Tucked away in Barry Svrluga’s NATIONALS JOURNAL notes post is the following tidbit: “It’s clear not all the Opening Night tickets are gone, because there are still season-ticket packages available.” In other words, the brand-spanking-new Nationals Park still has some seats available for its inaugural game.

(Something seems fishy here)
Also, the current name of the […]

Matt Pesotski over at THE 700 LEVEL scares up a gem about Phillies Manager Charlie Manuel today that you’ll either find eminently amusing or downright disgusting (we’re in the latter).

(This Man. Nude.)
As part of Manuel’s former baseball travails in Japan, PHILADELPHIA magazine describes one of his off-field jaunts, in a Japanese bathhouse.

Us native Missourians have always had the pioneer spirit. So it comes as no surprise that Missouri, according to the ASSOCIATED PRESS, is the only state in the nation that “explicitly allows” children to actually take part in MMA bouts (in many states, it is a misdemeanor for children to participate).

AP account on such a […]

Scientists with free time and ample research grants have found a way for fish to lead a normal life in the open sea until their fishing overlords deem it time for the fish to commit suicide for the benefit of the Cape Cod seafood industry. Basically, we can now breed fish that will fish themselves.
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By now you’ve probably already seen this video of Royals outfielder Joey Gathwright jumping over Dodgers pitcher Hiroki Kuroda:
And you might’ve seen Gathright jump over a sedan in a parking lot. But in case you haven’t, hear you go:

A nation slept soundly knowing that a small group of fans watching the Montana State-Eastern Washington womens basketball game was reassured by 80s musical troubadour Rick Astley that he would never give them up, let them down, run around, or desert them — among other promises. Because, see, we had video evidence:
But now KHQ of […]

The DETROIT NEWS reports today that in a sex harassment suit filed against the MLB Tigers, a female former employee said the Comerica Park video crew “routinely shot inappropriate ’soft core videos’ of female fans at baseball games.”

The woman, Reanen Maxwell, also said that “softcore videos” were “freely and openly shown in the scoreboard area […]

Tennessee recently passed the Non-Smoker Protection Act, preventing people from lighting up in public places. These places include the homes of the Titans, the University of Tennessee, and Bristol Motor Speedway. The one-time home of many Winston Cup races now has to butt in and ask patrons to extinguish the cancer sticks and […]

Michael Jordan, whose latest claim to fame was to be listed in Paul McCartney’s divorce coverage as the biggest loser in a celebrity divorce settlement, can finally start working on his nest egg now that the Illinois Supreme Court has declined to hear the appeal of a woman that claimed to bear Jordan’s love child […]

March Madness is back into full swing tonight, as the Sweet Sixteen gets underway with a matchup between Mountaineers & Muskateers.

Sure, your brackets are busted, and you can’t call in sick to work because the games don’t start until 7:10 p.m. Eastern. But there’s still plenty of storylines to keep yourself intrigued: Davidson’s and Western […]