Blog-To-My-Lou: For All The Mothers Out There

MLB has the pink bats out again, and BABES LOVE BASEBALL is there.

WALKOFF WALK gives us this classic Bob Uecker video of his Carson appearance from 1985.

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Fans Dying To Have Ashes Spread At Sports Sites

A growing trend of fans wanting their remains to be spread out over their favorite sports sites is becoming a real pain in the ash.

The ASSOCIATED PRESS scares up news that more & more sports fans are requesting to have their cremated ashes spread among their favorite stadiums, golf courses, racetracks, and other athletic venues. […]

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Eli’s Sneakers Reunite Long-Lost Brother & Sister

Eli Manning is a miracle worker. Sure, he was able to lead the Giants to an unexpected Super Bowl victory over Tom Brady & his undefeated Patriots. But we now know how truly magical the NY QB is - his sneakers helped bring together a pair of siblings that hadn’t seen each other in 45 […]

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Bidding Begins On Billings Babe Ruth Ball - Bravo!

The BILLINGS GAZETTE pitches up news of a baseball signed by Babe Ruth now going up for bids. But what’s remarkable about this particular auction item is the near-mint condition of the 61-year-old ball and the story of how it was acquired & kept.

77-year-old Carvel Lincoln, then a 16-year-old pitcher from Idaho, was in Billings […]

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Cincy Fans Swap CJ Jerseys For Minor League Tix

A radio station with the terrific call letters “WGRR” has a great promotion going at the moment. The station is offering local fans two minor league Cincinnati Cyclones hockey tickets in exchange for Chad Johnson jerseys.

Frankly, we’re surprised the backlash among Bengal faithful took this long.

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Ex-Cubs Coach Cashing In On Time-Tested Tirade

Today marks the 25th anniversary of one of the most memorable postgame meltdowns in Major League Baseball. It was on this date in 1983 that then-Chicago Cubs manager Lee Elia went off on a terrific tirade that had more utterances of the f-word than the entire run-time of “Scarface“.

(As printed on the front page of […]

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Pirates Shipped Bobbleheads With Middle Finger

Don at Pitsburgh-based MONDESI’S HOUSE points to some fun merch from the Pittsburgh Pirates - a Tom Gorzelanny bobble head doll which appears to be flipping the bird:

Strange because promotional photos (right) of the doll look different.

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How To: Priceless Autograph Books For Dummies

WOOD-TV in Grand Rapids has the interesting story of a Michigan woman collecting baseball autographs. But what makes Margaret Lapham’s collection so special is how far back the signatures go - over 100 years.

Legendary Hall of Famers like Cy Young and Rogers Hornsby have added their names to the century of pages in Lapham’s little […]

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Buried Ortiz Jersey Draws $175,000 Bid On Ebay

WBZ-TV reports today the final bid in the Ebay auction for the David Ortiz jersey that was buried during construction of the new Yankee stadium was $175,100. The proceeds of the auction will go to the Jimmy Fund, a children’s cancer charity.

The winning bid came from “2004carman,” but the person behind the account has yet […]

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Workers Find Red Sox Jersey At Yankee Stadium

The curse is over! Workers spent five hours jackhammering concrete at the new Yankee Stadium to remove the David Ortiz jersey buried there last week by Gino Castignoli (dramatic re-enactment starring Pedro Martinez and Don Zimmer below).

As one might expect, the NY POST was all over it, breaking the news of the recovery earlier today:

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