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Tue June 18, 2013

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		In a shocking turn of events, San Jose sues Major League Baseball FOR a team source: nesn.com \| share:	(3)

Mon June 17, 2013

		British comedian narrating baseball. Keep an eye out for the half man, half robot behind the wicket source: cbssports.com \| share:	(23)
		1935: Babe Ruth finishes beer/hot dog fueled career with 714 home runs. 1998: David Wells gets hammered the night before his perfect game. 2013: Frank Thomas owns a beer company. Yep, baseball hasn't changed much source: oddballsportsblog.com \| share:	(59)

Sun June 16, 2013


		So, what's it like for a MLB pitcher to get hit in the ear with a baseball traveling 102mph and live to talk about it? Let's ask Alex Cobb (w/scary video) source: mlb.mlb.com \| share:	(20)

Sat June 15, 2013

Cool: 49 years ago today, the most lopsided trade in baseball history, Ernie Broglio for Lou Brock. Fark: They still talk to each other

source: sportsillustrated.cnn.com | share:

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Tue June 11, 2013

		Playing baseball is a bit different from normal. It's harder to see a pop fly, running and sliding change dramatically, and the ball may not bounce that well on wet grass. Josh Hamilton demonstrates the importance of that last point source: wapc.mlb.com \| share:	(40)
		Need an excuse to avoid the mall? Well, how about "Someone could steal a baseball bat from a sporting goods store and beat me to death" source: mercurynews.com \| share:	(39)

Mon June 10, 2013

Hawk Harrelson proves, once again, that he is the worst baseball play-by-play man of all time

source: awfulannouncing.com | share:

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Sat June 08, 2013


		Vanderbilt college baseball team executes a perfect triple steal source: youtube.com \| share:	(34)

Wed June 05, 2013

Jackie Robinson's baseball glove sells for $373,000 at auction. Highest price ever for an historical rarity - a Dodger glove that actually caught some baseballs

source: bleacherreport.com | share:

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Tue June 04, 2013

Do you have a full collection of broken bottles, baseball bats, knives and body armor? Got your helmet ready? Have you been practicing how to deal with teargas? If not, you now have less than one year to prepare

source: motherboard.vice.com | share:

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Mon June 03, 2013

College baseball pitchers facing Alex Buccilli still unable to tell if he's actually batting or if he's threatening them with his kung fu

source: nesn.com | share:

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Sun June 02, 2013

Saturday night's Arizona State vs. Cal State Fullerton baseball game disrupted by a husky (an actual husky, not the UW or UConn mascot) that decided to run around the field

source: nesn.com | share:

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Wed May 29, 2013

		Super hot MLB sideline reporter takes a ball to the chin and still continues source: youtube.com \| share:	(54)
		A minor league baseball player has to be a mighty big douche to make it to Fark, but this guy earns it source: nydailynews.com \| share:	(40)

Tue May 28, 2013

		The eight worst ongoing baseball conversations. To sum up, A's stadium woes, PEDs and the Hall of Fame, the DH, "proven" closers, regression to the mean, old school vs new school, "most valuable" vs "best" player, and last but not least, WAR source: sbnation.com \| share:	(133)
		Yes, Keith, it IS true that broken baseball bats, like empty beer bottles, are commonly referred to as "dead soldiers", but maybe you give that kind of language a rest when announcing a game on Memorial Day from now on, mkay? source: sports.yahoo.com \| share:	(59)

Mon May 27, 2013

Yeah, hardly anyone watches baseball sober, but it's bad form to pass out drunk while watching a high-school game, then fight with the medics who come to help you. Especially if you're the infield umpire

source: nesn.com | share:

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Sun May 26, 2013

		Did you collect any 1987 Topps baseball cards? Well, did you notice the strange facts on the back? source: mentalfloss.com \| share:	(20)
		David Ortiz steals 3rd base for the first time in his 17 year MLB career. Here's how he planned it source: buzzfeed.com \| share:	(16)

