Brought to you by Kottke, a really cool video of Beep Baseball — where baseball is adapted for the blind and visually impaired using sonar beeps and “spotters”.
Mike Blowers made the call of the year before a Seattle Mariners game yesterday. I always kind of thought that commentators just made stuff up and hoped no one noticed. Unreal. This guy should be burned as a witch.
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Seven years after it began, the Eric Wedge era of Indians baseball is over.
After hitting a home-run and sealing the victory for the Milwaukee Brewers, Prince Fielder's teammates are literally blown away by his talent.
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According to Sports Illustrated writer Jon Heyman's twitter feed, Billy Wagner has been traded to the Red Sox for two unnamed players.
A kid at a Texas Rangers game catches a foul ball hit by Josh Hamilton, then three pitches later, catches another one. What are the odds of something like that?
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Cleveland catcher Victor Martinez has been traded to the Boston Red Sox for pitchers Justin Masterson, Nick Hagadone and Bryan Price.
Sports Buzz He manages to reach up and catch a foul ball bare-handed with one hand while holding his kid (who's holding his drink) with his other. (via)
People getting hit in the crotch will never stop being funny, especially if they are dressed like a bee.
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The Red Sox obtained former Pirate Adam Laroche today.
http://www.flipflopflyin.com/flipflopflyball/index.html
A collection of very nicely designed baseball infographics. Some of these charts could pass for a Peter Saville album cover, which you'll appreciate even if you know nothing about baseball (that would be me).
It's baseball season and that means just one thing: horrible renditions of “Take Me Out to The Ballgame.” It's OK when you sing it, but when celebrities get the mic, it's a whole other story. See more horrendous performances at Popeater. Someone needs to tell these celebrities they can't sing.
Mr. Red Sox here stole home plate at Fenway last night against the Yankees. If you know anything about baseball, you know this is unusual, and if you don't know anything about baseball, all I can tell you really is that this is unusual. Watch him go!
Sports Buzz Maybe it was the recent Yankees win (or maybe it was booze…yeah, it was booze) that sent this Red Sox fan over the edge. We love how the announcer refers to the woman begging him to stop dancing is his “wife or girlfriend.” With those moves, dude looks like he's led a fierce Pride parade or two.
http://www.thewrightstache.com/
A blog that begs Mets slugger David Wright to grow a mustache. Why? The champion 1986 Mets had a record 11 mustaches, while 2009's Mets currently have 3. A little superstition never hurt anyone? And shouldn't mustaches technically be the new beards by now?
According to this absolutely horrifying, graphic retelling of former Yankee and current San Francisco Giants pitcher Randy Johnson's wild and pervy antics, there is reason to judge a man by his mustache. Apologies to Johnson, as he's surely a fine, upstanding husband and father of four. It's just that YouTube can get crazy sometimes, y'know?