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What This Means For Us: Boston Red Sox
It's a long road to the World Series, and perhaps only the diehards truly understand how far their team had to come. We've asked two writers who lust for their favorite teams to describe what it means to be here, in the World Series. Now: The Boston Red Sox. Your author is Lockhart Steele....
What This Means For Us: Colorado Rockies
It's a long road to the World Series, and perhaps only the diehards truly understand how far their team had to come. We've asked two writers who lust for their favorite teams to describe what it means to be here, in the World Series. First up: The Colorado Rockies. Your author is Mark T.R. Donohue....
The Rockies Could Make Some Folks Some Cash
We kick off our World Series coverage in the first place many of you will be looking: The arena of gambling. We tend to think this series as rather tight, hardly some obvious mismatch ... but it appears Vegas disagrees....
The Last Day Of Unmitigated World Series Glee
We're just about 26 hours away from the start of the World Series, and we know that Red Sox fans are happy and that Rockies fans are happy. Understood....
The Rockies Are Gonna Try This Ticket Thing Again
As some had predicted, the Rockies had all kinds of issues selling their World Series tickets online yesterday. That's a problem, because, you know, they have a game at Coors on Saturday....
Take That, Papi
Because we wouldn't be Deadspin if we didn't post some disturbing, pseudo-bukkake-esque celebration photos, we give you your 2007 American League Champion Boston Red Sox version. We are still giggling that Ortiz had his goggles on in the dugout with two outs left to go....
Ready Or Not, Here Come The Red Sox
Say what you will about the sometimes unhealthy hold that the Boston Red Sox have on their fans ... but the picture above looks really, really fun....
FINALLY, Little League Is Over
Had your fill of kids' baseball for the summer? Jesus, school starts in a week, and we're just now wrapping up. Warner Robins' championship win over Japan was great and all, but don't forget we had to slosh through nearly a month of televised children's programming on to get there; a kind of creepy ...
You're A World Series Hero! Here, Have A Milkshake
As mentioned earlier today, the Little League World Series championship started about an hour and a half ago, and it's Japan vs. Georgia, in an epic battle of which nation's future is brighter. (No, seriously. This game will determine that.)...
Everywhere You Look, White Kids
We do enjoy the Little League World Series, though a little part of us wishes they didn't keep score, and a big part of us missing Harold Reynolds. But blog Say Hey was wondering the same thing we were: Where are all the non-white American kids?...
Boston-Area Little Leaguers Have Strange Allegiances
Wallpole is located about 20 minutes southwest of Boston. So before the game, the team got a pep talk from Curt Schilling, Coco Crisp and Red Sox manager Terry Francona, and Rando's catch was shown on the scoreboard at Fenway Park. All well and good ... but check out the Walpole team introductions, ...
Bacon Pants: Junior Division
SOMEBODY wants to be a bacon pants when he grows up: Thanks to a perfectly timed hop at the fence, Walpole, Mass. center fielder Michael Rando earned himself a place in Little League World Series history. With the tying runner at third, and a high, arcing shot to straightaway center field, Rando kep...
Who's The Next Old, White Lady To Get Humped by a Black NBA Player?
AJ Daulerio's Cultural Oddsmaker runs every Friday. Email him and let him know what you think....
About Last Night ...
What you missed while helping Giant Lego Man celebrate his 75th birthday ... • MLS: Beckham makes LA Galaxy debut before a sellout crowd ... we welcome our new soccer overlords. • MLB: Say Hey, Willie! Harris, Braves rob Mets. • Golf: It's just too freakin' hot for Tiger at the PGA Championship. So,...
The Braves Know What Their Fans Want
After all this super-secret-memo and banned-monologue business today, it's probably fitting to wrap matters up with something we can all come together on: BEER....
O-State Ballaz!
We congratulate the Oregon State Beavers on their second consecutive College World Series title, particularly because they're a bunch of crazy rapping white guys. The video above is of catcher Mitch Canham, who wants to make sure you check out O State Ballaz, the official hip-hop homepage of the 200...