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J.J. Putz Gets Interrupted By "Kickstart My Heart," Spikes Ball
Theories confirmed by this clip of J.J. Putz spiking the ball after his warm-up is interrupted by a little Mötley Crüe include a) It is never not funny to see pitchers fail to deliver the ball home and b) Baseball announcers don't really love the Crüe....
Mario Balotelli Dunks Thing
Did you know that Mario Balotelli can dunk a basketball? He's a 6-foot-2 professional athlete, so it shouldn't be all that surprising that he can throw it down, but this is still a rather impressive display. I think this dunk may even qualify as a rim-rattler....
A Catcher Pitched To A Pitcher Last Night, And It Was Great
Last night's Dodgers-Cardinals game was well out of hand by the ninth inning, so fans were treated to one of baseball's rarest joys: a position player taking the mound for some mop-up duty. And this particular instance was made all the better by the fact that it involved a relief pitcher who was mak...
Victor Oladipo And Cody Zeller Posterize Their Fellow Rookies
The posterizing meme lives on, thanks to NBA rookies and former college teammates Victor Oladipo and Cody Zeller. ...
Raul Ibañez Made A Throw Only Raul Ibañez Could Make
This man is a professional athlete!...
Ryan Lavarnway Cannot Do Anything Right
Ryan Lavarnway bounced a throw to second just beyond the mound and allowed five bases and two runs on four passed balls in the first inning tonight. Worse, he helped the Astros take the lead on the Red Sox....
Bowler's 300 Game Ruined By Premature Pinsetter
At a charity bowling tournament in Houston this weekend, poor sonofabitch Troy Walker was one strike away from a 300 game. As his ball rolled toward perfection, the pinsetter went into action with perfect timing to deny him....
Adventure Competitor Gets Neck Caught In Live Wires
This happened July 27, but we're just seeing it now because Bob's Blitz just saw it now. It's from a Tough Mudder event in Buffalo, N.Y., and this particular obstacle—the last before the finish line—is known as electroshock therapy because those are live wires hanging above all that mud and all thos...
Cyclist Cramps Up During Interview, Hilarity Ensues
I don't know who this cyclist is. I don't know the name of the race he has just competed in. I do know that he is suffering from some hellish cramps, and that the dude with the microphone should probably just leave him alone....
David Feherty, Gary McCord, "Itinerant Squirrel" Make TV Magic
It's a rare Sunday runaway victory on the PGA Tour, thanks to Tiger Woods holding on to his massive lead at the Bridgestone Invitational. And that's kind of boring. So when a squirrel struck, David Feherty and Gary McCord teamed to make a wonderful moment happen....
Musclebound Mets Fan Can't Open Water Bottle
Here, from yesterday, is your argument against the efficacy of PED use. ...
This Martial Arts Video Is An Absolute Mess
If you are a viewer of modern situational comedies, you understand the comedic value of The Extremely Awkward Situation That Gets Improbably More Awkward scene. This is like that. At one point the piece of wood he's supposed to break goes flying and hits a little girl in the face. ...
Yasiel Puig Made An Incredible Catch Of A Foul Ball
Obviously, this doesn't count as a catch, what with the ball bouncing off a wall at Wrigley Field, but it's a damn impressive effort by Yasiel Puig....
After "LEEROY JENKINS" Yell, Tiger Chips In For Birdie [UPDATE]
Whether you think a jeer of "Eat more chicken!" directed at Tiger Woods as he teed off at the 13th hole of Saturday's third round of the Bridgestone Invitational was racist or merely viral and awful Chick-Fil-A marketing (Update: Duh, it's "LEEROY JENKINS!"), it wasn't nearly as good as what Tiger d...
Did J.B. Shuck Make The Catch Of The Year Last Night?
If you go over the wall to make the catch, you're automatically in the discussion for catch of the year. J.B. Shuck did exactly that to rob Jose Bautista of a homer on this incredible catch last night....
Moto X Competitor Spices Up His Tricks With A Little Air-Humping
This is one of Blake Williams's runs from last night's Moto X Freestyle competition at the X Games. Williams pulls off some pretty Xtreme tricks here, but we would like to draw your attention to the two he pulls off at the 1:03- and 1:26-marks of the video....
Melky Cabrera Tries To Throw A Baseball. It Does Not Go Well
Here's the GIF that pretty much sums up your season, Blue Jays fans....
Fan At Braves Game Drops Foul Ball, Lunges, Goes Splat
The ball had initially bounced a few rows back before caroming softly right toward him. Damn. He almost [THUMP!] had it....
Andrelton Simmons Is Good At Baseball Tricks. His Teammates Are Not
Remember that old Nike commercial in which Tiger Woods did that awesome bouncing-ball trick? You know, the one that every kid within 15 miles of a driving range spent the next two years trying to duplicate. Well, a few Atlanta Braves players recently tried to execute a baseball-themed version of the...
Brett Lawrie Eludes Ghost Man At Third, Gets Out At First
OK, fine. Lawrie was actually trying to record some kind of jump-throw out at second base but decided mid-jump that he couldn't make the play. Instead, he gracefully pirouetted, composed himself and fired to first to get The Flash Josh Donaldson....