Minor league umpires are used to getting booed for making bad calls, but fans of the Triple-A Las Vegas Aviators found a new reason to give an ump the business for his treatment of the team’s beloved bat dog. The unusual booing occurred after the home plate umpire tossed a bat to the on-deck circle […]
When it comes to discussing the best fielding shortstops of the last generation, there are really only two names: Ozzie Smith and Omar Vizquel. Vizquel was known for his ability to turn anything into a double play because his lightning quick transition from glove to hand was arguably the fastest ever, and he showed he […]
The list of unwritten rules in Major League Baseball is never-ending, but that’s not the case in the Venezuelan winter league. Last night, Twins catcher Willians Astudillo hit a monster bomb in his team’s Venezuelan Winter League postseason game, and decided to toss aside all the unwritten rules while admiring it and circling the bases. […]
By now, most casual sports fans have seen Heisman Trophy winner Kyler Murray make ridiculous plays on the football field, but after the season Murray will have to decide whether to become a likely 1st round NFL draft pick or pursue an MLB career with the A’s, who selected him with the 7th overall pick […]
Baseball is known for it’s exhausting list of unwritten rules, and last night independent leaguer Starlin Rodriguez of the Barrie Baycats broke a healthy chunk of them in one of the most disrespectful at bats you’ll ever see. After standing at home plate and admiring a 2-run shot until it cleared the fence, Rodriguez launched […]
Minor league baseball managers have turned ejections into over the top performance art, and last night former major league second baseman, and current manger of the independent league Chicago Dogs, Butch Hobson pulled off another classic after getting tossed. After getting ejected, Hobson walked to home plate and hit an imaginary home run, and put […]
