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An Indians Fan Hurled His Dip Spitter At David DeJesus
We thought this was beer at first, but the slow-mo gives away the greatly increased viscosity of the liquid in the cup. That's dip spit....
Johnny Cueto Gets Jeered, Drops Ball, Gives Up Home Run
PNC Park finally got to host playoff baseball, and the fans in Pittsburgh made it a party, screaming and chanting and jeering from the moment they passed through the turnstiles. And while there's no way to know for certain, it sure looked like the standing-room-only crowd got to Reds starter Johnny ...
Cops Say Dallas Latos Case Is Closed; Dallas Latos Is Not Happy
Pittsburgh police just held a press conference to address last night's alleged assault of Dallas Latos, wife of Cincinnati Reds pitcher Mat Latos, at last night's Reds-Pirates game. @CBSPittsburgh live-tweeted the presser, and received a few responses from Dallas Latos, who isn't too happy about how...
Some Jagoff Celebrated The Pirates' Win By Jumping Off A Bridge
The Pirates did a lot of shit in the last 21 years to make their fans want to take a flying leap and end it all. But that's all in the past. Tonight, the Buccos won the NL wild-card game, and this dumb Yinzer—not to be confused with this dumb Yinzer, or these dumb Yinzers—decided it was just the rig...
Dallas Latos Attacked By Pirates Fan At PNC Park
Dallas Latos, wife of Cincinnati Reds pitcher Mat Latos, was at PNC Park for tonight's Reds-Pirates game. Around 10:45 p.m., Latos tweeted that she had been attacked by a Pirates fan and punched in the head multiple times. Judging from Latos's account, the police at PNC Park handled the case of the...
Dumb Pirates Fans Interfere With Two Balls In One Inning
A couple of dumb yinzers did their best to sabotage their own team's playoff hopes....
Marlon Byrd Socks A Home Run In His First Postseason At-Bat
In 11 MLB seasons, Marlon Byrd never had a chance to hit in the postseason. The 36-year-old Byrd finally got his opportunity with the Pirates tonight, hitting a home run in his first at-bat against Johnny Cueto....
Here's The Most Famous Play From The Last Reds-Pirates Playoff Game
The Reds play the Pirates in the NL wild-card game tonight, and while it's been forever-and-a-half since the Pirates last made the postseason, the two teams actually have quite a history with one another. And because I'm a Yinzer dork who can barely sit still in anticipation—hurry up, eight o'clock...
Andrew McCutchen Is Tougher Than A Screaming Line Drive
It's the day before the Pirates' first playoff game in 21 years. What could possibly go wrong? How about National League MVP candidate Andrew McCutchen getting hurt during today's batting practice? Yeah, that would pretty much be the worst. And, yeah, that almost happened:...
Routine Line Drive Avoids Starlin Castro's Glove
Just your garden-variety three-base error for Cubs shortstop Starlin Castro in this afternoon's fourth inning. He would later boot a grounder in the ninth, too, but the Cubs did manage to win. ...
Braves Fan Ignores Baseball, Fondles Nearby Woman's Breasts Instead
This Braves fan in the Budweiser section of Turner Field takes "Grab Some Buds" way too literally....
The Moment The Pirates Reached The Playoffs
This photo, by the AP's Charles Rex Arbogast, shows Russell Martin just after applying the tag to Nate Schierholtz for the final out of Pittsburgh's 2-1 victory of Chicago. With Mike DiMuro's punchout*, the Pirates are in the postseason for the first time since 1992....
Sone Aluko's Volley Winner For Hull City Is One Of This Season's Best
Hull City's opened its first campaign in the Premiership since 2010 solidly; they're smack in the middle of the table, and stunning more established sides with spectacular plays. One of those came today as Sone Aluko slammed home a massive volley to steal a win from Newcastle....
Wacky Chiefs Fans In Philly Deserve High-Def, Super-Slow-Mo Treatment
We opened last night's GIF roundup with this pre-game NFL Network moment of Chiefs fans at a Philadelphia bar, but the whole episode really deserves close analysis. There's just so much going on here, so we we slowed it down a bunch & uploaded it at the full HD resolution....
Pirates Catcher Tony Sanchez Cartwheels Into Dugout To Make Catch
Chris Denorfia's foul pop was hit just far enough into the Padres dugout for Tony Sanchez to lunge over the railing to grab it. But there was no stopping Sanchez from going heels up, power tumbling off a ledge, and landing on his ass on the concrete floor several feet below....
Hail This Royals Fan, Who Freed His Enormous Gut For The World To See
Is there a Sports Fan Hall of Fame? There ought to be, just so we can induct this guy....
Ole Miss Fans Make Blowjob Faces Behind Longhorn Network Set
It's been a rough week for Longhorns fans. At least the pain of last week's blowout loss to BYU can be soothed by a nice home game broadcast on Texas's own personal ESPN network, right?...
Pirates Fan Trucks Kid To Get Baseball
After Darnell McDonald's ground-rule double, one of the Cubs' WGN announcers noticed the commotion in the stands out near PNC Park's North Side Notch. He initially thought someone had slipped on the wet steps. Then he saw the replay: Nope, just some jagoff who tried to leap for the ball and demolish...