Category: sports
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Homer J. Simpson in the Baseball Hall of Fame
Major League Baseball inducted Homer into their Hall of Fame and commemorated the 25th anniversary of the Homer at the Bat episode, which is honestly one of the best episodes of any television program. MLB’s Joe Posnanski reporting on the induction ceremony and quoting Al Jean, that episode’s executive producer: When Bart and Lisa chant…
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Sauna Jockeys
At the registration table, officials asked me to remove my shirt, then scrawled my number, 82, on each of my biceps. I learned I was in a heat with Timo the Great. And that’s when — as if on cue — his sauna-company-sponsored mobile home, complete with a sauna inside, pulled up. via ‘Sports From…
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Why You Play All Nine Innings
Friday featured not one, but two of the most embarrassing errors you’ll ever witness in baseball. Behold as these well-compensated professionals forget foundational baseball they learned in little-league. Early in the afternoon, Milton Bradley starts us off by counting to three tossing a fly ball he caught into Wrigley’s bleachers, a time-honored tradition when the…
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MLB At Bat 2009 Review (iPhone)
I’ve been listening to MLB.app since the start of the season and as rocky as it has been for the fighting phils, the app has been great. It streams audio from the Phillies home radio station, even though I’m in San Francisco. It plays highlight videos from mlb.tv. It costs $10 per season, whereas the…