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MLB Imposes A Smokeless Tobacco Ban On Future Major Leaguers
As part of baseball’s new Collective Bargaining Agreement, which was finalized late Wednesday night, MLB and the MLBPA agreed to a ban on smokeless tobacco for new major leaguers going forward, according to the Associated Press. City-specific bans already apply to ballparks in Boston, Chicago, Los A...
Hot Fucking Stove: Don't Touch The Stove It's Extremely Hot
Good news, friends: The Thanksgiving holiday brought us not just a bounty of meats, side dishes, and familial bonding, but also mildly interesting baseball transactions that could have anywhere from no to some impact on the upcoming season of “America’s pastime.”...
Report: MLB Owners Drop Demand For An International Draft
It seems there will not be an international draft under Major League Baseball’s next collective bargaining agreement. In the final days of negotiations before the current CBA expires Wednesday at midnight, whether or not to implement an international draft starting in 2018 was expected to be a parti...
Report: Latin American Players To Make A Stand At MLB's Collective Bargaining Session
Major League Baseball’s current collective bargaining agreement expires this Thursday, Dec. 1. With the deadline looming, Ken Rosenthal reported last week that a lockout could be imminent if the league and players association fail to reach an agreement before then. One of the issues on the line is a...
Report: Rangers Prospect Allegedly Sexually Assaulted By Teammates At Dominican Academy
An underage baseball prospect as the Texas Rangers’ baseball academy in the Dominican Republic was allegedly sexually assaulted by at least four teammates, reports Yahoo’s Jeff Passan. Eight Rangers prospects were questioned by police and at least four are expected to be charged, including Rougned O...
Hot Fucking Stove: May I Interest You In News About The Houston Astros?
Folks, the Hot Stove is as cold as a popsicle being licked by Dick Cheney. There has been minimal baseball news to speak of this week, with the exception of one team. You heard about these Astros?...
New Orleans Baby Cakes Mascot Fulfills Commitment To The Minor-League Snarl<em></em>
The AAA baseball team formerly known as the New Orleans Zephyrs will henceforth be known as the New Orleans Baby Cakes. This is undoubtedly a unique mascot, one that will surely draw internet ire the same way that fellow New Orleanian King Cake Baby (deservedly) did, but Baby Cakes is a good mascot....
Professional Plumber Michael Fulmer Could Win Rookie Of The Year Award
Tonight, MLB will announce the rookies of the year for each league and Detroit Tigers pitcher Michael Fulmer is predicted to win in the AL (sorry Gary Sánchez) for his 3.06 ERA over 159 innings. But according to a charmingly puffy new profile out in the Detroit Free Press, the 23-year-old is likely ...
Shohei Otani, World's Coolest Baseball Player, Crushes A Ball Into The Tokyo Dome Ceiling
Some things that 22-year-old Shohei Otani has done this year: break his own record for the fastest pitch ever thrown in Japanese baseball (102 mph), post a 1.86 ERA and 0.96 WHIP in 20 games as a starting pitcher, hit really goddamn well when he wasn’t pitching (.322/.416/.588 with 22 home runs), an...
The Hot Fucking Stove Is Now Happening
Welcome to our first Hot Stove in Trump’s America, where, unlike the rest of Trump’s America, the men getting rich will actually deserve it....
How Are You Keeping It Together?<em></em>
I slept two hours Tuesday night and woke up with feeling some of the worst grief of my life and no substantial way to alter its source. I ate nothing but an açai bowl and most of a family size bag of nacho cheese Doritos. I went outside once, briefly, and it was drizzling and shitty out and I snappe...
Let's Talk Hot Fucking Stove Season
It’s going to be a long night for everyone. Let’s put all that nervous energy to good use and talk some hot fucking stove....
Tebow's Latest Miracle: Hitting A Walk-Off Single<em></em>
Jesus walked on water; Tim Tebow walked off against the Mesa Solar Sox. Tebow’s minor league career has thus far been marked by miracles, a marked inability to hit the baseball, and a minor injury, but tonight, he slapped a walk-off single for the Scottsdale Scorpions. ...
Government Alleges Collusion Kept The Dodgers Off The Air In Southern California<em></em>
Three years ago the Los Angeles Dodgers partnered with Time Warner Cable to create SportsNet LA, a regional sports network that carries Dodgers games and no other interesting programming. The deal was worth a reported $7 to $8 billion over 25 years for the team, by far baseball’s largest local telev...
Some Managerial Moves That Probably Won't Matter Much
Fresh off a sub-.500 season, the Colorado Rockies are reportedly replacing Walt Weiss, who managed the team to no higher than a third-place finish in four years, with Bud Black. Although the hiring has yet to be confirmed, several outlets are reporting based on sources close to the issue. This is fi...
Anthony Rizzo Gets Weepy While Introducing David Ross At Victory Parade
This has been a great sports week, and you’ve only got a few hours until all that shit that made you feel good about being a sports fan fades into memory and you return to the office on Monday as the same cynical prick you’ve always been. But before you march back into the gloom, let the Chicago Cub...
Victory Parades Aren't Fun For Everyone
The Chicago Cubs are having their victory parade today, and the city decided to dye its river blue in order to help set a festive mood....
Congratulations, Chicago. Now Get Over It.
You did it. You won the game. Congrats. Now it’s over, and the time has come to move on. ...
So Where Does This Leave The Indians?
Regardless of it they had won or lost last night, we all could have agreed on one thing: The Cubs seem positioned to contend for championships indefinitely. But for the Indians—the team that, uh, actually lost—the question of how many more bites they may get at the apple is far less simple....
The Cubs Don't Have To Pretend To Be Lovable Losers Anymore
Cubs fans: Go crazy, you’ve waited more than long enough. But while this World Series is a welcome end to your suffering, let us not pretend that the Cubs franchise has ever been half as downtrodden as it portrays itself. Losing does not automatically bestow charm; underachievement does not make an ...