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Adrian Beltre Gets Helmet Stolen, Scares Teammate Half To Death
Rangers third baseman Adrian Beltre hit a solo homer against the A’s yesterday. As usual, his baseball life partner, Elvis Andrus, was there to mess with him when he returned to the dugout. ...
Here Are Two Baseball Players Acting Like Lil' Babies
If there’s one thing you can always count on a baseball player in a high-stress situation to be, it’s a sensitive weenie. Allow me to direct your attention to this moment, from yesterday’s game between the Giants and Padres....
Adam Eaton's Diving Catch Will Be Hard To Top
We’re not even a week into the 2015 baseball season, but I feel confident saying that it’s going to be very hard for any outfielder to make a catch this season that will top what White Sox center fielder Adam Eaton did today. ...
Local Cubs Broadcast Intro Is Just A Disaster
The GIF above cycles through some of the graphics that were used in the intro package that led into ABC 7’s broadcast of yesterday’s Cubs game. Did you catch all those errors? Here, let us slow things down for you....
MLB Has Started Issuing Warnings To Those Violating Pace-Of-Play Rules
This offseason, MLB instituted a handful of new rules aimed at speeding up games. Less than a week into the season, the league seems to be making an effort to stay on top of the enforcement of these new rules. ...
A Gently Annotated List Of Washington Nationals Promos And Giveaways
Previously: The Baltimore Orioles....
Just Prince Fielder, Doing Some Squats With A Rougned On His Back
Prince Fielder’s new pregame workout routine sure looks like a lot of fun....
Idiot On The Field Almost Gets Away
An idiot ran onto the field during tonight’s Orioles-Rays game at Tropicana Field just to shake Desmond Jennings’s hand. But who cares about that, what really matters is that the idiot got away! Look at this dude lazily flop over the outfield wall! ...
The Rockies Are Going To Sock Some Goddamn Dingers This Year
Hey! The Colorado Rockies might be really fun this year. Take it from me, a Rockies fan who is super reasonable and not at all still riding the high of yesterday’s 10-0 victory over the Milwaukee Brewers....
Ned Yost Warns Trainer Not To Lose His ALCS Ring During Rectal Exams
The Kansas City Royals received their 2014 AL Championship rings before opening the season against the White Sox yesterday, and manager Ned Yost had some helpful advice for the team’s head athletic trainer. ...
Bats Out of Hell: The Dumbest "Improvements" Made To Baseball Bat Design
Much like its cousin, the baseball cap, the baseball bat seems pretty simple, at first glance. Take a reasonably cylindrical piece of wood, taper it as necessary, put a little nub on the end so your hands don't slip off, and swing. Hit the ball too low, and you'll pop it up....
Whose Disgusting Baseball Chin Is This?
Welcome to Whose Disgusting Baseball Chin Is This? a semi-regular feature in which we ask readers to identify a baseball player based on a closely cropped image of his disgusting chin. So, whose chin is this? Use the image slider below to find out. ...
11 Pitches, Three Hit Batters: The Day Dock Ellis Went To War
The following is excerpted from Dock Ellis in the Country of Baseball, by Donald Hall. It is reprinted here with the author's permission....
The Anarchist Of Summer: A D.C. Rabble Rouser Returns To Baseball
Adam Eidinger has gone right at City Hall, the Republican and Democratic Parties, the war machine, the World Bank, the DEA, countless developers, and, most famously, Major League Baseball. His fights tend to end with him getting his ass kicked—and not just figuratively. ...
A Troubling Statistical Conundrum, From A Burger King Baseball In 1996
Reader Sully from Holy Cross wrote in this weekend with a question. ...
Remember When Congress Used To Hold Dumbass Baseball Hearings?
Reason.tv, looking for a way to celebrate opening day, put together this fun video recounting the United States government’s odd affinity for holding very official hearings to discuss the issues plaguing Major League Baseball. ...
The Pittsburgh Pirates Should Be America's Team This Season
There’s nothing America loves more than a winner who has suffered and, Lord knows, the Pittsburgh Pirates have suffered. Twenty losing seasons in a row. The Pittsburgh drug trials. The cobbled-together public ownership that ended up $22 million in debt. Talented player after talented player leaving...
Yasiel Puig Leaves Exhibition Game After Outfield Collision
Dear Injury Gods, ...
Harry Caray Used To Just Make Shit Up While Calling Away Games
Yesterday on the The Stacks, we republished Myron Cope's great old profile of Harry Caray, written back when he was still calling games for the Cardinals and was known as a bit of a rebel in baseball circles. Even then, he was already considered the best play-by-play man in the game, in no small par...