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Phillies Escape 12th-Inning Bases-Loaded Jam With Improbable 6-9-3 Double Play
The surprisingly competent Philadelphia Phillies took this afternoon’s rumble with the defending champs to the 13th inning thanks to a rather weird double play. While this one comes off as a garden variety double play, the middleman here is Ty Kelly, a Phillies right fielder who was hanging out in t...

Curt Schilling Isn't Sold On The Claim That Someone Was Racist At Fenway Park
A few days after Orioles outfielder Adam Jones said he was berated with racist insults by opposing fans at Fenway Park, former Red Sox pitcher and ultimate meme lord Curt Schilling wants to take a step back, assess the situation, and fart all over it....

Yasiel Puig Did A Whole Bunch Of Cool Baseball Shit Last Night
The Dodgers lost to the Giants last night, 4-1, and their only run of the evening was scored by Yasiel Puig, who spent all game doing cool baseball shit. In the fifth inning, Joe Panik slapped a double off the wall. It should have been an easy hit for Panik, but he almost got caught at second thanks...

Here's The Marlins' President Playing Lorne Michaels In A Local Theater Production
Marlins president David Samson is one of those rich guys who likes to do not-rich-guy things in order to show how cool and down to earth he is. He went on Survivor, and in 2014 he starred in a play put on by a local Miami theater called Not Ready For Primetime. The play was about the early days of S...

Aaron Judge Is So Much More Than Magnificent Dingers
Aaron Judge hit the dick off the baseball again last night:...

CNBC Interview With Derek Jeter And Alex Rodriguez Was Awkward From The Start
Derek Jeter and Alex Rodriguez sat down with CNBC’s Bob Pisani at a charity event on Tuesday to talk about their good works and show people how much they care, but Pisani wanted to get to the good stuff—namely, the state of the once-contentious relationship between the former players, A-Rod dating...

Cardinals Fan Sitting Behind Dugout Hit By Stray Bullet During Game
According to St. Louis police, a fan taking in a Cardinals game was hit by a bullet fired from outside the stadium during last night’s game against the Brewers. The fan was seated in Section 141 of the Cardinals’ stadium, which is located behind the home dugout. She complained about a sharp pain in ...

Marcell Ozuna Sent This Pitch To Goddamn Neptune
Marcell Ozuna is NOT a fan of the Rays’ 2011 AL Wild Card banner and he will do anything he can to see it die....

Nonsensical Ejection Caps Off Red Sox-Orioles Beef In Dumbest Way Possible
The Red Sox and Orioles have engaged in quite the skirmish over the past week and change, repeatedly throwing baseballs at each other and glowering just enough to get Rob Manfred to step in and tell them to cool it. By the time the commissioner gets involved in a confrontation like this, it’s usuall...

The Red Sox Need To Chill The Hell Out
No one seems to understand why the drama between the Red Sox and Orioles is still ongoing, but it’s well past time for the Sox to cut the shit....

Manny Machado Repeatedly Curses Red Sox's "Fucking Bullshit," Says He Has No Respect For Organization<em></em>
Red Sox pitcher Chris Sale threw behind Orioles third baseman Manny Machado on the first pitch of his at-bat tonight. Sale’s message was the latest slice of beef that started with Machado sliding into Dustin Pedroia over a week ago. Machado crushed a homer off Sale later in tonight’s game to get hi...

Yankees' Aaron Judge Sows Destruction During Batting Practice
Yankees right fielder Aaron Judge, who may not know his own strength, is accidentally breaking stuff. Today during batting practice, in the major league equivalent of a kid breaking a window while playing in the front yard, Judge blasted a tater into a terrace at Yankee Stadium and destroyed a TV....

Manny Machado Gets Revenge Against Chris Sale For Throwing Behind Him By Smacking A Towering Homer
The Boston Red Sox have been mad at Manny Machado for over a week now, ever since he spiked Dustin Pedroia while sliding into second base. They tried to plunk him in retaliation the day after, but that attempt went sideways and Matt Barnes got tossed without even getting to hit Machado....

Report: Cubs' World Series Trophy Damaged At Theo Epstein's Charity Concert In Boston
Theo Epstein and his brother Paul run the charity Foundation To Be Named Later, and every year, they host a benefit concert called Hot Stove Cool Music. Since Epstein’s Cubs came to Boston last week to play the Red Sox, the brothers hosted a show headlined by Eddie Vedder, and Theo brought both the ...

How Not To React To News Of Boston Fan Racism
After Monday’s game against the Red Sox at Fenway Park, Orioles outfielder Adam Jones told USA Today’s Bob Nightengale that he had been the fans’ target for racist insults and one thrown bag of peanuts. Jones’s original quotes:...

CC Sabathia Says Every Black Player Expects Racist Taunts At Fenway
Orioles outfielder Adam Jones says Red Sox fans shouted racist insults at him in Fenway Park last night, and some of the dumbest people in sports media have spent the day wondering not only if Jones is telling the truth, but why Boston fans have a reputation for being racist in the first place. Thos...

The Rangers And Astros Had A Little Beef And A Little Brawl
Ahead of an intra-Texas series between the first-place Astros and the last-place Rangers, Astros third baseman Alex Bregman had this to say Sunday night:...

Red Sox Apologize To Adam Jones For Racist Taunts
Orioles outfielder Adam Jones says he dealt with racist insults during last night’s game in Boston, and that one fan threw a bag of peanuts at him. This morning, the Red Sox released an official apology to Jones....

Adam Jones Says Red Sox Fans Taunted Him With Racist Insults
After the Orioles beat the Red Sox in Boston tonight, Orioles center fielder Adam Jones said that some Red Sox fans spent the game pelting him with racist insults. As Jones told USA Today’s Bob Nightengale, he’s dealt with racism from Red Sox fans before, but tonight was the worst such experience of...

Manny Machado Bashes Huge Homer Over The Green Monster, Takes His Time Admiring It
Manny Machado, who just a few days ago crushed the longest homer of the season so far when he sent a ball flying over the restaurant in the Yankees’ center field, hit another major tater at Fenway tonight, sending Rick Porcello’s 2-2 pitch well over the Green Monster....