MLB Page 1194 - Sports News, Headlines & Highlights
Pirates Display Commitment To Excellence By Re-Hiring Pierogi
After a thorough HR review, the pierogi mascot who was fired for criticizing the team on Facebook has been reinstated to his menial, dehumanizing job. Because if there's one thing the Pirates never let go of, it's talent. [Post-Gazette; Photo]...
Johan Santana Was Accused Of Sexual Assault
A woman claimed Santana raped her on a golf course last October, but charges were never brought. [TMZ]...
Two Ladies Kissing At A Baseball Game Is Technically A Sports-Related Post
Reader Sean sends along this video of some action in the seats at last night's Dodgers/Angels tilt. Let's all say thank you to Sean....
Flipping The Bird In Photos: Making You Super Awesome For 124 Years Running
Rick Chandler believes he's discovered the first ballplayer—perhaps the first person—to ever give the finger to the camera during a group photo. Meet Charles "Old Hoss" Radbourn, the first guy to ever be That Guy. [OutOfBounds]...
Mickey Mouse Assaulted For Supporting The Boston Red Sox
The All-Star Game is in Anaheim next month, so in the tradition of shameless corporate sponsorship, MLB created 30 Mickey Mouse statues, each one honoring a different pro team. Naturally, the Red Sox Mickey has been brutally violated....
A Slew Of Singular Stadia
Every major league ballpark is different; but just how different? This is a neat little look at their neat little quirks, and how they measure up to each other. [Snippets]...
Going By "Kurt": The Most Interesting Thing Mark Teixeira Has Ever Done
Distraught over the suicide of Kurt Cobain, a young Mark Teixeira went by "Kurt" for a while, according to an interview with MLB Network. This was, of course, prior to being replaced by a switch-hitting automaton. [Walk Off Walk, photo via]...
The Summer Of '68, The Best Days Of Our Lives
MLB hurlers are doing things on the mound not seen since the Year Of The Pitcher, before the mound was lowered from the heavens and pitchers were made mere mortals. This is a good thing, right? Right??...
Here's Something That Will Make You Cry If You Are A Big Hairy Sap: John McDonald's Father's Day Homer
What he thought after hitting a home run in his first at bat after his dad's death: "Probably the fact that I couldn't call my dad after the game to tell him." FUCK, I'M BAWLING. [BigLeagueStew] [Via MLB.com]...
Meet The Mets, Greet The Mets, Get The Goddamn Mets Tattooed All Over Yourself
A Bronx man has the names of 35 of his favorite Mets players tattooed on his arms, including Mike Piazza and Francisco Rodriguez. He's running out of space, but might have just enough room for Butch Huskey and Mo Vaughn. [NY Post]...
Ritual Pierogi Guy Sacrifice Sure To Fix Things In Pittsburgh
What do you do when you're on a 12-game losing streak, rank 30th in hits, are dead last in the National League Central, and have such a defunct PR apparatus that you have to rehire your GM in secret?...
Yankee Stadium Crushes American Vuvuzela Craze Before It Begins
A 27-year-old Yankee fan brought a vuvuzela that he bought for $6 on the internet (ripoff) to the Stadium on Tuesday. He was kindly asked to leave. So I guess that settles it. [NYPost]...
Teagarden Affair Once Again Exposes All-Star Voters As A Bunch Of Morons
Here's your triannual reminder that sports fans are stupid, and should be protected from themselves: currently fourth in the voting for AL catcher is a player who has one measly hit on the season, and currently plays in Double-A....
Remembering The Ill-Fated Yankees Mascot
"Dandy" survived only three seasons, thanks in part to being banned from the field by George Steinbrenner after Lou Piniella's run-in with the San Diego Chicken. And also, because he was a hideous abomination and an affront to sanity. [WSJ]...
Earthquake Interrupts Padres Game
A 5.7 earthquake struck during the eighth inning of last night's San Diego/Toronto tilt. Guess God isn't a fan of interleague play....
Ozzie Guillen, GM, "Almost Come To Blows"
The White Sox front office has been upgraded to DEFCON 2, after Guillen and Ken Williams nearly threw down during the MLB draft. The catalyst? The Sox waiting until the 22nd round to take Guillen's son....
The Dodgers Hired A Wizard, For Six Figures, To Send Good Vibes
Frank and Jamie McCourt, those feudin' and fussin' co-owners and estranged spouses, spent good money — really good money — on an elderly man who sat at home in Boston, watched Dodgers games on TV, and sent positive energy....
Your Marco Scutaro Summer Jam Is Here
"Scuscuscutaro" has dropped and, as far as Phil Collins song parodies about journeymen shortstops go, it's excellent — streets ahead of that Pavement album about Jeff Hornacek. H/T BullfightsOnAcid....
Did MLB Network Predict Josh Willingham's Home Run?
Yes, he's the real deal and we'll have more on that later, but did anybody else notice this goof-up/incredible called shot from the boys in the truck?...
This Is Pete Rose's Corked Bat
You’re looking at an X-ray of a Mizuno PR4192 bat, commissioned by Pete Rose specifically for his 1985 chase of baseball’s all-time hits record. Inside, clear as day, is a piece of foreign material, about 6 inches long, and the diameter of a nickel. This is the story of that bat....