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Jeff Samardzija Threw First-Pitch Balls And The Baseball Gods Were Watching
ESPN’s David Schoenfield had a cool story this morning about Giants pitcher Jeff Samardzija, who has walked one batter in seven starts since April 28. It’s historic!...
Old Man Beef Sizzles Between Buck Showalter And Nats GM Mike Rizzo
Thursday night the Nationals faced the Orioles in a makeup of a May 11 date that was postponed and rescheduled after a day of shitty rain. That was a shitty, rainy week in DC—Washington’s next game, a series opener against the Phillies on May 12, was also rained out....
David Price Is Having A Bad Week
Before getting lit up by the Yankees for six runs in five innings Thursday night, David Price spent time arguing with the Boston media, which is a fate worse than death....
White Sox Benefit From Series Of Cartoonish Errors And Misplays, Still Fail To Score
Willy Garcia was the very lucky recipient of one bad read, one fumbled catch and one airmailed throw on a fly ball he hit to deep right field tonight. Granted all of those advantages, he was then thrown out at the plate:...
Bottomless Idiot On The Field Invades Brewers Game, Gets Tackled
Today’s Giants-Brewers game was interrupted in the second inning by a fan who shed his pants somewhere in the process of getting onto the field. There are only two short clips so far—which show the man already tackled by ballpark security—but there are a couple of excellent wire photos, including on...
Report: Oregon State Star Pitcher Charged In 2012 For Molesting Six-Year-Old Family Member
Oregon State star pitcher Luke Heimlich was required to register as a sex offender after being charged for molesting a six-year-old family member in 2012, according to a report from The Oregonian. ...
MLB Will Investigate Domestic Violence Accusations Against Addison Russell
While the Cubs were playing the Marlins last night, Addison Russell’s wife, Melisa, shared an Instagram post in which she claimed that Russell had cheated on her. In the comments of that post, a friend of Melisa’s accused him of being physically and emotionally abusive....
Let Us All Marvel At Andrés<em></em> Blanco’s 70 MPH Fastballs
The Phillies, already the worst team in baseball so far this year, trailed 12-0 in the bottom of the eighth last night. So why not bring in an infielder to pitch? Utility man Andrés Blanco toed the rubber for the first time in the majors....
MLB Puts Hunter Strickland's Brawl-Worn Jersey Up For Auction, Then Backs Off
A few weeks after suspending Hunter Strickland six games for his brawl with Bryce Harper, MLB tried to directly spin a profit from the fight—selling off his game-worn jersey on the league’s official online auction site, advertising the fact that he was ejected while wearing it. And then a few hours ...
Red Sox Announcer Jerry Remy Says Pitchers Shouldn't Get Translators, Should "Learn Baseball Language"
Boston Red Sox broadcaster Jerry Remy took bizarre exception to Yankees pitcher Masahiro Tanaka being visited by Japanese translator Shingo Horie and pitching coach Larry Rothschild in the fourth inning of Tuesday’s game....
The Chill And Strong Orioles Beat The Pirates<em></em>
The Baltimore Orioles beat the Pittsburgh Pirates Tuesday night 6-5 in the 10th inning on a Mark Trumbo walk-off RBI single that came after Chris Davis and Jonathan Schoop hit back-to-back home runs in the seventh, and Schoop homered again with Davis aboard to tie the game in the bottom of the ninth...
Scooter Gennett Blasts Four Homers As Reds Bury Cardinals 13-1
The Cincinnati Reds’ Scooter Gennett had himself a night....
![Phillies Legend Mike Schmidt Trashes Phillies CF Odubel Herrera [Updated]](https://images.deadspin.com/tr:w-900/t0almdbhxw8onbsqknrw.jpg)
Phillies Legend Mike Schmidt Trashes Phillies CF Odubel Herrera [Updated]
Mike Schmidt is perhaps the greatest Phillie of all time. The Phillies, as you probably know, have been the worst team in baseball so far this season. But Schmidt works for the Phillies as a color analyst on weekend home games, so you’d expect him to refrain from trashing the team when he appeared ...
The Astros Are On A Record-Breaking Pace
The Astros whacked the hell out of the Royals last night, beating Kansas City 7-3 to extend their win streak to 11 games. It was the kind of game good teams win all the time, in which the Astros’ starter only lasted five innings and the 1-5 hitters went 4-21, but two homers and five RBIs from the 7 ...
![Minor League Team Wants You To Come Ogle Some Ladies At "Hourglass Appreciation Night" [UPDATE]](https://images.deadspin.com/tr:w-900/jksoquoxnovhvjl8ibl2.jpg)
Minor League Team Wants You To Come Ogle Some Ladies At "Hourglass Appreciation Night" [UPDATE]
Minor league baseball is a land of bizarre promotions; from speed dating night to toilet seat night, farm clubs will always go the extra absurd mile to keep up the enthusiasm—and this can be excused, when the on-field entertainment consists of just-passing-throughs and never-will-bes....
Brandon Phillips Is Not Happy That The Reds Let Someone Else Wear No. 4
Brandon Phillips spent a decade wearing No. 4 for the Reds before the team dealt him away this winter in a transaction that was years in the making. While Cincinnati had been trying to move Phillips since 2013—very logically, as they have no shortage of middle infield prospects and he’s in his mid-t...
More Bad News For The Sad, Sad Mariners
This week briefly looked as if it might be a rare good one for the Mariners. They won four games in a row! They moved out of last place! With the return of James Paxton, only two of their three best pitchers were on the disabled list! But that happiness has proved fleeting....
Kenley Jansen Is Off To A Record-Breaking Start
The Dodgers’ pitching staff racked up a whole lotta strikeouts against the Brewers last night—a record-tying 26, as part of a 12-inning win that featured 42 Ks in total between the two teams. Clayton Kershaw got the spotlight for recording his 2,000th strikeout, but Kenley Jansen also hit a mileston...
White Sox Fans To Endure One More Partial Season Of Hawk Harrelson
Ken “Hawk” Harrelson announced yesterday that he has changed his plans to broadcast White Sox games until he dies in the booth and will instead retire following next season....
It's Been A Rough Week For The Cubs
The Cubs have been hovering around the .500 mark all season, following their championship with a performance that’s alternately been reminiscent of last year’s dominance and, uh, very much not so. A week after it looked like they might have finally hit their stride—winning seven of ten to launch the...