Pin ItemailprintWell, someone was certainly in a hurry to get home. After going into the 19th inning, the Pittsburgh Pirates and Atlanta Braves were playing a game long enough to count as two regulation baseball games. This game was headed for the history books when it was ended by a horrendous call at the plate [...]
Second baseman Roberto Alomar, pitcher Bert Blyleven, and GM Pat Gillick were all inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame in Cooperstown yesterday. Alomar won a record 10 Gold Gloves at second base, was a 12-time All-Star, and had a career .300 batting average. Unfortunately, the former Toronto Blue Jay and Baltimore Oriole will also [...]
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Here’s a scary story. A crazed man attacked the wife of Pittsburgh Pirates catcher Chris Snyder in a road rage incident as Snyder watched helplessly from the car. He was unable to get out because he’d had surgery on his back. Carla Snyder and a man riding a scooter, identified as Subhash Arjanbhi Modhwadia, almost [...]
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Roberto Alomar, a 12-time All-Star second baseman, and Bert Blyleven, a right-handed pitcher who won 287 games, have been voted into the Baseball Hall of Fame, it was announced on Wednesday. The duo will be inducted in Cooperstown, New York, on July 24, 2011, along with ex-GM Pat Gillick, sportswriter Bill Conlin, and veteran Montreal [...]
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Baltimore’s School Sisters of Notre Dame knew they had their hands on something special. It seems the deceased brother of one of their nuns left her a rare Honus Wagner baseball card. Sure, that card was a little beat up. The famed T-206 card issued in 1909 was missing three of its borders, had a [...]
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Did you see it? Last night on America’s Got Talent, little Jackie Evancho stole the show. This amazing girl, who is just 10 years old, can sing! Evancho was one of 12 acts who submitted auditions via YouTube, and she is clearly the heavy favorite to win. Her voice sounds as though it belongs to [...]
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Finally, the wait was over. Last night at 7:06 p.m. EDT, pitcher Stephen Strasburg made his major league debut for the Washington Nationals. His first pitch was a blazing 97 mph fastball – ball one. And so it began. “The Chosen One” led the Nationals to a 5-2 win over the Pittsburgh Pirates, logging 14 [...]
On Saturday, Howard Stern producer, Gary Dell Abate (A.K.A. “Baba Booey”), threw out the first pitch at the Pirates / Mets game. I think it’s safe to say that Gary Dell Abate won’t be getting a minor league contract any time in the forseeable future. Howard Stern is going to eat him alive for this [...]
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