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Bad Quarterback Performance Of The Week: Cam Newton's Wobbling

Welcome to Bad Quarterback Performance Of The Week, a recurring feature in which we celebrate the worst quarterback play the NFL has to offer....

Bad Quarterback Performance Of The Week: Brian Hoyer Goes Short

Welcome to Bad Quarterback Performance Of The Week, a recurring feature in which we celebrate the worst quarterback play the NFL has to offer....

Bad Quarterback Performance Of The Week: Tom Savage Gets The Hell Out Of Here

Welcome to Bad Quarterback Performance Of The Week, a recurring feature in which we celebrate the worst quarterback play the NFL has to offer....

The DeShaun Watson Era Has Begun

The Dodgers Should Probably Be Afraid Of The Diamondbacks

When the Diamondbacks shipped three prospects to Detroit for J.D. Martinez, it was that most classic of deadline deals: the rental slugger. Martinez is a free agent after the season, but for the D-backs he’s a big bat in the lineup for a very good, playoff-bound team that believed it needed only a c...

Hot Damn, Eastern Michigan Is Fun Now

Welcome to the Deadspin 25, a college football poll that strives to be more democratic and less useless than every other preseason poll. Leading up to the college football season kickoff, we will give you previews of the 25 teams that you, the readers, voted to be most worthy of writing about. Now, ...

Byron Buxton Did Some More Crazy Road Runner Shit Last Night

The Minnesota Twins are part of that seven-team morass of mediocre teams crammed within three games of the second AL Wild Card spot, which means every game from here on in is an important one. Which, in turn, means every ridiculous feat of superhuman speed from Byron Buxton has new and greater impor...

Frank Broyles Brought Arkansas To The Big Time<em></em>

On the heels of Frank Broyles’s first most significant moment of his career, he got foreshadowing of the second, still a quarter of a century away. It was the winter of 1965, and Broyles had just coached Arkansas to an 11-0 record and a national football championship as chosen by the Football Writer...

David Peralta Hoofs Out A Thrilling Inside-The-Park Dinger

Is there a more exciting play in sports than a good inside-the-park dinger? Here is a very good one, from David Peralta in last night’s Cubs-Diamondbacks game:...

Paul Goldschmidt Crushed Baseballs And The Cubs' Spirit Last Night

Paul Goldschmidt was very, very mean to the Cubs Thursday. ...

Cubs' And Diamondbacks' Rain Delay Theater Activities, Ranked 

The Cubs and Diamondbacks had to sit through several delays waiting for rain to pass tonight before Arizona could out-slug Chicago, 10-8. Here are the rain delay activities of the two bullpens, ranked:...

Diamondbacks Run To Mommy To Further Attempt To Gouge Arizona Taxpayers

The Diamondbacks are bringing Major League Baseball into their ongoing attempt to fleece taxpayers out of more money to get a new ballpark. An attorney for the D-backs is claiming that MLB has claimed that if they don’t get a new ballpark or major upgrades to their current park, the league “might” f...

Diamondbacks Pitcher Robbie Ray Takes 108-MPH Line Drive To The Head [Update]

Cardinals first baseman Luke Voit sent a fastball from Diamondbacks pitcher Robbie Ray directly back where it came from in the second inning of tonight’s game. Voit’s line drive (measured at 108 miles per hour) zipped straight at Ray’s dome, sending him sprawling to the dirt. His teammates and Voit ...

Bryce Harper Sent A Poor, Innocent Baseball To Hell

If you are a baseball, I urge you to look away from this video of Bryce Harper mashing the absolute bejeezus out of one of your kin:...

Tigers Officially Become Sellers, Send J.D. Martinez To Arizona

Pretty much every good player on the Tigers has been thrown out as a potential trade candidate this month, but Detroit made its first official move of the season Tuesday night, sending J.D. Martinez to the Arizona Diamondbacks in exchange for three prospects....

Idiot On The Field Runs Into Cardinals Shortstop Paul DeJong, Is Promptly Tackled By Security

An idiot on the field in tonight’s Diamondbacks-Cardinals game bumped into St. Louis shortstop Paul DeJong before being swarmed by several security guards and tackled to the ground. While footage of the interaction with DeJong did not immediately seem to have been captured and shared by any intrepid...

The Diamondbacks Hung 10 In One Inning Against The Rockies

The Colorado Rockies are enjoying a strong start to the season, but things hit a bit of a snag in the fourth inning of Wednesday night’s game against Arizona. The team surrendered 10 runs to the D-Backs’ sluggers before managing to record three outs....

The NL West Is Competitive And Fun As Hell

What do the three best teams in the National League all have in common? They all play in the NL West. As of Tuesday, the Diamondbacks have won seven games in a row, the Rockies have won five in a row, and the Dodgers have won four in a row. In their last 10 games, these teams are 9-1, 7-3, and 9-1, ...

Ignorant Bird Almost Gets Mushed By Bunt

Birdfriend! I know it’s nice to sit in the grass, but go be in outfield! It’s much safer there....

Zack Greinke Is Back To Humiliating Men At The Plate<em></em>

There’s no player in baseball—and maybe all of sports—quite like Zack Greinke. The man is a machine: efficient on the field, serious and direct off it, and constantly experimenting. He’s lost around five miles per hour off his fastball over the years, but Greinke on a night when he’s going well is s...