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Baseball Season Preview: Seattle Mariners
For the third consecutive season, we are proud to introduce the Deadspin Baseball Season Previews. Yes, baseball is awfully close now; it's spring training, after all....
A Lot Of Old, Unemployed Ballplayers
The question's all over spring training this year (trust us, it is): Why are there so many veteran free agents remaining? For some reason, this is a mystery to people. To solve the mystery, let's take a look at the big names left:...
Hasn't Benny The Bull Suffered Enough?
If you can't see the video for some reason, what we have here is Benny the Bull on The Jerry Springer Show, being told by his girlfriend that there's "someone else." That someone is a larger, plastic Benny the Bull, and of course violence ensues. But there are so many ways that it could have been fu...
It's Looking A Bit Overcast In Philadelphia
The College Basketball Closer is written by the gang at Storming the Floor....
About Last Night ...
What you missed while realizing that the deadlocked Democrats are going to have to turn to Al Gore, and that this was his evil plan all along ... • College basketball: The Big Ten standings are in chaos! Ohio State 80, Purdue 77. • NHL: Sidney's back! Penguins 2, Lightning 0. • NBA: Why doesn't Pau ...
Big Papi: Keeping The Streets Of D.C. Safe
When people find out I write for Deadspin, the first question I'm always asked is: "Why no pictures of David Ortiz in a motorcycle sidecar?" So I've decided to address this once and for all, even though the photos are a couple of days old. It was all part of the Red Sox's triumphant return to the Wh...
Whitlock's Most Incisive Column Yet
Fox Sports has discovered a revolutionary new way to censor Jason Whitlock columns: Just leave out the words! (ESPN: Hey, you can do that??). Besides, you know Whitlock; you're familiar with the kind of thing he's going to say on any given issue. So are words even necessary? A headline should really...
On Juan Gonzalez, Steroids And Why We Just Can't Care Anymore
Don't worry: Rick wasn't the only person to notice that our Cardinals sure do seem to have a lot of steroid folks on their team....
Miguel Batista Is Now Lamer Than You Are
Also from a few days ago here, but hey: We were on vacation. We've always kind of admired Seattle pitcher Miguel Batista. He fancies himself a Renaissance Man, writing poetry, performing music, generally being a different bird than your everyday average athlete. The bar a player must clear to be con...
"Back To You, Bob. Bob? Bob? You There, Bob?"
From the Los Angeles Marathon this weekend — and the incomparable 100 Percent Injury Rate — comes a wonderful moment in broadcasting....
Red Sox Scout Endures The Long Nights On The Road In The Wrong Way
The life of a baseball scout is a lonely one. Endless nights on the road, waves of parents pestering you that their son is some undiscovered gem, the ankle-sniping from all those sabermetric folks who have made the last few years among your least satisfying, professionally speaking. Yep, it's lonely...
Baseball Season Preview: Los Angeles Dodgers
For the third consecutive season, we are proud to introduce the Deadspin Baseball Season Previews. Yes, baseball is awfully close now; it's spring training, after all....
Brook Lopez Is The Real Mr. Big
The College Basketball Closer is written by the gang at Storming the Floor....
Isiah Thomas Joins "Fire Isiah" Movement
The NBA Closer is written by Matt McHale, who thinks Isiah has been trying to get fired for years - I mean, would you want to coach the Knicks? Didn't think so. When he's not trying to make sense of Isiah's substitution patterns, he can be found scrapbooking at Basketbawful. Enjoy! • Okay, seriousl...
About Last Night
What you missed while reading the new children's book Felix Pie and the Twisted Testicle ... • NHL: Wait, 10-2? WTF, Bruins?? • College basketball: Check out the quote in paragraph four. Mmmm, meat necklace ... Kansas 109, Texas Tech 51. • The New Deal ... Now Steelers' Ben Roethlisberger can afford...
I Trust I Can Rely On Your Vote
Tomorrow's a pretty big primary day for the Dems, what with Texas, Ohio and, to a much lesser extent Rhode Island and Vermont, going a long way to determining who the nominee will be. With Greg Oden and Leigh Steinberg recently publicly throwing their support behind Barack Obama, we're once again co...
That's An Okay Snag
WithLeather offers up one of those flying-diving-catch-while-throwing-yourself-over-a-wall-plays, if you're into that sort of thing. Isn't that wall kind of short? When you're a hater like myself, you need to discredit the achievements you couldn't possibly make. As another video of the same catch a...
Felix Pie Out With A YEEEEEEEOOOOOOWWWW
The Cubs have suffered a spate of unfortunate and somewhat bizarre injuries already this spring. Alfonso Soriano has a fractured finger. Jose Ascanio had a bruised face after getting punched in a robbery attempt. Mark DeRosa was hospitalized with an irregular heartbeat. But none has a painful tale a...
Gus Johnson Hits The Pause Button
This is from a while back, but I feel it buttresses (pause) my claim that Gus Johnson should be paired with Dick Vitale. Sure, they're on different networks and their collective screaming would surely destroy us all. But at least the next time Dickie V. starts a massive Dook fellatefest, there'll be...