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Pirates Starting Pitcher Has Spectacularly Short Outing
Pittsburgh lefty Jonathan Sanchez started last night's game in St. Louis. His stat line reads as follows: 0.0 IP, 3 H, 2R, 2ER, 2 HR, 1 HBP. He faced four batters and threw all of 17 pitches, and then he was gone. He did not get hurt....

Brian O'Nora Was Probably Puking Because He Swallowed His Chew
The Mets and Phillies experienced a brief delay in the first inning last night thanks to what is being variously described as Brian O'Nora's "flu like symptoms" or "illness." In all likelihood, however, the delay was probably due to Brian O'Nora vomiting up his chewing tabacco. ...

Jeffrey Loria Continues To Be A Meddlesome Twerp
Wednesday's Miami Herald contained a mysterious report about a mysterious pitching change before Tuesday's Marlins-Twins doubleheader: nameless "Higher-ups" had shifted top prospect Jose Fernandez to the early game, and "ace" Ricky Nolasco to the later one. Now, thanks to Jeff Passan, we know what ...

Marlins Tickets Are Basically Free, And Still No One's Going
You've got a second-year stadium and the worst attendance in the league. You've got the worst team in baseball. If you're the Marlins, how do you possibly make money? The answer, it seems, is to give away free tickets and hope people buy lots of beers....

This Is The Natural Evolution Of The Horseface
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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....