Fri May 24, 2013

150 years ago, bizarre premodern form of baseball was played in Massachusetts. Rules are murky in meaning, but it is believed pitchers indulged in hand-crafted ale and heritage chicken on their days off

source: ourgame.mlblogs.com | share:

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Mon May 20, 2013

		Miguel Cabrera is having one of the best offensive seasons in the history of baseball...so why is no one talking about it? source: thebiglead.com \| share:	(113)
		Cubs fan protects wife from being hit in the head by a home run ball. Wife repays him by dumping her beer in his face, presumably for bringing her to a Cubs game source: nesn.com \| share:	(43)

Sat May 18, 2013

Gee Josh, maybe it is the pressure of playing in a "Real" baseball town

source: espn.go.com | share:

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Fri May 17, 2013

Athletes who wear red are more likely to be winners. In other news Cincinnati has the best baseball team, Arizona the best NFL team, and the Panthers sweep the NHL

source: dailymail.co.uk | share:

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Thu May 16, 2013

You'll be shocked, shocked to learn that the Kiss Cam incident at a minor-league baseball game that ended with a guy getting pop dumped on his head was completely staged

source: snopes.com | share:

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Wed May 15, 2013

A running calculation of what major league baseball teams are paying players who are on the disabled list or, money for nothing and your checks for free

source: nytimes.com | share:

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Tue May 14, 2013

Stan the batboy has spent 55 years on the field. A dusty field

source: npr.org | share:

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Mon May 13, 2013

		Cracker Jack: Baseball and popcorn and secret toy surprises aren't enough. Now we have an "extreme" spinoff. Cocoa Java Power Bites, anyone? source: newrepublic.com \| share:	(18)
		Vin Diesel says that "Facebook owes me billions of dollars." Or maybe he said "baseball omen been McDonald's." I don't know source: finance.yahoo.com \| share:	(40)

Sun May 12, 2013

In 1982, Omni Future Almanac predicted that in 2010 eggs would cost $18 a dozen, beef $22.75 per pound, bread $8 a loaf, gasoline $2 a gallon, and coffee $4.50 a cup. However, we would earn higher salaries, like $330K baseball players

source: blogs.smithsonianmag.com | share:

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Sun May 05, 2013

Number of MLB defensive shifts increased by 200% from 2010 to 2013, based on statistical findings that players other than Ted Williams and Barry Bonds have strong batted-ball tendencies. Stat geeks win yet another battle with old-schoolers

source: triblive.com | share:

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Wed May 01, 2013

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For the trophy case: baseball that led to the 200th win of your career, or baseball bat with which you smashed an opposite field homerun during the same game?

source: talkingchop.com | share:

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Tue April 30, 2013

Top 10 baseball stadiums for craft beer. Double whammy: slideshow AND beer snobbery

source: thedailymeal.com | share:

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Mon April 29, 2013

		Minor league baseball team to wear Chewbacca-styled jerseys in the greatest Stars Wars/sports crossovers ever source: freep.com \| share:	(19)
		Tampa Bay Rays reporter Kelly Nash takes the best selfie ever, except for the whole "near-death experience" thing source: ibtimes.com \| share:	(31)

Sat April 27, 2013

Film archivist finds the oldest footage of African Americans playing baseball ... on Georgia plantation in 1919. Just peachy (w/video)

source: digtriad.com | share:

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Wed April 24, 2013

		Photoshop this baseball player going balls up source: media.sacbee.com \| share:	(19)
		Authorities on the unknown person who threw a bong that broke two windows in a state office: "It's probably someone who - if they didn't do a life of crime - would have been pretty successful pitching a baseball" source: desmoinesregister.com \| share:	(11)

Mon April 22, 2013

Minnesota Twins somehow didn't think their cunning plan all the way through building a baseball stadium without a roof in Minneapolis, postponing their fourth game this season due to inclement weather

source: kare11.com | share:

