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If you were watching last night's Red Sox-Orioles game, you had to have a suspicions that Coco Crisp 's leap over the wall in pursuit of a Ramon Hernandez 3-run HR ( video here ) might end up as a Create-a-Caption. Luckily the AP photographer captured the moment well and here it is. So have at it, amateur Internet copywriters of the world. How should this caption read? Follow the jump for ...
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Coco Crisp
Ramon Hernandez
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Alexei Ramirez
Ozzie Guillen
Forget the loose interpretations of Harry Caray that guys like Will Farrell , Ryan Dempster and Will Ohman have tried to foist upon the American public. When it comes to having his old style as Cubs announcer down a cold one , there's only one true champ: Jim Volkman, a veteran of the Chicago radio scene. Check out Volkman's recap of Wednesday's night loss in the video below, complete with ...
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You'd think the people of eastern Iowa would have suffered enough, but check out this event the Major League Baseball Players Association is holding in the Quad Cities on Saturday night. If you're too lazy to click over, here's the gist: Eight former players are convening to hold a "Legends Home Run Derby" at Modern Woodmen Park, home of the Quad Cities River Bandits. Who are ...
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Pedro Martinez
AP photos As noted on Peter Abraham's LoHud Yankees Blog , the combined season totals from Phil Hughes , Clay Buchholz and Ian Kennedy : 2-17, 7.52 ERA, 137.2 IP. As noted on Johan Santana's Y! Sports players page , his season stats: 11-7, 2.75 ERA, 177 IP. Anyone out in Boston or the Bronx starting to think that maybe the Twins' asking price for prospects in exchange for Johan ...
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New York Yankees
Philip Hughes
Clay Buchholz
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Minnesota Twins
Many ballparks market by honoring part of a team's heritage. Big leaguers at San Francisco's AT&T Park can aim for kayakers in the waters of McCovey Cove. Johnny Pesky's pole will tell you if it's "fair or foul" at Fenway Park in Boston. Baltimore's Boog Powell will help widen your waistline by preparing you a barbecue sandwich in Camden Yards. It was with that sense of ...
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Philadelphia Phillies
After posting yesterday about the Cubs fans who are already bidding up to $1,700 for the rights to buy playoff tickets , I started thinking of a possible sillier and riskier ways for fans to guarantee themselves an 'in' to the games before tickets go on sale. Short of finding a season ticket holder on match.com and jumping into a relationship with someone who smells like ...
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Tampa Bay Rays
Oh, vindication, how sweet you taste! After seeing my fight against the hip bump only heard by Eric Byrnes and the ears of the wiser-than-their-years Brewers , it has apparently started to gain some traction around other MLB clubhouses. For proof, watch this video of Nick Swisher's hip bump attempt being completely ignored in the White Sox dugout after his 100th career home run on Wednesday. ...
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Ken Griffey
Five quick links to start your day ... 1. While the Tigers may have played the whole season like they've had somewhere else to be in October other than the playoffs, one out-for-the-year pitcher is apparently taking full advantage of his time away. Or so says manager Jim Leyland, who on Wednesday detailed the rehab routine of pitcher Jeremy Bonderman From the Detroit Free ...
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Jeremy Bonderman
This and every weekday a.m., as long as the Republicans say it's OK and we don't have to hit the hobo trail, let's rise and shine together with an unconventional look at the state of the major league baseball union. Today's Roll Call starts in Minnesota, where the Twins wave a tearful good-bye to home for a while, while still in great position to make the playoffs — especially if they ...
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Minnesota Twins
Look, if you thought the Rays talking about playoff seating configurations was a wee premature, well, you ain't seen nothing yet . With 37 games still remaining in the regular season and with nothing guaranteed, there are Cubs fans paying as much as $1,700 for the right to buy league championship and World Series tix to the games in Chicago. If you don't think that's a bad deal, considering ...
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Chicago Cubs
Look, if you thought the Rays talking about playoff seating configurations was a wee premature, well, you ain't seen nothing yet . With 37 games still remaining in the regular season and with nothing guaranteed, there are Cubs fans paying as much as $1,700 for the right to buy league championship and World Series tix to the games in Chicago. If you don't think that's a bad deal, considering ...
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Chicago Cubs
I have to give Royals Review credit for one of the coolest posts I've seen all season. Knowing that each MLB team has a long list of radio affiliates, RR went through the batch and listed some of the most far-flung stations that carry broadcasts of teams that would seem to have no connection but somehow do. Take, for example, RR's top station: Sikeston, Missouri (KRHW AM-1520)/ Los Angeles ...
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Arizona Diamondbacks
He may have won his Triple Crown over 40 years ago, but don't think for a minute that people have forgotten Carl Yastrzemski. Spurred by news of his hospitalization and heart surgery on Tuesday, his name is currently the ninth-most searched term on Yahoo! Buzz. He also occupies the same position on that "other" search engine. (I was actually wondering if he would have been ...
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Carl Yastrzemski
I'm a little late on this one, but this is the best coordination I've seen at Wrigley Field since this . One more thing: Any other city or fanbase want to claim John Cusack? We're pricing him to move.
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Maybe it's because I'm from Chicago, but I've
never heard of a team more or less apologizing
to their fans before. For example, the Bears are going to be awful this season and I'm willing to bet the only paper season ticket holders get at end ...
For those of us who aren't Mets fans, this whole "Finding a replacement for Billy Wagner as closer" should be a fun and interesting experiment to watch. For those of us who are Mets fans, the only thing I can do is direct you toward a few different products to help you through. (Saro G?) With the news that Wagner's season is in jeopardy of being over , the Mets are now facing a ...
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Billy Wagner
By now, you've probably seen the sad news that John Challis, the inspiring Pittsburgh-area teenager, lost his battle with cancer Tuesday at age 18. Over the last few months, it's likely that you were touched by Challis and his perspective, even as he was battling a disease that was surely going to take his life. Along the way, he smacked a pinch hit for his high school baseball game, ...
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John Russell
This and every weekday a.m. let's rise and shine together to salute the team with the best record in Major League Baseball. Today's Roll Call starts in Tampa, which so far has been spared the wrath of Tropical Storm Fay, which has been doing its damage mostly in the eastern part of Florida. Doing all of the damage so far on the Gulf Coast? Our Tampa Bay Rays . Game of the Day: Rays 4, ...
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Tampa Bay Rays
Los Angeles Angels
Five quick links to start your day (Juice on the way) ... 1. Look, no one likes it when your credit card comes back rejected at a bar or restaurant. But check out what ex-Yankee Hideki Irabu is said to have done in Japan after his plastic was turned down for the 20 — that's not a typo — mugs of beer he had allegedly just downed. Irabu, 39, became angered after his credit card ...
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Hideki Matsui
Yes, I just threw a Full House reference out there — and one from the later years of the show, no less. My cover is blown. I'm actually a 19-year-old girl from Columbus, Ohio. But that guy above? That's definitely Carlos Quentin of the White Sox. With a line of .293/35/96, he's probably the leading AL MVP candidate out of a group that includes Justin Morneau , Josh Hamilton , ...
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Reds to fans: 'I'm sorry, Kevin Nealon ... It won't ...