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Japanese Pitcher Throws An Insane Eephus Pitch
This is Kazuhito Tadano, a pitcher for the Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters of the Japanese Pacific League, uncorking what is likely the purest eephus pitch you will ever see. ...
We've Been Friends Long Enough You'll Understand
Head on over to SB Nation and check out Cee Angi's story on Vin Scully:...
U.C. Irvine Harshes Baseball Superfan's Mellow
Keith Franklin, better known as "Superfan," is a 49-year-old die-hard fan of the U.C. Irvine Anteaters who's just been banned by the team he loves. Franklin, who sounds a little bit like the Ultimate Warrior of baseball fans, was a steady presence at 'eaters games until this February when he ran on ...
St. Louis Has The Best Reflection In Baseball
Seriously, though, this picture of a rain-soaked Busch Stadium, taken by Cardinals photographer Scott Rovak, is pretty sweet....
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Edwin Encarnacion Hits Homers As They Were Meant To Be Hit
Remember 10 days ago, when Toronto first baseman Edwin Encarnacion hit the crap out of a baseball? Before that monstrous shot, he had already hit the crap out of seven baseballs in the month of May. Since that homer, he has hit the crap out of eight additional baseballs. According to math, Edwin Enc...
Yasiel Puig Is A Giant Six-Year-Old, And It's Great
This picture was just posted to Yasiel Puig's Instagram account, and before we go any further, you need to read the caption that was appended to it:...
The Ten Greatest Baseball Uniforms Of All Time
According to Jake Gallagher over at A Continuous Lean....
Jack Davis Baseball Cover
Found over at It's a Long Season, check out the second cover of Mad Magazine, from 1952. ...
Braves President: Stadium Deal Had To Be Done In Secret
Atlanta Braves president John Schuerholz spoke to the Atlanta Press Club last week, and said some rich guy shit that was so painfully lacking in self-awareness that it's hard to imagine him saying it without adjusting his monocle....
The Mets Can't Hit And Can't Pitch But They Sure Can Fire People
The Mets made a rare double-switch today when they released 11-year veteran pitcher Jose Valverde and axed their hitting coach. ...
LSU Completes Off-The-Skull 5-6 Putout
Earlier this month we presented an out-of-this-world catch made by an LSU baseball player. Today's play is just as impressive, for a totally different reason....
What The "Palace Intrigue" Over Bud Selig's Successor Is Really About
If Bud Selig's commissionership were a heist movie, we'd now be at the part where the thieves were gathered in a dimly lit room to count out the loot, and Chicago White Sox owner Jerry Reinsdorf would be the one with a gun in his hand, telling everyone to back away from the table slowly....
Pedro Martinez Says Pitching Is All About Properly Sexing The Baseball
Our pals at Fangraphs got Pedro Martinez to sit down with them and wax on about his thoughts on pitching, and the results are fantastic. You should read the entire interview—Martinez is one of the smartest pitchers to ever play and he says a lot of wise and illuminating things—but we felt compelled ...
The Cubs' Continued Boning Of Jeff Samardzija Is Historically Egregious
Jeff Samardzija has started 10 games for the Cubs this year, and in those 10 games he has pitched 68 innings, struck out 54 batters, and allowed just 11 earned runs. In three of those starts, he allowed zero earned runs; he allowed just one earned run in three other starts. Jeff Samardzija has a 1.4...
José Fernández Says He Pitched Through Pain Before Injury
José Fernández met with the media last night, his surgically repaired arm in a heavy cast and hanging in a sling, and admitted to having pitched through elbow pain during his last two starts of the season, without alerting the Marlins to his discomfort...
Audio: Raging H.S. Baseball Coach Berates His Team For 15 Minutes
Yesterday, we posted a brief, edited audio clip of a high school baseball coach from California absolutely losing it and cursing out his players. Now we've gotten our hands on the full, unedited audio clip. It's long, and it's incredible...
Hero Cat "Throws" Out First Pitch
Tara the tabby, who saved her human from an attacking dog, threw out the first pitch at last night's Bakersfield Blaze game. As you might expect, since cats care nothing for pageantry and have useless muppet paws instead of hands, it was one of the worst first pitches in recorded history. #SticktoHe...
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High School Baseball Coach Loses His Shit, Curses Out Team [UPDATE]
From the Whittier Daily News comes a wonderfully profane audio clip of Kim Brooks, the baseball coach at La Mirada High in La Mirada, California, absolutely laying into his team after a recent loss. ...
What Happened To Mike Trout's Swing?
There is nothing average about Mike Trout. People built like Brian Urlacher shouldn't be able to scale walls and run like a scared deer, all while squarely hitting a round ball with a round bat. The 2014 season has seen Mike Trout put up a more earthbound line than usual: .263/.358/.509 after last n...