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Sat April 20, 2013

		Little League Baseball season cancelled because: A) Not enough participants, B) Floods, C) Parent brings a gun to the game and shoots into the car of another source: sunnewsnetwork.ca \| share:	(83)
		Bud $elig'$ late$t chin-$troking blue-ribbon committee initiative to analyze lack of black$ in pro ba$eball ignore$ one $alient fact: Thank$ to travel ball, "baseball in the United States has become a sport for the rich" source: espn.go.com \| share:	(54)

Fri April 19, 2013

High school baseball star Manny Ramirez Jr. discusses his eccentric father currently playing in Taiwan: "I think with everything that has happened, he has matured"

source: sports.yahoo.com | share:

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Wed April 17, 2013

High school team beats another high school team by a score of 65-0. The sport they were playing was: A) Football. B) Basketball. C) Baseball. Hint: That was the final score after only three innings

source: sports.yahoo.com | share:

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Mon April 15, 2013

		In honor of Jackie Robinson Day, meet the kid in the famous Robinson photo source: keitholbermann.mlblogs.com \| share:	(37)
		"If I departed from Epic every time I said something dumb I wouldn't have made it the last 10 years there." says human baseball cap CliffyB as he adds an instance to that tally. #dealwithit source: arstechnica.com \| share:	(91)
		Is this the worst move by a ball boy in the history of baseball? source: mlb.mlb.com \| share:	(117)

Sun April 14, 2013

		Baseball and softball to join forces in an attempt to return to Olympics, Subby is still wondering why wrestling is being excluded from that event source: abc27.com \| share:	(33)
		Orioles base running was bad in Friday's triple play, but this is still the worst base running in the history of the game source: youtube.com \| share:	(28)

Sat April 13, 2013

		US senator sends a letter requesting that Fox not broadcast an NRA-sponsored NASCAR race. Fox, NASCAR and the NRA? Isn't that the Tea Party equivalent of mom, apple pie and baseball? source: foxnews.com \| share:	(140)
		Baseball's most famous bench-clearing brawls of all time. Nolan Ryan vs Robin Ventura, sure. Juan Marichal vs John Roseboro, of course. Pete Rose vs anybody - aw yeah source: hardballtalk.nbcsports.com \| share:	(31)

Fri April 12, 2013

Rawlings has made a special Stan Musial baseball for use in the Cardinals game against the Brewers tonight

source: kmov.com | share:

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Thu April 11, 2013

		Japanese graph theorists unhappy that local baseball leagues reject their road-trip scheduling algorithms. "I hear Nippon Professional Baseball (NPB) spends six weeks scheduling the trips. Our software could do that in the matter of 30 seconds" source: ajw.asahi.com \| share:	(14)
		Seeing as this is his last trip around the league, Mariano Rivera's been taking lots of time individually thanking the behind-the-scenes people at every ballpark he visits source: sportsillustrated.cnn.com \| share:	(35)

Wed April 10, 2013

"Remove all the space within the atoms making up the human body, and every person that's ever lived would fit inside a baseball"

source: io9.com | share:

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Tue April 09, 2013

Worst strike three call in the history of baseball ruins Rangers-Rays game, but we can't automate balls and strikes even though we have the technology because robots are strong and they eat old people's medicine for fuel (with vid)

source: fangraphs.com | share:

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Mon April 08, 2013

Photoshop theme: US Mint is running a contest for a baseball coin design contest. Follow their rules if you want to enter their contest, or ignore them to enter here

source: usmint.gov | share:

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Sun April 07, 2013

		T206 Honus Wagner baseball card sells for $2.1 million. Your 1983 Topps #55 Mookie Wilson card is still only worth $0.39 source: money.cnn.com \| share:	(141)
		Cool: Man catches homerun at Reds/Nationals game with bare hand. Added difficulty: he could only use on hand because because he was holding a baby in his other arm source: usatoday.com \| share:	(25)

Sat March 30, 2013

		Today is the 20th anniversary of the most improbable home run in baseball history source: hardballtimes.com \| share:	(60)
		New York Yankees are the most valuable baseball team at $2.3 billion. And that's just for the stadium hot dog and beer concessions source: nypost.com \| share:	(12)

