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You remember Curt Smith — he was one of George H.W. Bush's most prolific speechwriters. You've probably been walking around town quoting Smith lines for years and not known it. There was the memorable time Bush said, um ... and the time he talked about ... er ... that thing ... ah ... Well, just t...
Giants Fans Desperately Want To Get Crabs
In 1984, the San Francisco Giants, back when the team was terrible and the sports information was wacky, introduced the Crazy Crab, a satirical mascot meant to skewer the concept of a mascot all together. The notion was that Crazy Crab was an anti-mascot, one that would take the abuse of fans fru...
Rogers Holds Them, Then Folds Them
You've probably seen the video by now of Rangers pitcher Kenny Rogers going after two cameramen before yesterday's Rangers-Angels game. Rogers was sent home right after the game, and the cameraman, Larry Rodriguez, was sent to the hospital....
About Last Night ...
What you missed while picking up various items thrown by Kenny Rogers ... · Pride of Pawtucket: Schilling impressive in minor league rehab start · Biggio ouch! sets modern-day ow! baseball record Jesus, that hurts! · Braves, Marlins treat fans to 4 hours, 14 minutes of sweltering, error-plagued hell...
Today In MLB Blogs
One thing we've always wondered about MLB Blogs: How far is too far? Will they censor one of their members for posting a bunch of dirty jokes, or photos of a bare-chested Tommy Lasorda? What exactly gets you kicked off MLB Blogs? We can't see their terms of service unless we actually sign up for a ...
The Primal Grunts Of Maria Sharapova (And Her Fans)
You know it's a bad sign for your sports when all anyone can find to talk about are how much your athletes grunt. (This has to be why synchronized swimming never made it.) Tennis star Maria Sharapova's grunts have been legend for years, but recently, of all people, Fox News anchor Shephard Smith ...
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What you missed while Dick Cheney entertained us with an hour of televised vetriloquism ... · NBA Draft: Andrew Bogut becomes first to bend down and shake David Stern's sweaty little palm. · Steinbrenner, Damacles have closed-door meeting. · Roenick removes foot from mouth, finds ice skate attached....
Today In MLB Blogs
If weblogs are the new journalism, then what the hell went awry over at MLB Blogs? You'd think that people paying $4.95 a month for a weblog would be more into it, but alas, there's not much action here. Let's go to the statistics. For the month of June, the first 10 featured sites on MLB Blogs' ...
Maryland's Great Fake Farters
The Bowie BaySox, the double A minor league affiliate of the Baltimore Orioles, are celebrating the birth of our country in the way our dad probably would, if he owned a baseball team: By farting. The BaySox, on July 4, are attempting to break the world record for fake flatulence, handed out whoo...
John Rocker's Next Career (Hint: Kip Winger's Involved)
Last night, the Long Island Ducks released former Braves cattlehand John Rocker after Rocker said he needed to "take a step back" from baseball. It is not known if Rocker is going to try to peddle his wares elsewhere, or if he will look for a second career....
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What You Missed While Chasing The Ice Cream Truck Eight Blocks For A Creamsicle ... · Indians at last give Red Sox fans something to complain about. [Tribe Report] · A day after hiring Ferry, Cavaliers turn down Larry. [LeBron And The Cavs] · Yankees win, pissing off Steinbrenner even more. [Bronx B...
Today In MLB Blogs
OK, here's the thing. Baseballs are plentiful and relatively cheap. So why do people become village idiots when one is batted in their direction? We've seen fathers elbow their young daughters out of the way in order to catch a foul ball at a major league game. We've seen men knocking over the eld...
Hey, Sometimes You Need A Place To Sleep During Devil Rays Games
Well, it was only a matter of time. The Tampa Bay Devil Rays — the saddest, cheapest, most desperate franchise in baseball — has taken to selling furniture at the ballpark. Seriously. The D-Rays have a deal with a local furniture outlet to sell ottomans and sofas and all kinds of things you lie d...
The Curse Of Don Novello
The San Francisco Giants, thanks largely to a balky knee that has absolutely nothing to do with steroids, are 14 games under .500, 11 games behind the first-place San Diego Padres and appear stuck in a rather large ditch with poor plumbing and a strange puddle of something green. But a new theory ...
About Last Night ...
What you missed while hiding from your pit bull ... · We So 'Horny: Texas wins College World Series. · Yankees Salvage Win In Ninth Over Mets: Trained snipers on roof slowly lower rifles aimed at Jason Giambi's head. · Zoom, Zoom: Tony Stewart wins NASCAR Save Mart 350....
Today In MLB Blogs
Humor. Who knows exactly how it works? Some things just strike us as amusing. For instance we were watching a rerun of the TV show "M*A*S*H" last night and witnessed the following exchange: Frank Burns: "Listen Bub, I'm a pretty fair doctor myself. You can ask any of my patients." Hawkeye: "We're...
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What you missed while trying to unionize the neighbor kid's ant farm ... · Spurs win NBA title 92 days before their 2005-06 exhibition season begins. · Cardinals' Morris (8-1) finally tastes defeat/sushi. · See you later, alligator: Florida advances to College World Series finals....
Zack Greinke: "Let Me Go Home!"
The truly amazing folks at Yard Work — an anonymous blog that's written in the voices of ESPN writers and "personalities" — are having a grand time playing around with ESPN.com's new "writing" gig for A's closer Huston Street. Yard Work imagines a continuous column written by Royals starter Zack G...
Trippin' Balls
We have always heard the stories about former Pittsburgh Pirates Dock Ellis and his no-hitter in 1970. If you haven't, the legend has always been that Ellis threw a no-hitter that day while under the influence of LSD. We were never quite sure whether or not to believe it; we saw someone on LSD on...
Would You Call This A Throw Pillow?
We've never been to Japan, but we have heard many stories, most notably about all the varied ways a blond girl from the United States could make some really easy and strange money simply by hanging around with uptight Japanese businessmen half her height. We always chalked these up to urban legen...