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No One Can Find Raul Ibanez's Foul Ball
Raul Ibanez hit a foul ball in today's Angels-Indians game. That's not odd. The odd part is that no one found it....
Jonny Gomes Loses Fly Ball; Brock Holt Saves The Day With Diving Catch
Red Sox left fielder Jonny Gomes just had no clue where this fly ball was. He seemed to lose it in the lights. Fortunately, Brock Holt—making his first career start in center field—saved Gomes with a fantastic catch....
Yasiel Puig And The Stanley Cup Are Best Friends
The Stanley Cup-winning Los Angeles Kings stopped by Dodgers Stadium today, and so did the cup itself. Dodgers outfielder Yasiel Puig took the opportunity to take a photo with the trophy. Look at those two pals!...
Brewers Catcher Jonathan Lucroy's Anti-Cardinals All-Star Ad Is Perfect
Milwaukee Brewers catcher Jonathan Lucroy's making a push to get voted into this season's All-Star Game, and his anti-Yadier Molina, anti-Cardinals message features the kind of mudslinging one could only find in a local political ad....
I Was Tony Gwynn's Bat Boy
The baseball-card collection I had as a teen—145,000 cards in all when I last bothered to count, 800-count box after 800-count box, all of them occupying a dusty bookcase in my bedroom—was sold years ago. Some random stranger now owns that collection of 400 Tom Glavine rookie cards I bought on specu...
How Baseball Batting Stats Have Changed In Every Era, In One Chart
Baseball loves to talk about itself in reference to specific eras, so it's probably useful to have a way to look at how offense has changed, all in one place. Analyze1.com mapped runs, home runs, RBI, batting average, and stolen bases in Major League Baseball dating back to 1880. ...
Keith Olbermann Tearfully Remembers Tony Gwynn
There will never be enough tributes to Tony Gwynn. There can't ever be, not for a man who seemed as beloved as a person as he was respected as a hitter. Keith Olbermann's monologue last night started off with a story that highlighted Gwynn's prowess and humility, and ended with tears. "What you hope...
This Giancarlo Stanton Home Run Is Just Absurd
We're used to marveling at Giancarlo Stanton homers because of how far they fly. Last night, however, it was one of the shortest dingers you'll ever see him hit that brought the latest demonstration of his ridiculous strength....
Rays Hitter Breaks Three Bats On Three Straight Swings
They say a bat that breaks in the service of a hit "died a hero." Jerry Sands sent a couple soldiers over the top as cannon fodder....
Tony Gwynn Has Died
Tony Gwynn, one of the best hitters of all-time and the face of the Padres, has passed away at age 54, according to his longtime agent....
Man Holding Kid Casually Catches Troy Tulowitzki's Home Run Ball
Troy Tulowitzki's two-run homer in today's Rockies-Giants game created a solid Father's Day moment for one man in the stands. Catching a home run with one bare hand while carrying a kid was no big deal to this dude....
Adam Jones Takes Out Umpire While Running To Second Base
Umpire Hunter Wendelstedt took a hard fall during Saturday's Blue Jays/Orioles game when Baltimore outfielder Adam Jones went for second base on an error. Ow....
Rex Brothers Pitched The Fifth Immaculate Inning Of The Season
Colorado Rockies reliever Rex Brothers added another immaculate inning to the 2014 MLB season in the eighth inning of Saturday's game against the San Francisco Giants....
Banned Dodgers Fan Arrested At Reds Game
One of the greatest mysteries in sports, answered: When a bad fan is banned for life from a ballpark, is there ever an actual way to keep him from getting in? At least for deranged Dodgers superfan "Troy from West Virginia," apparently so....
Which MLB Fans Are The Biggest Bandwagoners?
Two researchers at Emory University have launched their 2014 MLB Fan Analysis, which uses the numbers to break down baseball's fan bases by any number of variables. Earlier this week, they tackled one near and dear to our hearts: Which teams' attendance is most closely correlated with its success?...
One Accidental Backswing Sparked Two Beanings And Four Ejections
Does this fall under one of baseball's unwritten rules, or were the Braves just grouchy while losing during Thursday's game against the Rockies?...
Carlos Torres Is Punching Himself In The Head
Look, man, I know it must be rough to be on the Mets. But self-abuse is not the answer....
Yoenis Cespedes Made Another Awesome Throw To Get A Baserunner Out
For the second time in two games, Athletics outfielder Yoenis Cespedes gunned down a baserunner in spectacular fashion....