Mic That Caught Lee Elia Cubs Tirade Up For Bids

Nice to see there’s still profit to be made from old anger issues. Earlier we told you how Lee Elia was selling signed baseballs in honor of the 25th anniversary of his profane post-game tirade (definitely NSFW). Now you can own the very microphone that caught all the quarter-century-old cursing.

EBay has a listing for the […]

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Fan Dies In One-Punch Fight Outside SF Ballpark

It’s becoming quite dangerous to attend Major League Baseball games these days, and not just because of the unclean concessions.

Friday night, a couple of 18-year-old Giants fans at AT&T Park got into a post-game argument - resulting in the death of one fan & manslaughter charges against another.

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Lasorda To Chat With College Grads For 8th Time

This Friday, Tommy Lasorda will be telling young graduates to go forth, as he’s scheduled to give the commencement address for Argosy University. It’ll be the 8th school he’s given the farewell speech to.

Not bad for a guy “who never attended a single day of college as a student.”
So, what exactly is Argosy University? And […]

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Papelbon Teaches Japanese Craps Without Dice-K

Texas Gal (sole proprietor of OUT IN CENTER FIELD) and her crack team of commenters have recorded the single most important team-building exercise to occur on the field all season. During batting practice at Comerica Park last week, Boston Red Sox closer Jonathan Papelbon took the time as a team leader to teach his […]

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Twin Wishes Marilyn Monroe Happy Mother’s Day

A Twins player belted two home runs Sunday night, helping lead Minnesota to a 9-8 win over Boston. And after one of his fence-clearers, he turned to the ESPN cameras and wished a happy Mother’s Day to Marilyn Monroe.

Wait - What?

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Sports Memorabilia: Yankees’ Stool Samples Next?

Phil Mushnick of the NEW YORK POST has some of the latest, priceless memorabilia being belched out offered by the fine folks at Steiner Sports.

“2005 Opening Day Batter’s Box Dirt Collage” for $120 (call me cynical, but the dirt looks suspiciously similar to 2006 Opening Day batter’s box dirt). Ian Kennedy’s “Yankees New York Yankees […]

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Dusty Baker Bats ‘Em Out of Order in Reds Loss

Stealing the thunder from WALKOFF WALK’s Corey Patterson Watch, we report with a bit too much glee that Dusty Baker could not find his lineup card even if he stapled it to Darren Baker’s jersey and told him to follow Daddy around at all times.
This must be why Dusty Baker forgot to bat Corey Patterson […]

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Vermin, Roaches In More Filthy MLB Park Kitchens

You probably remember last year’s shutdown of food service at Angels Stadium after the ballpark’s food service operation was outed for innumerable health code violations.

Portfolio.com follows up on that today with a report on further abuses throughout the league, including Yankee Stadium, Citizens Bank Park, Coors Field, Miller Park, AT&T Park, Shea Stadium, Safeco Field, […]

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Tony Romo Keeps Showing Up And We Don’t Care

Perhaps inspired by his lady love Jessica Simpson (who obviously was re-inspired by him for her next album), Tony Romo took his windpipe to the Windy City to try and wow the denizens of Wrigley Field (try being the operative word).

The Cowboys QB was invited to sing during the seventh-inning stretch of Sunday’s Cubs game. […]

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Arroyo Somehow Responsible For Even More Runs

I’ve never really had good reason not to like Bronson Arroyo. There’s just something about the man, who always looked to us like a taller, goofier Bret Boone (if Boone had lost a kidney as a child), that set us off.

(Arroyo now also magnet for mystery meat - and accompanying runs)
But now we think […]

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