Major League Baseball
Umpire Gets Creamed in the Jewels by Failed Dodgers Bunt
Nothing worse than getting hit in your value pack like that.
Delightfully Eager Red Sox Fan Eats It While Diving For Big Papi's Ground-Rule Double
It was almost a souvenir for David Ortiz's close brush with hitting the cycle.
Throwback Thursday: Ty Cobb Goes After A Heckler, And His Teammates Go On Strike
In 1912, the Detroit Tigers conducted the first (unofficial) strike in baseball history, protesting Ty Cobb's suspension for attacking a heckling New York fan.
Throwback Thursday: Herb Washington, Baseball's First And Last "Designated Stealer"
In the mid-1970s, the Oakland A's signed a Michigan State sprinting star to be their "designated stealer." There was just one catch: Herb Washington hadn't played baseball since high school.
Throwback Thursday: Nolan Ryan K's Time And Age, Pitching His Seventh No-Hitter At 44
In 1991, future Hall of Fame pitcher Nolan Ryan was sore, tired and old. But that didn't stop him from striking out 16 batters en route to his seventh career no-hitter.
Throwback Thursday: Billy Martin Picks the New York Yankees' Lineup Out of a Hat
During the 1977 Major League Baseball season, New York Yankees manager Billy Martin jumpstarted his struggling team by literally picking his batting order out of a hat.
The Chicago Cubs Are a Shape-Shifting Baseball Monster
The Chicago Cubs are on an early-season roll, despite—or maybe because of—manager Joe Maddon's frequent, purposeful tinkering with the club's batting and fielding lineups.
Throwback Thursday: Randy Johnson Immolates A Bird With a Spring Training Pitch
Fifteen years ago, Hall of Fame pitcher Randy Johnson inadvertently destroyed a dove with a spring training pitch, creating the pre-social media viral baseball video to end all viral baseball videos.
Sorry, Adam LaRoche: Baseball Locker Rooms Aren't Daycare Centers
Chicago slugger Adam LaRoche reportedly is retiring because the White Sox told him to limit the time his son Drake spends with the team. Um, what?
Throwback Thursday: MLB Almost Taps J. Edgar Hoover as Commissioner
In 1951, Major League Baseball was looking for a new commissioner. The sport almost changed history by tapping FBI Director and controversial American icon J. Edgar Hoover.
Throwback Thursday: Danny Gardella's Forgotten Challenge to Baseball's Reserve Clause
Decades before Curt Flood, there was little-known Danny Gardella, a fly-ball-phobic journeyman whose offseason Mexican League play led to a court case that nearly upended MLB's reserve clause.