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High School Baseball Team Lifts Up Car to Save Trapped Girl

Drew Weisholtz — Fri, 10 May 2013 15:19:50 +0000

If the Valley High School baseball team in Sacramento, California is as clutch on the field as it is off of it, it may very well win a championship. After a woman accidentally hit and backed over her teenage daughter, several players on the team ran to the scene and saved the day by lifting [...]

Rays Reporter Kelly Nash Captures Nearly Being Hit By Ball While Taking Self-Pic On Green Monster

Joe Student — Mon, 29 Apr 2013 16:02:57 +0000

When Tampa Bay Rays reporter Kelly Nash stopped by Fenway Park on Saturday to do some advance work, she thought it would be cool to take a self shot picture from on top of the Green Monster, the ballpark’s iconic outfield wall. Since Nash was at the park during batting practice, her producer was wary [...]

High School Baseball Team Trapped 11 Rattlesnakes On Field Since August

Joe Student — Sun, 21 Apr 2013 15:56:46 +0000

The baseball team at Valencia (Ca.) West Ranch High School is very aware of all the potential dangers on a baseball field: errant cleats, bean balls and, you know, rattlesnakes. Since August 11, the team has dealt with 11 rattlesnakes on its home field. Incident records show the school had only 17 rattlesnake disturbances in [...]

5 Amazing Fans Who Caught Foul Balls Without Dropping Their Beers

Danny Groner — Wed, 17 Apr 2013 16:30:35 +0000

We’ve all seen fans at sporting events try to match the competitors on the field from time to time. As the ball flies toward them, they make valiant efforts to grab a souvenir. Some are armed with gloves, while others choose instead to duck and cover. And then there are the select few who so [...]

Study Links Home Run Hitting To Face Size

Joe Student — Fri, 12 Apr 2013 17:12:59 +0000

As we are always reminded: size matters, and you know what they say about a guy with a really big face? He’s a home run hitter. Two London researchers have released a study in which they link a ballplayer’s ability to hit home runs with the size of his face. Holy jowl implants! Hikaru Tsujimura [...]

Win Two Tickets to Any Baseball Game This Summer

Tom McCarthy — Thu, 04 Apr 2013 14:58:42 +0000

This summer, you can take yourself out to the ballgame – any professional baseball game in America. Just enter below, as many times as you like. One winner will fly with a friend to any big league baseball game between June 1 and August 1. Seriously – is there anything better on a warm summer [...]

Girl Hit In Face With Home Run Ball After Guy Jumps Away

Joe Student — Wed, 03 Apr 2013 20:21:29 +0000

This is no way to win a woman’s heart (or protect her face). Pete Kozma of the St. Louis Cardinals hit a home run off Heath Bell of the Arizona Diamondbacks at Chase Field in Phoenix on Tuesday night. A guy in the center field stands was in position to make a play on the [...]

Little League Disbands Team After Allegations They Rigged Player Draft

Joe Student — Tue, 02 Apr 2013 18:15:39 +0000

It’s apparently never too early to learn how to cheat. An Arizona Little League team has been disbanded because league officials say its coaches rigged a player draft. The governing board of the Apache Junction (Ariz.) Little League dissolved “The Hooks” on Friday after they discovered evidence the team’s coaches rigged the player draft system [...]

A Hooters Waitress Fielded a Fair Ball at a Pre-Season Baseball Game

Big Jim — Tue, 12 Mar 2013 14:22:01 +0000

Major League Baseball’s spring training is happening right now. And a waitress from HOOTERS got in on the action Saturday. It was during a game between the Rays and Phillies. And the waitress . . . named “Priscilla” . . . was the ball girl fielding foul balls down the third base line. Problem is, [...]

Prince Fielder Is Larger Than Ever on World's Biggest Baseball Card

Drew Weisholtz — Thu, 14 Feb 2013 16:56:20 +0000

Prince Fielder, who just might be the world’s largest baseball player, is now on the world’s largest baseball card. Earlier this week, Topps – you know, the company whose cards your mother threw away while cleaning out the attic – unveiled a card featuring the Detroit Tigers first baseman that measures almost 90 feet tall [...]

"Ballpark Gum" a New Gum That Taste Like Peanuts, Hotdogs, and Beer

Big Jim — Wed, 23 Jan 2013 15:58:26 +0000

This sounds disgusting. And I want to try it.There’s a new gum called “Ballpark Gum” that allegedly tastes like going to a baseball game. Ballpark Gum is flavored like peanuts, hot dogs, and beer. A tin of Ballpark Gum with 22 gumballs costs $4 Get it HERE

Little League Parents Devoid Of Sportsmanship [VIDEO]

Jon Michaels — Tue, 10 Jul 2012 03:45:08 +0000

Little League baseball is all about the kids learning to be good sports, sportsmanship and being part of a team. Most kids enjoy the experience, yet some parents get over zealous about the game and really become bad examples for their own children. A game played in Texas on Friday night is getting attention for [...]

Determined Dad Snags Foul Ball While Holding Baby

Jeremy Taylor — Tue, 03 Jul 2012 16:35:49 +0000

As a baseball fan, you hate to let the opportunity to snag a foul ball pass you by. But a dad at Monday night’s game in Atlanta had a good reason not to go for a ball that was headed his way — the Braves’ fan was busy holding his baby.

Will Clint Eastwood End His Acting Retirement for a Baseball Movie?

Jeremy Taylor — Thu, 06 Oct 2011 19:29:45 +0000

Clint Eastwood told reporters in 2008 that ‘Gran Torino’ was “probably” his last on-screen appearance as he was preparing to retire from acting.

Now it looks like that isn’t the case. According to Entertainment Weekly the 81-year-old is currently in talks to star in the baseball drama ‘Trouble With the Curve’ as a veteran scout losing his vision.

Lucky Red Sox Fan Catches Foul Ball in His Beer [VIDEO]

alex staub — Tue, 28 Jun 2011 17:39:54 +0000

Cracker Jack is no longer the only thing at the baseball concession stand with a prize inside. This lucky Red Sox fan happened to have his beer in the right place at the right time when a foul ball took a one hop off the Fenway Park grandstand and landed in his cup. Well played!

One-Armed War Vet Wows Crowd by Catching Foul Ball [VIDEO]

Jeremy Taylor — Mon, 27 Jun 2011 20:35:42 +0000

“I thought I was going to catch the ball or go over the railing,” said Michael Kacer of the foul ball he caught at Yankee Stadium Friday.

The 29-year old vet had lost his left arm in Afghanistan, so he had nothing to brace himself with when he used his baseball cap as a glove and reached over the railing to snag a ball off of the bat of Curtis Granderson.