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Ways to improve the Home Run Derby
Invite a slugger from the home team and the worst hitter from their rival.
The last place player has to buy the Dodgers.
Cut the outs per round from 10 to 7. It’s way too long.
Make one of every ten balls rubber so it flies longer.
Make one of every ten balls chalk so it explodes to a cloud of smoke when hit.
Soak one ball per batter in kerosine and light it on fire prior to throwing...
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NHL free agents: 2011 and 2012 →
boom-fancy:
Complete list by team.
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“It’ll be good offensively, but damn, I’ve gotta play second, first and right....”
– Dustin Pedroia on the likelihood that Adrian Gonzalez would play right field while David Ortiz would get the start at first base.
(via BBTF)
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sportsnetny:
Jeter haters have found their king - Newsday
For those of you who have had your fill of Derek Jeter or just plain hate the Yankees, you’ll enjoy this. The rest of you will just roll your eyes and wonder why people spend their time doing these things.
But alas, the Internet is the world’s great equalizer.
Rob Spectre is a non-Yankees fan, and he created the Jeter...
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Wily Mo!
oldtimefamilybaseball:
No matter how many times Wily Mo does something worthy of a post, I doubt I’ll ever title it differently than Wily Mo! Sure, it may make cataloguing things more difficult later, but I’m merely titling these posts with what I say when I view a box score that features Mr. Pena
In a 4-4 game against the Indians last night, Wily Mo hit a two-out, two-run home run to win the...
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Yesterday I saw a guy wearing a Bruins tshirt, but...
bosstownsports:
So glad I made this today:
(Via my fine artwork here.)
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2011 NHL Draft in Numbers
hockeyheaven:
ZERO goaltenders were taken in Round 1. This is the third time in five years. There were 19 goaltenders drafted over all, 11 of which occurred in the final two rounds.
ONE played from British Columbia was selected with the first pick in the draft. This was the first year a player from B.C. was taken first, with the Edmonton Oilers snatching up Ryan Nugent-Hopkins.
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NHL Draft First Round Recap
Almost 24 hours before the draft even started Philidelphia traded Jeff Carter and Mike Richards to make room for a large contract for goalie Ilya Bryzgalov. If you haven’t heard yet…
Via NHL.com:
The Columbus Blue Jackets made a splash leading up to Friday night’s first round of the 2011 Entry Draft, acquiring star forward Jeff Carter from the Philadelphia Flyers on Thursday in...
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Washington Nats Manager Resigns
iamkennard:
Following the Nationals’ 1-0 victory over the Seattle Mariners on Thursday afternoon, Mike Rizzo, the team’s General Manager, said that Jim Riggleman quit after he requested the team pick up the option on his contract for 2012 and the club declined.
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Is Lackey the worst starter in MLB? →
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Watchboston:
A fan in the upper deck at last night’s Red Sox game caught a foul ball in his beer — and then took a sip out of the cup. The beer-splattered fans around him look overjoyed to share in his moment of serendipity.
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Wily Mo!
oldtimefamilybaseball:
Wily Mo Pena, patron saint of unfulfilled expectations, made his Diamondbacks debut with quite a spark. With an unkempt beard, Pena fouled out after one pitch in his first at-bat, but made the necessary adjustment for his second. Pena absolutely crushed 94 mph fastball from Luke Hochevar to right-center field, being the exact type of hit that made so many fans and baseball...
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ANDREW MILLER BEGINS HIS FIGHT AGAINST HISTORY →
In the last 15 years, there have been seven pitchers who reached the majors in the same season in which they were drafted in the first round. The history of such hurlers is, simply put, ugly.
Alex Speier of Weei takes a look at the career of these pitchers.
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Ozzie Guillen is Ejected, Says Hilarious Things
oldtimefamilybaseball:
I often find myself rooting for the White Sox for no other reason than the longer the White Sox are contenders the longer Ozzie Guillen will have a job in Major League Baseball and will continue to entertain me.
During last night’s 6-3 loss to the crosstown rivals, with Carlos Zambrano pitching eight solid innings, Ozzie Guillen was booted in the bottom of the sixth....
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“Ask Jeff fucking Francis who the fuck I am. I’m the guy who hit a bomb and...”
– Dustin Pedroia
One of my favorite quotes in history.
Pedroia was stopped at the players’ entrance at Coors Field in Denver during the 07 World Series against the Rockies. The security guard didn’t believe Pedroia was a player and wouldn’t let him into the stadium prior to the...
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productiveouts:
Courtesy of our friends over at River Ave. Blues, the best baseball-related thing you will see today.
WHY DID I TURN OFF THE GAME IN THE TOP OF THE 9TH?!? WHY?
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“The only way [the parade] could have been better was if Cam Neely’s duck boat...”
– A caller on 98.5 on the Boston Bruins’ Rolling rally
(via bruinsofaces)
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10 Athletes Who Are Deadbeat Dads →
I don’t understand how celebrities can get away with this. With all of their money, they set a terrible example for Father’s who have very little.
This list is a couple years old but recently Gilbert Arenas has been tweeting about his own deadbeat ways.
