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Hey, Guys ... You're Still On Camera
You know, we continue to find it amazing, in this day of MLB Extra Innings and MLB.tv, that any television announcer would speak freely during the commercial break. Dude: There's a microphone on you. Someone's going to hear....
The Closer: Mr. Met Administers Coup De Grace
Notes from a day in baseball:...
It's Trade Deadline Day ... But Haven't The Trades Already Happened?
So, what, pretty much all that's left is Alfonso Soriano, right? After the Carlos Lee to Texas trade on Friday, and the Bobby Abreu and Cory Lidle to the Yankees trade yesterday, the trade deadline at 4 p.m. ET today seems to be approaching without most of its larger bullets already fired....
Couldn't They Have Hired A Chorizo Who Could Run?
Here's some video of the race, along with reaction from some local fans. One day into his sausage-racing career, the Chorizo has already been accused by a fan of being drunk on margaritas, and by a newscaster of being drunk on Tequila. Thankfully, they stopped short of accusing the Chorizo of eating...
Bobby Abreu Heading North
As you may have expected, it's the Yankees who have stepped up and acquired Bobby Abreu. ESPN.com is reporting that the Yankees and Phillies have agreed to a deal that puts Bobby Abreu in pinstripes. The Yanks also pick up pitcher Cory Lidle as part of the deal, and going the other way are shortstop...
Reggie Bush Finally Gives In To Fans With Lame Signs
It seems like Reggie Bush's holdout garnered a lot of attention for a something that ended up lasting a grand total of two days. Many of you had more contentious negotations while trying to get laid this weekend. And as soon as he scores his first touchdown, no one's even going to remember that ther...
Keith Van Horn's Contribution To Society Has Been Judged More Valuable Than Yours
We all know and have long ago accepted that professional athletes make too much damn money, but nothing hammers that point home quite like peeking at SI.com's list of the 50 highest-earning American athletes in sports and seeing Chris Webber, Michael Finley, Jason Giambi, and Stephon Marbury all in ...
Let's Talk About Cuban Defectors
You may have heard of Yulieski Gourriel, a Cuban 2nd baseman who, according to Wikipedia, is regarded as the best player in Cuba. Reports surfaced yesterday that Gourriel had defected and was on his way to, where else, the New York Yankees. Here's the free translation.com translation of the "El Naci...
Week In Deadspin: Let's Hug It Out ... Well, Perhaps A Hug Isn't The Best Idea
• It turned out not to be the best of weeks for Harold Reynolds. • Hee hee. Jockeys running. Hee hee. • Floyd Landis has had a busy seven-day stretch. • We're dangerously close, folks, to "You're With Me, Leather" night at the ole ballpark. • AJ Hawk and his contractually convenient morals. • It's...
Unhappy To Be Stuck With You
We've all known that our main man Chris Berman — who was such a joy to watch broadcasting the Cardinals-Cubs game last night! — has had a lifelong pants party with Huey Lewis And The News. (We think they show the footage of him on stage with the band at least twice a year.) But we had no idea just h...
Welcome, Chorizo!
Yesterday, the chorizo was officially announced as the fifth racing sausage in the Milwaukee Brewers sausage race. They had a special press conference just to introduce him, with his first race this Saturday. He has a little goatee. He is a dancing chorizo....
Bedtime Stories With Alex Rodriguez
You might think you know Yankees third baseman/perpetual ESPN target Alex Rodriguez, but you don't know him at all. Only through his illustrated children book can you possibly being to understand him....
OK, Maybe Everyone Should Boo Dusty
OK, we understand that he had thrown a lot of pitches, and that he had walked five guys, and that the score was 0-0 and that he has been injured enough to need to be coddled a bit....
Harold Reynolds' Firing: The Smaller Picture
Lost in all of the hubbub over Harold Reynolds being dismissed at ESPN is the fact that he won't be in the broadcast booth for the Little League World Series, breaking a nine-year string. It seems especially cruel to cut Reynolds loose on the eve of the biggest event for pint-sized athletes in the...
Welcome, All Chorizos!
If you want to know why we love doing this site more than we've loved doing just about anything else in our lives, here's a good reason: We get to treat the addition of a new racing sausage in Milwaukee has one of the biggest stories of the day. Because IT IS!...
It's Carl Monday Night At The Ballpark
As you know, we're big fans of minor league baseball, particularly the odd promotions they put together from time-to-time. (We still think our favorite is the time a team gave away free vasectomies on Father's Day.) And a couple of weeks ago, we pointed you to the Dunedin Blue Jays' professional w...
Hello, FSN Southwest!
In case anybody out there was wondering who our favorite Fox Sports Net affiliate is ... why, it's Fox Sports Southwest, now that you mention it!...
The Haka Scares Me
That is the Haka of the All Blacks, New Zealand's national rugby team. I don't know how the Australians fared on that particular day, but if I played on an opposing team, and I saw those guys doing that dance, I would run like hell in the opposite direction while screaming about my plans for immedia...
Week In Review: Goatriders, Tornadoes And Carl Monday's Goodbye
• The brilliant (and somehow underrated) final chapter in the Carl Monday-Mike Cooper odyssey. • Jimmy Johnson ... TOPLESS! • Keep your wives away from Bill Belichick! • Curt Schilling, man of the online people! • You can absolutely not go wrong with a Bob Knight instructional video outtake. • No ...
Cultural Oddsmaker: Insane in the Membrane
A.J. Daulerio's Cultural Oddsmaker runs every Friday. Send him all kinds of email....