As an NBA long-hair superstar hippie, BIll Walton led the Blazers to an NBA title in ’77 and had one of the most dominant college careers ever at UCLA. As an announcer, Walton has called basketball games for 30 years, and added his special brand of psychedelic commentary, complete with dead end Grateful Dead tangents. […]
It’s easy to get behind the mic for a winning team when the emotion of being in a pennant race can fuel your nightly broadcast. On the other hand, Orioles play by play announcer Gary Thorne has the impossible challenge of trying to keep things interesting for the 80 loss O’s who broke the AL […]
Less than a month ago, 23-year-old Nathan Patterson was just a fan at Rockies game, today he’s a professional baseball player, thanks to the Oakland A’s signing him to a minor league deal. The story behind how is the sports version of A Star is Born. While attending the Rockies game, Patterson decided to stop […]
Trevor Bauer was dealt from the Indians to the Reds in a trade deadline deal following him chucking a baseball over the centerfield fence in his final start with the Tribe. The hardthrowing “Bauer Outage” has a reputation as a prickly jerk, but dropped one of the most heartfelt tribute videos you’ll ever see, thanking […]
By now, everyone has seen video of Reds Pitcher Amir Garrett going on a one man mission to fight the entire Pittsburgh Pirates organization, but the biggest loser from the MLB’s version of Avengers: End Game was Pirates slight-framed hurler Chris Archer. Archer tried to provide some backup for his teammates, but for his good deed […]
Mike Trout is the best five tool player in baseball again this year, and last night provided further evidence for his case when he threw out Dodger second baseman Max Muncy with a 98 mile per hour dart from centerfield in the bottom of the second. You don’t get labeled the best player in baseball […]
