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Creative Uses for Cat Heads: Baseballs
Caity Weaver · 04/03/12 08:47PMAttention, Everyone: David Brooks Likes the Mets
Hamilton Nolan · 03/09/12 10:40AMWealthy, influential, and widely read pundit, author, and pop- sociology-flouter David Brooks today uses his New York Times op-ed column to announce to you, me, and everyone else around the world: he still likes the Mets. Yeah. Thought about liking the Nats, but... had to stick with the old Mets. Mmm hmm. But did he find a way to work in some pop sociology?
Totally Chill Judge Allows Barry Bonds To Have His Bat Back
Noah Garfinkel · 02/07/12 09:59PMMoth Flies Into Ear of Cardinals Outfielder
Seth Abramovitch · 08/23/11 11:51PMIn the same week that a Mets game was put on hold while center fielder Angel Pagan attended to a sudden and violent onslaught of loose stools, comes yet another unusual, game-disrupting incident in a Major League outfield: Cardinals left fielder Matt Holliday had to withdraw from Monday night's game because a moth flew into his ear.
Pooping Mets Player Delays Game
Maureen O'Connor · 08/23/11 11:57AMMets centerfielder Angel Pagan delayed last night's game because he was in the bathroom pooping. Apparently Pagan "felt a rumble at the end of the fourth" and ended up spending a significant portion of the fifth shitting, while his coach screamed his name from the dugout in vain. The announcers stalled! The crowd booed! His team played miserably! (The Phillies won 10-0.) But all that is beside the point. The point: What fecal nickname of shame shall we bestow upon Angel Pagan, problematic pooper of the New York Mets?
Little League Game Devolves Into 50-Parent Rumble
Seth Abramovitch · 08/08/11 08:13PMBaseball Fan Narrowly Avoids Death Diving to Catch Ball
Maureen O'Connor · 07/12/11 11:41AMFan Falls to His Death at Texas Rangers Game
Seth Abramovitch · 07/08/11 02:55AMA man attending a Texas Rangers game at Rangers Ballpark with his young son died tragically Thursday night, after tumbling 20 feet, head-first, trying to catch a foul ball tossed to him by Rangers outfielder Josh Hamilton. The man, identified as Shannon Stone — an 18-year veteran of a local fire department — was still conscious as he was carried away by stretcher.
Rogue Baseball Attacks George W. Bush
Jim Newell · 05/24/11 02:05PMPoor President George W. Bush! He was simply trying to enjoy his beloved Texas Rangers last night when a foul ball came screeching for his head. Bush was sitting there, gloveless, and catcher A.J. Pierzynski nearly took out the 43rd President in his failed attempt to make the catch. Everyone survived, barely.
Girls Get in Beer Brawl at Yankee Game
Madeleine Davies · 01/13/11 11:20AMAt a Yankee game, a group of rowdy young women decide to engage in one of America's other favorite past times. You know, the one where we throw beers and punch each other.
San Francisco World Series Rioters 'Checking In' to Riots on FourSquare
Max Read · 11/02/10 02:38AMThe San Francisco baseball Giants just won the World Series! So, of course, San Francisco has decided to riot. And because San Francisco is the urban epicenter of social media technology, San Franciscans are checking in to riots on FourSquare.
San Francisco Giants Beat Texas Rangers Win World Series
Max Read · 11/01/10 09:35PMSports Reporter Thinks Everyone in San Francisco Is a Pothead
Jeff Neumann · 10/28/10 05:50AMDallas NBC sports reporter Newy Scruggs is in San Francisco to cover the World Series. Beyond the excitement of the event, he comes to a conclusion about the Bay Area: Everyone there is a pothead. Watch the video below.
Indie Music Darlings Invade Giants-Phillies Game
Whitney Jefferson · 10/20/10 11:43AMFCC Responds to Cablevision-Fox Dispute by Tweeting Baseball Scores
Max Read · 10/20/10 12:23AMBlubbering San Diego Chargers Fan Can't Handle Losing to Oakland
Dan Grappone · 10/16/10 04:00PMHere's a mother out to embarrass her son: watch this kid cry his eyes out while watching his beloved San Diego Chargers lose 35-27 to the perennial lowly Oakland Raiders. Hey, everyone loses sometimes...but not to Oakland!
Movie FAIL: Bull Durham's Most Obvious Mistakes
Matt Toder · 10/15/10 02:08PMThe American League Championship Series kicks off tonight, we're in the mood for baseball and there's no better baseball flick than Bull Durham. But, just because it's great doesn't mean it's perfect. A collection of its most obvious mistakes inside.
Texas Rangers' Josh Hamilton Prefers to Celebrates Victory With Ginger Ale, Not Champagne
Dan Grappone · 10/13/10 12:27PMPitcher Takes a Line Drive Off His Head, Hilarity Ensues
Dan Grappone · 09/22/10 04:19PMWatch as this pitcher takes a baseball to the head, courtesy of his bat weilding buddy. To add insult to injury, the batter then proceeds to ROFL. It's a perfect example of someone laughing at you, not with you.