8.02.10 1:56 pm by Alex
Dodgers’ outfielder Andre Ethier was featured was featured in an L.A. Times Magazine feature wearing overpriced clothing. The last time an athlete was featured in a similar feature, it was NBA Finals MVP Kobe Bryant and it led to much photoshopping (also the subject of one of our spoof NBA logos). Ethier’s fate will be no different. Here’s my entry:
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7.29.10 11:20 pm by Alex
The ESPN.com felt it necessary to adjust A-Rod’s home run total (perhaps an estimation without ‘roids, though I’d have him somewhere around 510). Either that or 567 is some sort of milestone I didn’t know about.
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7.12.10 9:08 pm by Alex
“BACK BACK BACK BACK BACK BACK BACK BACK” -Chris Berman
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7.10.10 6:42 pm by Alex
Last night I had the opportunity (I almost called it a privilege, but that wouldn’t be true) to be at a minor league baseball game in Little Rock, Arkansas where MLB-MVP-turned-laughingstock Jose Canseco would continue his boxing “career” against Gary Hogan, a 60-year old assistant athletic director from a local university.
How did this all come about, you ask? Like most of Canseco’s actions over the last decade, this match occurred because he’s a bankrupt attention whore (check out his Wikipedia page for a breakdown of his escapades, including attempting to “rent” a day with him at his house for $5,000). I’m not sure what his payday was for this event, but I’m sure it wouldn’t take much to have Canseco wrestle a midget at your next birthday party.
So, Friday evening, I headed out to the ballpark, camera in hand, to witness this debacle.
The ring was set up as the fans were arriving. I’ve been to 5-6 games here this year, and I’ve never seen the place this full and well before the game at that. As far as minor league promotions go, this was pretty effective. (more…)
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6.14.10 6:34 pm by Alex
This baseball season, more than any other in recent memory, has been marked by frequent no-hitters (some that counted, and one that didn’t). In lieu of writing a 2000-word post on no-hitters, I’ve decided to take a more graphical approach, so here’s a timeline of all the no-hitters in pro baseball history with some stats and interesting facts.
Click to see a full-size version.
Thank God for the internet. This would not have been possible without these sites: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Major_League_Baseball_no-hitters, http://www.retrosheet.org/nohit_pitcher.htm, http://mlb.mlb.com/mlb/official_info/about_mlb/rules_regulations.jsp, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/No-hitter.
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6.04.10 5:50 pm by Alex
Bud Selig, the backboneless, indecisive commissioner of Major League Baseball should change the call in Wednesday night’s near perfect game, and here’s why:
1) The call is obvious. There’s no doubt. The runner (Jason Donald) thought he was out.
2) Outcome of game is unaffected. Still 3-0 either way. People argue that this will set a precedent for overturning calls, and that this will require MLB to go back and change all sorts of decisions, specifically the ’85 World Series. The only precedent set by overturning Wednesday night’s call is for would-be perfect games that ended on an obviously blown call on the last out. If a situation like this happens again (which it won’t), I think we can all agree to react in the same manner.
3) Regarding this precedent, it’s already been set. Pitcher Harvey Haddix has is no-hitter removed from the record books, 32 years after the game occurred. This is not as unheard of as people are making it out to be. In an obvious situation, there’s nothing wrong with making a correction.
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