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Wow—You Like the Mets? Wow.
Hamilton Nolan · 10/12/15 10:45AM9-Year-Old Bat Boy Dies Day After Being Hit in Head With Practice Swing
Taylor Berman · 08/03/15 07:43AMWhy Would You Give a Millionaire Something For Free?
Hamilton Nolan · 06/22/15 08:44AMDerek Jeter Was OK
Tom Scocca · 09/25/14 11:35AMLeon Wieseltier Throws Out the First Pitch at a Major-League Game
Tom Scocca · 09/08/14 02:16PM"Disco Demolition 2" Asks Fans to Torch Justin Bieber, Miley Cyrus CDs
Andy Cush · 07/16/14 01:05PMIn 1979, the Chicago White Sox hosted Disco Demolition Night, inviting fans to bring disco records to Comiskey Park, then blowing them up on the field between doubleheader games. Saturday, a minor league franchise will destroy a bunch of Miley Cyrus and Justin Bieber CDs in an attempt to replicate the zany stunt.
Baseball Columnist Pens Passionate Musings on Nonconsensual Touching
Adam Weinstein · 06/09/14 12:55PM50 Cent Throws the Best Bad First Pitch in Baseball History
Jay Hathaway · 05/28/14 08:11AMCurtis "50 Cent" Jackson's skills include rapping, surviving gunshot wounds, never masturbating , and clowning on Solange and Jay Z . But, as we saw Tuesday night at the Mets-Pirates game, they don't extend to pitching. The announcers generously described 50's ceremonial first pitch as "a little outside."
Minor Leaguer Hits His First Home Run of the Year, Right to His Dad
Jay Hathaway · 05/27/14 08:46AMThis Kid's Move With a Foul Ball Was Even Smoother Than It Looked
Jay Hathaway · 05/19/14 09:30AMSarah Hedgecock · 04/09/14 04:00PM
The Atlanta Braves Will Not Be Stuck Playing in a 20-Year-Old Ballpark
Tom Scocca · 11/11/13 04:35PM"Nostalgia's a fad," Stan Kasten, then president of the Atlanta Braves, said in 1996. "This is classic." He was talking about the brand-new Centennial Olympic Stadium, which was designed to be converted after the Atlanta Olympics into a state-of-the-art baseball stadium for the Braves, at a total construction cost of $209 million.
Boston Red Sox Win World Series
Lacey Donohue · 10/30/13 10:40PMRestore Your Faith in Inhumanity: See Adults Steal Baseballs From Kids
Tom Scocca · 09/26/13 02:17PMWho Deserves to Be Baseball Mayor of New York?
Tom Scocca · 08/21/13 11:03AMThe New York Times today alerted its readers to the urgent political news that Bill de Blasio, the current maybe co-front-runner for the Democratic mayoral nomination, identifies as a fan of the Boston Red Sox. According to the paper, tradition appears to require that the city's chief executive be a fan of the Yankees. Javier C. Hernandez writes:
Yankees Fan Cops a Feel from Passed Out Girl On Live TV
Neetzan Zimmerman · 08/13/13 09:28AMEverything You Need to Know About R.A. Dickey, the Man Who Throws Baseball's Best and Strangest Pitch
Jack Dickey · 09/28/12 04:45PMR.A. Dickey, a starting pitcher for the New York Mets, earned his 20th win of the season two nights ago. Now everyone is talking about him, and you are standing off to the side smiling and nodding like an idiot because you thought the Met was a museum. You're a nerd, it's fine, but we wanted to help you out: Here, Deadspin's Jack Dickey (no relation, just obsession) breaks down the wonder that is R.A. Dickey's 2012 season.