Thu March 28, 2013

		Inaugural Fark Fantasy Baseball league needs 2 more members. Password=farkitall source: games.espn.go.com \| share:	(3)
		Rob Dibble fired from job as a high school coach, potentially setting a new record for the quantity and variety of jobs a person has been fired from source: sports.yahoo.com \| share:	(31)
		Tim McCarver to leave Fox after 2013. What that means is, he will not be broadcasting on Fox after this year, he will 'retire' from doing games for the network. Retire is a five-letter word. His good friend Bob Gibson retired from baseball in 1975 source: nydailynews.com \| share:	(98)

Mon March 25, 2013

Makeshift pizza oven built into a trailer next to a baseball field between two propane tanks. What could possibly go wrong?

source: wtsp.com | share:

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Fri March 22, 2013

First came baseball stat nerds then basketball stat nerds and now we have MMA stat nerds

source: itworld.com | share:

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Thu March 21, 2013

The nine strangest injuries in baseball this spring. Come for the clam chowder, stay for the scorpions and bubble gum

source: espn.go.com | share:

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Wed March 20, 2013

		How Sabremetrics, aka "Moneyball" killed the stolen base in baseball source: theweek.com \| share:	(153)
		Sorry Tiger. Elin Nordgren is undoubtedly happy with her new boyfriend....and his "bigger boat" source: dailymail.co.uk \| share:	(70)

Fri March 15, 2013

Lt. Frank Drebin is umpiring the World Baseball Classic

source: yardbarker.com | share:

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Thu March 14, 2013

How spoiled are kids these days? It now makes the news when they have to pick up a shovel and get the snow off their baseball field if they want to play a game

source: nwfdailynews.com | share:

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Tue March 12, 2013

		Everything is bigger in Australia, even the snails are the size of baseballs source: news.yahoo.com \| share:	(80)
		The latest weird baseball injury: The A's Michael Taylor cuts his hand while throwing away his chewing gum source: sports.yahoo.com \| share:	(10)

Sun March 10, 2013

Hooters waitress catches hell for playing with a live ball

source: dailymail.co.uk | share:

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Sat March 09, 2013

Basebrawl

source: huffingtonpost.com | share:

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Thu March 07, 2013

This is the year that fans in Tampa, Toronto and Baltimore will finally get to drink their fill of Yankee fans' tears. Boston, you can go screw regardless of whether this prediction is right

source: grantland.com | share:

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Wed March 06, 2013

The bomb-threat suspect told police, "The foil wrapped around his head secured by a baseball cap was there to prevent microwave signals from entering his head" w/ mugshot goodness

source: wwl.com | share:

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Mon March 04, 2013

		The Columbian's Talking Points says that FARK's recent Minnesota baseball headline makes for a comedy twin killing (3rd section) source: columbian.com \| share:	(0)
		The wacky world of baseball gloves source: blog.chron.com \| share:	(65)

Sat March 02, 2013

A new challenge to face on the Oregon Trail: Road raging drivers with baseball bats

source: katu.com | share:

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Tue February 26, 2013

		You have to admit, the general has the GREATEST BASEBALL HAT IN HISTORY source: liveleak.com \| share:	(17)
		2013 MLB weird injury trifecta is now complete as Gio Gonzalez gets rug burns on his forehead from wrestling with his bulldog source: deadspin.com \| share:	(13)

Mon February 25, 2013

		What one sportswriter learned from three days of watching baseball with Bill Murray source: deadspin.com \| share:	(19)
		With baseball comes the crack of the bat. Unless you are the Yankees, cause that was the sound of Curtis Granderson's forearm source: espn.go.com \| share:	(79)

Sun February 24, 2013

		Chicago Cubs to the owners of property on Waveland Ave: Hope you enjoyed the view source: marketwatch.com \| share:	(38)
		Panel of judges makes clear what the world has known for years, "In short, the record shows that there is only one Evil Empire in baseball and it is the New York Yankees" source: sports.yahoo.com \| share:	(29)