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Mickey Mantle, God Among Men
Ah, the Mick. Mickey Mantle stands as a symbol of all that was right in the game in the 1950s, and all that is wrong with the game now. Mickey Mantle was dignity, strength, power ... the All-American boy playing the All-American game. His presence reminds us of a simpler time, back when sports mea...
Power To The People
In the category of "What Could Possibly Go Wrong?", we bring you this: the Schaumburg Flyers, a Northern League (Independent) baseball team near Chicago, will let fans manage the team for the second half of the season. In conjunction with LivePlanet and Microsoft's MSN, who are hpoing to cash in w...
The Return Of The Cultural Oddsmaker
One of our favorite features of the late Oddjack was the Cultural Oddsmaker, editor A.J. Daulerio's strange odds on everything you wish you could bet on but can't. (We loved them so much, we even wrote one.) So we are very honored to return them to a wanting nation here at Deadspin, starting today....
The Batting Stance MirrorMan
The guy is in a workplace like any other, with an office like any other, wearing drab corporate garb like any other. But then his friends put a camera on him and shoot him some instructions ... and his hidden, and rather brilliant, talent is discovered....
Dmitri Young's Rehab Experience
In case you haven't heard, Tigers designated hitter Dmitri Young is still evading police after failing to make a court appearance for a charge that he choked his girlfriend at a Detroit hotel. Several sources say he's at a rehab facility, but no one, including his lawyers, seem to know for sure....
Jamie Farr And Minor League Baseball: The Perfect Mix
Longtime readers know of our fascination with minor league baseball promotions, and here's one of our favorites: The Altoona Curve are hosting a Retro Celebrity Series, in which TV stars from the distant haunt the aisles of the Blair County Ballpark....
When Bat Boys Attack
If you were to believe television broadcasts, every fan who runs on the field is violently tackled, beaten or otherwise pummeled. Networks won't show a guy who's just running around, but they love to see him hammered. Hence, last night's Boston-Minnesota game, when a bat boy wallops a sliding fan an...
Ozzie's Rules
We know that in baseball, you're supposed to do what your manager tells you to do. Especially if you're a rookie. But what if your manager is about a half dozen different kinds of crazy and is named Ozzie Guillen? And what if the order is to go out and hit an opponent with a pitch? At what point d...
Spend Your Fourth With Us!
We apologize for our lingering tech problems today, but all should be resolved now. Sorry. We're going to try to make it up to you; we're gonna give you that long-awaited opportunity to punch us in the face....
Does Redick Have Bigger Worries Than The DUI?
This image, put together lovingly by our friends at Bad Idea Blue Jeans, pretty much sums up reaction to Day 2 of the JJ Redick story: Yep, it's still unbridled glee, all around....
Revisiting The Day's Top Story ... Redick!
So, drinking and driving causes thousands of deaths a year, is extremely dangerous, completely irresponsible and potentially destructive. Drunken driving costs lives, and therefore isn't funny. OK? We're covered here, yes? Good....
Odalis Perez's Charitable Contributions
You know who's a charming guy? Recently demoted Dodgers starter Odalis Perez, that's who....
Spreading The Buckeye Love In Iraq
We've had more than our fair share of big fun at the expense of Ohio State of late, so we thought we'd try to even matters out by pointing out this picture, taken by Corporal Adam Knox, from Whitehall, Ohio, currently serving in Iraq. He's the brother of Deadspin reader Tom Knox, who forwarded the p...
JJ Redick ... DUI. Seriously.
Not to pile on here, but we'd say the odds are pretty good this is going to make him cry....
The Closer: Jose Contreras Will Rock Your World
Notes from a day in baseball:...
How To Brainwash Your Baby Early
From the folks at Thrillist comes a truly mortifying discovery: Team Baby Entertainment, DVDs designed to brainwash your otherwise sensible and emotionally curious child into a life of violent confrontion, xenophobic geographic loyalties and face-painting....
One Last Word On Grimsley ... For Now
Well, it's been a fun weekend around these parts, with our sudden popularity on Kansas City talk radio and our father's concerned, confused "The man on the radio says you said Albert Pujols did steroids. Did you say that, Will?" (No, Dad, we didn't. What did we tell you about sports talk radio, Dad?...