Monday, June 30, 2008

Fantasy Baseball Owner Rips Team Apart In Media

BROOKLYN, NY—Mark Mendicus, 26-year-old Staples employee and principal owner of the fantasy baseball team Beat With Uggla Stick, blasted his underperforming team in the media Monday, going so far as to single out individual players, criticize their recent play, and question their commitment to winning.

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No-Hit Win by Dodgers Makes No Sense, Except in Baseball

Baseball is the best game in part because every night you go to the ballpark, you might see something you've never seen before. No other sport can say that like baseball can, and Saturday night at Dodger Stadium was just such a night, a night that made no sense.

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Behind the Scenes of the 'Fresno Ball-Girl' Video

You've probably already seen the recent "Ball Girl Makes Incredible Catch" video that is making the rounds on the internet. In the 39-second clip, a ball girl at Fresno's Chukchansi Park climbs the left-field wall to make an amazing leaping catch. Well, at least some of what appears in that video actually happened. Here's what really happened....

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Shawn Chacon's Guide To Punching Your Boss In The Face

You know what baseball needs more of? Physical fistfights between general managers and players. Imagine the fisticuffs that would ensue between Jon Daniels and Milton Bradley. Jim Bowden and Elijah Dukes.

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Report: Viagra May Provide Baseball Players On-Field Edge

Apparently, Viagra has become a popular pick-me-up for athletes looking for an edge on the field and perhaps some frisky behavior off of it, according to The Daily News in New York. You'll never look at the phrase "performance-enhancing drugs" in quite the same way again.

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