I found the above randomly on YouTube. I give the bat-flip a solid 8 out of 10.
I found the above randomly on YouTube. I give the bat-flip a solid 8 out of 10.
RIP Robin Williams.
Albert Pujols will be on Sesame Street this week, apparently. Would have made more sense two or three years ago, but, hey, Albert’s a good guy who does a lot of charity work, so why not? How did he do?
Ehhh. Don’t quit your summer job, Albert.
By the way, according to Muppets Wiki (easily one of my top 5 wikis), this makes Pujols the 11th MLB player to be on Sesame Street, not counting the time Mark Fidrych hung out with Big Bird on Sports Illustrated‘s cover or the time that Elmo showed up at a Yankees’ exhibition in Japan. Sadly, no relief pitchers are amongst them.
In 1997, Wade Boggs threw a scoreless inning against the Angels:
Quick, look at this video and tell me what’s wrong:
If you guessed “The runner going from first to second didn’t go all the way to second, thus was able to be forced out causing the game to go into extra-innings,” then you are correct! Santiago Nessy started celebrating instead of making sure the force play was gone, and his semi-reenactment of Fred Merkle‘s boner play cost his team the game!
A dog runs on the field at a NCAA tournament game, cuteness ensues.
In one game during the 1993 season, Jose Canseco pitched in the major leagues. It didn’t go well.
Matt Kemp visited a disabled Dodgers fan after a Giants-Dodgers game last weekend and signed a ball for him.
And gave him his hat.
And his jersey.
And his cleats.
Carlos Quentin charged the mound against Zack Greinke during tonight’s game between the Padres and the Dodgers. Here’s the video if you missed it.
Well, you saw the Continuum Global News earlier today, but here’s a last bit: Manny Ramirez has hit his first HR in Taiwan, and it was also the 7000th total HR in the CPBL’s history. Here’s video: