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Giants And Diamondbacks Wait Out 41-Minute Bee Delay
A cloud of bees settled near the Giants dugout at the D-Backs training facility in Scottsdale, halting play until the grounds crew came up with a brilliant plan. They bought a bunch of lemonade and cotton candy from the food stands, smeared it on two golf carts, and used that to lure the bees away. ...

A D-Backs Employee Embarrassed Himself On MLB Network's Game Show Last Night
Poor Josh DeFamio, graphics supervisor of the Arizona Diamondbacks. He was on MLB Network's Baseball IQ—a show in which teams' employees compete to win money for charity—last night, ready to advance to the finals to face off against Mets statistician Ben Baumer. All he has to do is name 10 of the ...

This Year, Ryan Howard's Season-Ending At-Bat Resulted In Physical Injury
Your morning roundup for Oct. 8, the day we learn that it's best just to plead guilty when caught handing out semen-tainted yogurt at the market. Got any stories or photos for us? Tip your editors....

Nyjer Morgan Celebrated The Brewers' Series Win With A Double "Fuck Yeah!" Live On TBS
The triumphant Brew Crew defeated Arizona, 3-2, in extras, and hooray for them—they won their first playoff series since 1982. Accordingly, Nyjer Morgan, everyone's favorite weirdo who delivered the winning hit, got nuts on Sam Ryan's mic. Haven't you heard, TBS? You can't script October....

Chris Young Just Made A Mays-Like Catch (Video)
Chris Young stole one from Jerry Hairston on this catch in the sixth inning (although his initial route certainly helped make it so spectacular). The Brewers lead 2-1 in the middle of the seventh....

Nyjer Morgan Says The Brewers' Beast Mode Is Better Than Arizona's Corny Arm Snake Thing
Every morning, the fine folks at Sports Radio Interviews sift through the a.m. drive-time chatter to bring you the best interviews with coaches, players, and personalities across the sports landscape. Today: Plush goes HAM on the Cobra....

Let's Start Front-Row Amy's "Best Cleavage" Day With An Ode To All She, And It, Represents
Lindsay Garric of OnMilwaukee.com has something to say about this "Front Row Amy" fever business. Here's a portion of it:...

Brewers Girl Promises To Bring Her "Best Cleavage" Tomorrow Night
Arizona and Milwaukee are down to a fifth and deciding NLDS game at Miller Park, and our old friend "Front-Row Amy" (aka Brewers Girl) has let it be known she is ready to do her part. We look forward to seeing what she'll wear to draw the attention of Ian Kennedy, the Diamondbacks' projected starte...

They Cried Tears Of Joy And Praised The Heavens When The Brewers Clinched A Division Title
Your morning roundup for Sept. 24, a day you no longer have to worry about getting hit by a falling satellite unless you already got hit, in which case wouldn't be reading this because you're not alive to fret. Got any stories or photos for us? Tip your editors....

Fat Curt Schilling Air-Mails A Ceremonial First Pitch
Here he is on Saturday night, throwing out the first pitch alongside former teammate and eternal beanpole Randy Johnson at Chase Field. How the mighty fall....

Canadian Television Says Blue Jays (Now Diamondbacks) Utility Infielder John McDonald Hit 96 HR This Year
Ed note: he has not. Two, the number of homers McDonald has hit, is 94 fewer than 96. Thanks to Coreywise for the photo....

If This Doesn't Warm Your Heart, You're Awful
We've learned a lot about fan psychology when it comes to foul balls. We've seen adults snatch them away from children; we've seen kids sulk until they're rewarded; we've seen grown men devote their sad lives to catching baseballs. There's something about that little sphere made of cork, yarn and ...

Stephen Drew's Ankle Did A Thing Human Ankles Shouldn't Do
Oof. That ankle's at the wrong o'clock. But perhaps even worse is when he snaps it back into place. (If you're squeamish, you may not want to watch the super slo-mo at 0:51, right after the announcer "hopes it's not a possible break.") It is, and Drew's obviously done for the season....

A Year Ago, Diamondbacks 3B Sean Burroughs Was Drinking 8 Slurpees Daily, Eating Cheeseburgers Out Of A Trash Can
Sean Burroughs, if you'll recall, was once the fraught golden boy of early 2000s NL baseball—the smooth-swinging Padres third baseman who could only hit singles. (His career isolated slugging percentage, .078, is only a fuzz better than Juan Pierre's.) But Burroughs has since resuscitated his pro ca...

Wily Mo Pena Spits A Loogie Into His Helmet, Hits Two-Run Walkoff
Via Awful Announcing, here's Baseball MLB Tonight's involved slo-mo breakdown of Willy Mo Pena's pre-game-winning-homerun ritual: he sends a gob of spit and possibly other substances in his helmet, and then he wears the helmet. Babe might be proud. Babe also might be kind of grossed out....

Here's Video Of A Diamondbacks Fan Strong-Arming A Foul Ball Away From A Woman
The annals of baseball history may not record much more than the fact that the Arizona Diamondbacks defeated the San Francisco Giants 3-2 in 10 innings yesterday. However, dude there in the second row sporting a Chris Young jersey will have vivid, life-long memories of 6/16/11 as the day he muscle...

Mark Grace Arrested For Looking Like A High School Teacher While Driving Drunk
Grace, the former Cub and Diamondback first baseman who now announces games for Arizona, was busted in Scottsdale during the wee hours of Memorial Day for weaving in his lane. The D-Backs had won that afternoon in Houston, their sixth in a row....

Diamondbacks Front Office Uses All-Star Game As Excuse To Lip Synch Worst Song Ever Created
Somebody in the Arizona Diamondbacks organization decided that the best way for the staff to promote the 2011 MLB All-Star Game, which will be held at Phoenix's Chase Field on July 12, was to dub Smash Mouth's "All Star." We're impressed by the unity and enthusiasm shared by the organization, but ...

At-Bat Music Is Ripe For A Prank
Adam LaRoche made sure the PA system played "It's Raining Men" the first two times Kelly Johnson stepped to the plate. This will feature prominently in season ticket sales pitches, since it's more fun than any actual baseball in Arizona....