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Giants Pitcher Yusmeiro Petit Broke An MLB Record Today
Yusmeiro Petit doesn't have a spot in the Giants' rotation, but through relief appearances and one spot start, he earned some recognition today. After striking out Charlie Culberson in the third inning against the Rockies, Petit broke the MLB record for most consecutive batters retired with 46....
MLB Network Host Predicts Buster Posey Walk-Off Home Run, Flips Out
This shit is straight up paranormal. Greg Amsinger, hosting a live look-in to Wednesday's Giants-Rockies game for MLB Network, eerily predicted Buster Posey's walk-off home run. It started with an innocuous feeling in his "bad knee." But the real wizardry begins right before Amsinger hands off the...
Madison Bumgarner And His Fastball Are Unstoppable
Last night, Madison Bumgarner was about as perfect as one can be without actually pitching a perfect game. In nine innings against the suck-ass Rockies, Bumgarner allowed one hit and struck out 13 batters while throwing just 103 pitches. And he did it by adhering to a very simple formula: Throw a ...
Levi's Stadium Is Still Not Playable
In the above photo, taken by @eperlin on Instagram, you see what the field at Levi's Stadium looks like this at this very moment. That is not good....
Report: Tarp Failure Due To Cubs Not Wanting To Pay For Obamacare
The Chicago Cubs are, from the sound of it, very stingy bosses. ...
What Baseball's Most Famous Brawl Photo <em>Didn't</em> Show You
It's been 49 years since Giants ace Juan Marichal clocked Dodgers catcher John Roseboro with his bat. The moment was captured in Neil Leifer's iconic photograph, which in turn shaped the collective memory of the incident. Today, Marichal is remembered as the villain, Roseboro as the helpless innoce...
Jim Harbaugh Once Pissed Himself To Get A Picture With A Ballplayer
Tim Kawakami sat down with Jim Harbaugh to talk about his love for baseball and two stories immediately stick out. First, he says he pissed himself as a five-year-old waiting for a chance to meet and get a picture with the Cleveland Indians first baseman after a game. Harbaugh also says there is a p...
The 49ers Are Replacing Their Turf Already
Levi's Stadium has hosted two sporting events in its young life—one of them a football game—and drastic changes are already needed. After a practice in which multiple players went down and Jim Harbaugh pulled his team off the field, the 49ers decided to remove and replace a massive strip of sod....
Why Your Team Sucks 2014: San Francisco 49ers
Some people are fans of the San Francisco 49ers. But many, many more people are NOT fans of the San Francisco 49ers. This 2014 Deadspin NFL team preview is for those in the latter group....
Giants Protest Rain-Shortened Loss, Win First Appeal In MLB Since 1986
This is neat. Thanks to the tarp shenanigans at Wrigley Field Tuesday night, the Giants-Cubs game was called after a four-hour and 34-minute delay. With four-and-a-half innings in the books and the field an unplayable mess, crew chief Hunter Wendelstedt called the game, and awarded the Cubs a 2-0 wi...
Watch Joe Panik's Pinkie Disappear As He Slides Into Second Base
Giants rookie Joe Panik was the unwilling participant in a magic trick when he slid into second during Sunday's game against the Phillies. Now you see his pinkie finger, and now—oh, shit....
The 49ers' New Stadium Is Probably The Future Of Concessions
Yesterday saw the 49ers' very first game at their new home, Levi's Stadium, and if you had to pick one quote from a fan to summarize the tens of thousands of opinions out there, it'd be the one the Chronicle got from one season-ticket holder: "I live in San Francisco, so it's a little far. But t...
White Sox Boned By Catcher-Blocking-The-Plate Rule, Ventura Loses It
It feels like we haven't had a manager freak out and start kicking dirt all over home plate in ages. We can at least thank the unnavigable abyss of Rule 7.13 for that. ...
One Triumphant Little Girl Emerges Out Of A Foul Ball Frenzy
A Michael Morse foul pop floated into the stands in today's Giants-Brewers game, and when it landed, fans descended upon it like wolves upon prey. While those saps were still looking, one girl behind everyone shot up victoriously with the baseball in her hand. ...
Mets Fans Are Back With More Sick Burns On Hunter Pence
Did you think you were safe because the weekend was over, Hunter Pence? Sick burns take NO DAYS OFF. ...
Mets Fans Drop Some Sick Burns On Hunter Pence
Damn! Are you going to defend yourself, Hunter Pence, or let this dude trash your parallel parking skills?...
Here's How To Sneak Into Candlestick Park
That guy in the picture above is a reader who just emailed to tell us all about how he snuck into Candlestick Park yesterday, where he hung out on the field for about a half hour without anybody noticing or caring. The key to sneaking in appears to be wearing a suit and telling security you are ther...
Home Run Explodes In Woman's Beer Cup
At least three people tried to catch this home run—although "tried" might be a stretch for the guy in orange—and it eluded all of them. With all the hands in front of her face, this poor woman made no attempt whatsoever to catch the ball, and probably assumed at least one of the dudes around her w...