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Dioner Navarro Tries To Stretch Double Into Inside-The-Park HR, Fails
Oh, Dioner Navarro. You—and your third-base coach—should not have tempted fate and gone for home. All that effort for naught....
Edwin Encarnación Elbowed In The Head In Collision At First Base
A hurried Jose Reyes throw in the seventh inning crossed up Edwin Encarnación and sent him tumbling backward into the basepath just as Mark Teixeira was chugging in to beat the throw. The two men collided and Teixeira's elbow/shoulder hit Encarnación just about as flush as it gets, right in the back...
Just A Bit O'The Ol' Bat 'N' Balls
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Fan At Fenway Catches Ground-Rule Double In The Most Casual Way
One fan in a Hartford Whalers T-shirt didn't do anything but close his hand to earn a game ball from Tuesday night's Blue Jays-Red Sox game....
Boy Pulls Off The Smoothest Foul Ball Trick To Impress Girl Behind Him
One kid at last night's Blue Jays-Rangers game got the best of both worlds: An MLB foul ball and the attention of a girl sitting in the row behind him....
Adorable 101-Year-Old Lady Throws Out First Pitch
A 101-year-old grandma named Kitty Cohen (top-notch grandma name, by the way) threw out the first pitch at yesterday's Blue Jays game. She made the most of her opportunity. ...
It's Anglicized In Canada, Natch
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This Might've Been The Ugliest Inning In MLB History
In last night's Blue Jays-Twins game, three Toronto relievers combined to bring you this disgusting eighth inning: walk, walk, sac bunt, walk, wild pitch, walk and wild pitch, stolen base, walk and wild pitch, stolen base, walk, walk, single, walk, strikeout, groundout. It was remarkable, really....
Former Expos Announcer Loses His Mind On Melky Cabrera Home Run
My French is a little rusty, but I think former Montreal Expos announcer Rodger Brulotte just sang "I love baseball and this Melky Cabrera guy almost as much as I love sucking down a nice burgundy and five million cigarettes. Good night, it is gone." ...
This Is What MLB's Replay System Will Look Like
Expanded replay, approved during the offseason, had its debut today in the Blue Jays-Twins game in Fort Myers. Twice, actually! This is going to be a familiar sight in baseball's future, so we might as well get used to it. ...
Pills, Bullies, And Pink Weights: Life As A Fringe Major Leaguer
From Bigger Than The Game: Restitching a Major League Life (Kensington). ...
Jim Fregosi, Dick-Waving Angel
Baseball lifer Jim Fregosi died early this morning after being taken off life support, days after suffering a stroke on an MLB alumni cruise. One of the best shortstops of his era, Fregosi went on to spend more than two decades as a manager and coach and remained a scout right up until his death at ...
Vote For Mike Timlin, World Champion Of Baseball
Over the next few weeks, we'll be examining the merits—and relative lack of merits—of all 36 players on this year's Hall of Fame ballot for the purposes of better informing the electorate, i.e., you. All entries in the series can be found here....
Colby Rasmus Is Done For The Season Because Of A Warm-Up Toss
In Friday night's game against the Red Sox, Colby Rasmus suffered a dumb baseball injury that turned into a season-ending one....
Officer Who Arrested Idiot On The Field Writes Fantastic Arrest Report
Our friends at Drunk Jays Fans have unearthed an arrest report written by a Toronto police officer about a fan who ran onto the field at a Blue Jays game on May 5. It is perhaps the best arrest report ever written....
Rajai Davis Has A Magic Cap
Baseball and collision physics, man....
Dirk Hayhurst Live-Tweets His New York City Cab Driver's Hit And Run
Care to know how Dirk Hayhurst's commute to the Bronx for this afternoon's Blue Jays-Yankees game went? Take it away, Dirk:...
Three Red Sox Players Spent Their Off Day At The Blue Jays Game
You would think that three professional baseball players—who are forced to spend a good chunk of their lives in baseball stadiums—would find somewhere, anywhere else to be during one of their precious off days. Not Jonny Gomes, Jarrod Saltalamacchia, and Dustin Pedroia. Those bros just can't get eno...
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....