Fighters concert and decided Nickelback needed a kick in the ass. The tweet rea...
Tommy Lasorda Needs To Be "In The Right Fuckin' Frame Of Mind" To Do Something
Here you can see a lively and virile Tommy Lasorda chewing out some hapless camera crew for wasting his time with a bunch of amateur mistakes, no doubt. It's as if none of these guys have ever worked on TV before, the fuckin' assholes....
Mike Napoli's Replacement, David DeJesus's Excited Wife, And Other Developments On The Hot Fucking Stove
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