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MLB Should Probably Stop Scheduling April Games At Coors Field
Last week's four-game Mets-Rockies series featured two snow-outs, one of which was played as part of a supremely depressing doubleheader—a doubleheader, for that matter, which started two hours late because of an undermanned, overworked snow-clearing crew. The other game will probably be made up in ...
Fan Makes Diving Catch For A...Yuniesky Betancourt Home Run?
Yuniesky Betancourt hit a three-run home run tonight for the Brewers in a five-run first inning against the Padres. He actually puts a pretty good swing on it, too; it's a legit home run. Good for Yuniesky....
Justin Sellers Was Up To No Good In The Dodgers' Dugout Yesterday
We haven't the foggiest what Justin Sellers is up to in this video, other than fondling an invisible boob and rolling an invisible doob. That's more than enough for us to give it the Deadspin Video treatment....
FCC Chairman Is On Board With David Ortiz's F-Bomb
We brought you video (you can see it here) of David Ortiz speaking to the Fenway crowd during yesterday's Boston Marathon remembrance/reminder to stay strong before the Red Sox game....
Here's Boston's Emotional Return To Sports At Fenway And TD Garden
After a day of terrorism-induced lockdown, the city of Boston came alive again today with early-afternoon action at Fenway Park and TD Garden. While the Bruins played earlier this week—in a performance preceded by a group singing of the national anthem—the Red Sox had yet to play at home since Mond...
Old Lady Goes To Ballgame, Catches Foul Ball While Ignoring Ballgame
This is great. This little old lady is not even paying attention to the game, the crowd or the person sitting next to her and manages to come away with a foul ball. ...
Baseball Fans React To The Capture Of The Second Bombing Suspect
With the Red Sox and Royals game postponed and Fenway Park empty as the manhunt for the suspected second Boston Marathon bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev continued, the rest of Major League Baseball played its regular April 19 schedule. ...
Félix Pié Was "Covered In Beer" After Near-Fight With Fans
With all the other news going on this week, we missed the fallout from the Pirates' minor league dustup on Tuesday, the one that found outfielder Félix Pié—and possibly other players—trying to climb into the stands to fight fans in Toledo. A reader who was there has contacted us with more specifics....
The Red Sox And Bruins Games Have Been Postponed
Finally, four hours before first pitch/puck drop, the Red Sox and Bruins have announced that tonight's games are postponed. Considering Bostonians aren't supposed to leave their homes and mass transit isn't running, it took them damn well long enough....
Todd Frazier Homered At The Request Of A Batboy With Down Syndrome
Heartwarming news has certainly been in short supply this week, but a baseball game in Cincinnati last night provided us with some—and in a way that only adds to the growing legend of Reds third baseman Todd Frazier....
Derek Jeter Will Be Out A While
Derek Jeter will be out until at least the All-Star break after a "small crack" was found in his surgically repaired ankle. New York talk radio callers demand the Yankees trade some crappy AA pitcher for Troy Tulowitzki....
MLB Retired Numbers, Infographic'd
Daniel Tewfik has wrangled up the data on the numbers retired by MLB teams, and put together a slew of visualizations. We love this stuff....
Ben Revere Mostly Makes Incredible Catches. Mostly.
On Monday, Ben Revere laid out for a ridiculous diving grab, that won't be topped this season unless Jim Edmonds comes out of retirement. Last night, Ben Revere did this. You win some, you land on your ass some....
Giants Reliever Farts On His Teammate: The Epilogue
We couldn't help but share a GIF of Giants reliever Jean Machi farting on Jose Mijares last night, and now we can't help but share a second GIF, this one depicting the aftermath of the fart....
Well, This Article About The Phillies' Struggles Got Serious Quickly
From David Murphy of the Philadelphia Daily News:...
Padres CEO Blames Zack Greinke For Brawl, Likens Him To Rain Man
Yahoo has obtained an audio clip of San Deigo Padres CEO Tom Garfinkel saying dumb things about Dodgers pitcher Zack Greinke to a group of Padres season ticket holders. Greinke had his collarbone broken when Padres outfielder Carlos Quentin needlessly charged him after being hit by Greinke on a 3-2 ...
Milwaukee beat San Francisco last night when Josh Prince scored on Blake Lalli's RBI single in the bottom of the ninth. But Carlos Gomez had three hits, including an infield single that resulted in a throwing error that advanced Prince to third. Ryan Braun tried to reward Gomez in the dugout afterwa...
The Tigers And Mariners Struck Out At Historic Levels Last Night
Max Scherzer and Felix Hernandez are both fine pitchers who strike hitters out in gobs. But they had never before been part of something like last night's Tigers-Mariners game. Nor had any other Tiger or Mariner....