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Here's Dusty Baker's Version Of How He Got Fired
This morning, the Reds announced that Dusty Baker is out as Reds managers after six seasons. It was ostensibly a "mutual" decision, but no one bought that. Now Baker gets to tell his side of the story, and if you believe him, he threw himself on his sword to save his hitting coach....
Report: The Dodgers Peed In The Diamondbacks' Pool
Just when you thought baseball's dumbest controversy had dribbled off, here comes a report that the Dodgers treated the Chase Field pool like a giant toilet. L.A. is No. 1 indeed....
Dodgers Clinch NL West, Celebrate By Swimming In D-Backs' Pool
It was revealed earlier in the week that the Diamondbacks politely requested, should Los Angeles clinch in Arizona, that the Dodgers not bring the celebration back onto the field after popping the light beers in the locker room. So, when L.A. clinched tonight, they came back out and went swimming ...
After Trent Richardson, Things Are Looking Up For The Browns
It's an NFL maxim that no position is more replaceable than running back. In the wake of Trent Richardson's shocking trade to Indianapolis, it's worth noting that this Sunday, the Browns won't be playing anyone who has a single rushing yard this year....
Guy Holding Baby Catches Foul Ball, Nearly Falls Over Row Of Seats
Yes, we know we said it's probably time to move on from showing videos of fans catching baseballs while holding babies. But we're making one last exception for this guy in San Francisco who catches a baseball while holding both a baby and a diaper bag....
J.J. Putz Gets Interrupted By "Kickstart My Heart," Spikes Ball
Theories confirmed by this clip of J.J. Putz spiking the ball after his warm-up is interrupted by a little Mötley Crüe include a) It is never not funny to see pitchers fail to deliver the ball home and b) Baseball announcers don't really love the Crüe....
Two Diamondbacks Reporters Get Stuck In Fenway Park Elevator
After Saturday night's D-Backs loss in Boston, MLB.com's Steve Gilbert and Fox Sports Arizona's Todd Walsh got what they needed from the visitors' clubhouse, then headed back upstairs to the press box of the 101-year-old Fenway Park. The elevator decided it didn't want to cooperate....
The Jets Are Going To Ruin Geno Smith
So here's the pre-camp report from ESPN New York:...
Miguel Montero Tastes His Bats To Decide Which To Use [Update]
Superstition? Fetish? We honestly have no idea. Montero went 0-for-5....
Just A Fire In A Light Tower During A Game At Nationals Park
No one was injured, and the fire never spread beyond the light tower up in right field, so go ahead and laugh!...
Another Day, Another Pro Athlete Selling A Dog On Twitter
And this time it's Jaguars tight end/wide receiver Isaiah Stanback, a journeyman who's played for five NFL teams in six seasons. Never heard of him? He did win a Super Bowl ring two seasons ago as a member of the Giants' practice squad. But enough about Stanback. The guy's got two dogs he's trying ...
This MLB-In-Australia Thing Is Really Happening
It was just a glimmering possibility back in October, but it's real now—the Dodgers and Diamondbacks will open the 2014 season next March with a two-game series at Australia's Sydney Cricket Grounds (above). Yes, those Dodgers and Diamondbacks. It'll be the first-ever regular-season game played in ...
D-backs' Daniel Hudson, Recovering From Surgery, Is Injured Again
Daniel Hudson hasn't pitched since June 26 of last year, when he had to have Tommy John surgery soon after being pulled less than two innings into a brutal start against the Braves. He's now had a setback of the worst kind:...
Weirdo Rookie Umpire Fills Left Field With His Chewed Gum
Major-league umpires are kind of the worst. Blown close calls we can grudgingly abide, but blown not-all-that-close calls punctuated by ego trips, well, not so much. And yet that's what umpires do! Jordan Baker, a minor-league umpire who has filled in on Dana DeMuth's crew over the past week, keeps ...
Man Breaks Record For Most Backflips On A Pogo Stick
We throw the word "hero" around a lot on the internet, but sometimes there is simply no other word for doing more backflips on a pogo stick than any other person in the history of human-and-pogo-stick coexistence. ...
Jerry Colangelo Says He Punched A Bulls Fan During The '93 NBA Finals
The man in charge of USA Basketball once owned the Suns and the Diamondbacks, the WNBA's Mercury, and the arena league's Rattlers. He was also responsible for bringing the NHL to Phoenix. But if you were to say something nasty to his mom, Jerry Colangelo wasn't always above behaving like some beer-s...
Greg Oden Is On The Comeback Trail, And He Looks "Unbelievable"
Remember Greg Oden? He used to play basketball. He'd like to play basketball again....