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I swear, if robot umps do away with manager rants …It’s hard to describe why Wednesday night’s wild ending to the Washington Nationals-Houston Astros game was so much fun. Maybe it’s because a 58-year-old man in a baseball uniform showed up to a postgame presser with photographic evidence of a blown call. Or it could have been that I have a friend w...

The Pitcher Who Couldn't LoseBronson Arroyo was in some small town near Los Angeles, the name of which he doesn’t remember, and he was thinking about getting old. He and a friend had stopped at a diner to get a bite to eat, and he couldn’t help but notice all of the old men seated around them. He recalls this moment a few weeks...

Bronson Arroyo Was About As Pretty OK, I Guess, As Anyone EverArizona Diamondbacks pitcher Bronson Arroyo announced on Monday that he will be undergoing Tommy John surgery to repair the torn ulnar collateral ligament in his right elbow. The news that a 37-year-old pitcher who has never really warranted a descriptor any more generous than "OK" is out for the fo...

Un-Rubbed Balls Create Sticky Situation For Cardinals

John Smoltz thinks the reason he got roughed up last night is because his balls were not properly rubbed down. Yet, opposing pitcher Bronson Arroyo threw just fine. Is it because he was rubbing something special on his own balls?...

Bronson Arroyo Will Put Just About Anything In His Body

Bronson Arroyo admits that he pumps his body full off all manner of unapproved chemicals and that MLB drug tests don't really concern him. And what about a hardcore steroid user like Manny Ramirez? If he dies, he dies....

Bronson Arroyo, advertising poet laureate. [YouTube] Note: WHY WOULD YOU DISABLE EMBEDDING OF VIDEOS? WHY EVEN HAVE A YOUTUBE?!...

Peter Gammons Rocking Out The Mitchell Report Blues

We'll get into Roger Clemens more a little bit later — because we know you can just never get enough Roger Clemens and steroids talk, obviously — but we wanted to take a moment to salute Peter Gammons, everyone's favorite Andrew Jackson-impersonating, hard-rockin' baseball reporter....

Bronson Arroyo Brings The Rock

Last night, we saw the Majestic Rock that is The Sword. We left quite rocked. But we ain't seen nothin' yet; Bronson Arroyo is on tour....

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What's the Next MLB Promotional Gimmick?

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by Leitch|Cultural Oddsmaker

|06/08/2007

Your Hollywood Minute

There's crazy, and then there's that special brand of crazy that is Reds pitcher Bronson Arroyo. What would you do if you were a major league pitcher going for your 10th win of the season, as Arroyo will be doing on Thursday? Why, you'd dedicate the win to actress Bo Derek, naturally. Because she wa...

by Rick Chandler|Baseball

|08/07/2006

Bronson Arroyo, Rockin' Pitchman

Initially, though we were happy about the Bronson Arroyo to Cincinnati trade, we worried that the harsh transition to "rollicking Boston nightlife" to "downtown closes at midnight" would cause some trouble for the rocking righthander. Clearly, though, it's all worked out well, so much so that now he...

by Leitch|Baseball

|05/26/2006

Random YouTube Finding Of The Week

As always, it's amazing what you can find on YouTube....

by Leitch|Baseball

|04/05/2006

Arroyo Ready To Take Cincinnati By Storm

After an brutal spring so far — OK, he didn't really get rocked by a Little League team — rockin' righthander Bronson Arroyo was traded this morning to the Cincinnati Reds for outfielder Wily Mo Pena. We support this trade, for three major reasons....

by Leitch|Baseball

|03/20/2006

When Bronson Arroyo's Rock Isn't Hard Enough

MTV channels its inner Page 3 today, looking at the worst music offerings from professional athletes. (We're going to assume "ESPN Hollywood" has done this story about six times.)...

by Leitch|Bronson Arroyo

|09/27/2005

Roger Clemens And His Funny Shirts

More Webshot findings from the ladies of On The DL, and though none are quite as damning as the married Brandon Arroyo housing poor college students on his lap, there's still some pretty fun stuff. Not least of which are creative shirt designs from Phillies outfielder Pat Burrell (whom this blind ...

by Leitch|Baseball

|09/26/2005

Bronson Arroyo: Now Officially A Rock Star

We were going to reveal the final of our three blind items today, but those crazy ladies at On The DL have something even better for today, so we're gonna hold off. They've put together a compendium of photos online of baseball players boozing and tarting it up with various "fans" across the count...

by Leitch|Boston Red Sox

|09/20/2005

Red Sox Dial Down Arroyo

After some legitimate complaints about his off-field pursuits, Red Sox pitcher/archaic grunge rocker Bronson Arroyo might be the most important pitcher the team has right now. So apparently the Red Sox themselves have tired of all the rocking, asking him to cut down on the music until, you know, w...

by Leitch|Boston Red Sox

|09/02/2005

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