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Virginia Defeats Vanderbilt 4-2 To Win College World Series
In a rematch of last year’s College World Series, the Virginia Cavaliers got their payback Wednesday, as they defeated the Vanderbilt Commodores 4-2 to capture the school’s first-ever NCAA baseball title....
Josh Donaldson Dives Into The Stands To Make The Catch Of The Year
Blue Jays third baseman Josh Donaldson just made a play that will very likely go down as the best of the year....
The Astros Are Good Now. What The Hell?
If you’re like a lot of sports fans, there’s a good chance that you are just now starting to pay attention to baseball. You’ve finally recovered from all those sleepless nights spent watching NBA playoff games, the world around you is starting to fall into a summer malaise, and you’re ready to spend...
The Sky Over Fenway Last Night Was Incredible
We had some crazy weather on the East Coast last night, with massive rainstorms and tornado warnings popping up all over the place. On the plus side, the bad weather helped create an amazing night’s sky over Fenway Park....
One Of These Days This Will End Poorly
We had another baby-in-hand catch Tuesday night. I don’t see this trend of fathering ending well! This particular catch was also ruled fan interference. Here’s video of all the shenanigans:...
Former Ballplayer Darryl Hamilton Found Dead In Apparent Murder-Suicide
Police have identified former MLB player Darryl Hamilton and his wife, Monica Jordan, as the victims of what appears to be a murder-suicide after the pair was found dead in their own home. Their 14-month-old child was also found in the house, unharmed....
Felix Hernandez's Son Isn't Here For The Bullshit
The Seattle Mariners did a cute thing before yesterday’s Father’s Day game, having a few of the players line up to catch first pitches from their kids. Keep an eye on the last kid in line, who is Felix Hernandez’s son. ...
Hanley Ramirez Hit A Ball At The Sky Gods Yesterday
Here’s something you probably don’t need to know about the solo home run that Hanley Ramirez hit yesterday, but I’m going to tell it to you you anyway: Ramirez’s shot got higher off the ground than any homer since at least 2006....
Orem Owlz PR Guy: I Had Nothing To Do With "Caucasian Heritage Night"
Former Orem Owlz media director Joey Zanaboni says he stepped down after only two weeks on the job due to the team’s refusal to reconsider “Caucasian Heritage Night”—only to see the team eventually relent after public scorn and mockery....
Utah Minor League Team Cancels Planned "Caucasian Heritage Night"
The Orem Owlz canceled a planned “Caucasian Heritage Night” after the Angels’ Rookie League affiliate found itself in the center of controversy over the ill-chosen promotion. The team’s media director also resigned as a result of the backlash. The team offered this attempt to explain the promotion:...
Vandy Player Squares To Bunt, Takes Fastball To The Neck
Vanderbilt rightfielder Rhett Wiseman was a third-round pick in this year’s MLB draft, but after catching a fastball to the neck from TCU’s Tyler Alexander in the first inning of tonight’s College World Series game, we can’t imagine he was thinking much about his upcoming payday with the Nationals....
Whose Disgusting Baseball Chin Is This?
Welcome back to Whose Disgusting Baseball Chin Is This? a 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....
Minor League Baseball Team Attempts To Conquer Solar Menace With Blimp
The Boise Hawks, a Colorado Rockies farm team, are fed up with the sun. For too long, the threat in the sky has shined in the eyes of fans at Memorial Stadium. (Earlier this week, it bossed around Blue Jays and Red Sox players.) The Hawks have a strategy now, however: a blimp....
This Gerrit Cole Pitch Is Just Too Much
In the bottom of the first inning of last night’s game against the White Sox, Gerrit Cole struck out Adam LaRoche on a 98-mph fastball. That description doesn’t really do the pitch justice, though. Please spend a few minutes staring at the GIF above....
In The Minors, Home-Run Ball Ransom Notes Are Slightly Less Demanding
Yankees catching prospect Wes Wilson had an amazing night. First he caught 15 innings. Then he pitched two perfect innings, and won the game for the Class-A Tampa Yankees with a home run in the 17th inning. But if he wants the ball back, he’s going to have to pay up....
Carlos Correa Has Arrived
Astros rookie shortstop Carlos Correa has only been in the major leagues for 10 games, but you might as well go ahead and hitch yourself to his bandwagon now, because he is extremely good and a hell of a lot of fun to watch....
Astros GM Denies That Team Was Hacked Because He Used Old Passwords
One of the sillier details from the original report on the Cardinals hacking scandal was that the Cardinals employees who gained access to the Astros’ database did so by using some old passwords that Astros GM Jeff Luhnow had used when he was a Cardinals employee. But now Luhnow is denying that part...
Two Errors Turn Steven Souza Bunt Into A "Home Run"
All Steven Souza Jr. was trying to do was get on base against the Nationals by surprising them with a bunt. But two errors later at a very rainy Nationals Park, he found himself jogging home: ...
Ian Desmond Solves The Yips, Personifies Irony, Is Screwed
After starting the season with eight errors in the Nationals’ first 15 games, Ian Desmond’s adventurous play at shortstop has mostly leveled off, to the enormous relief of his teammates and the mild disappointment of fans of slapstick comedy. Two months later he’s sitting on 14 errors, all but endin...
Eat Shit, Cardinals
By now, you know that the St. Louis Cardinals—the sports equivalent of the Duggar clan—are currently under investigation by the FBI for hacking into a Houston Astros database. (The FBI! That means they’re fucked.) And not only did they allegedly hack into another team’s system, but they allegedly di...