Category Archives: sports

Sauna Jockeys

At the registration table, officials asked me to remove my shirt, then scrawled my number, 82, on each of my biceps. I learned I was in a heat with Timo the Great. And that’s when — as if on cue — his sauna-company-sponsored mobile home, complete with a sauna inside, pulled up. via ‘Sports From [...]

Still an Old Reliable at the Old Ball Game

Why You Play All Nine Innings

Friday featured not one, but two of the most embarrassing errors you’ll ever witness in baseball. Behold as these well-compensated professionals forget foundational baseball they learned in little-league. Early in the afternoon, Milton Bradley starts us off by counting to three tossing a fly ball he caught into Wrigley’s bleachers, a time-honored tradition when the [...]

MLB At Bat 2009 Review (iPhone)

I’ve been listening to MLB.app since the start of the season and as rocky as it has been for the fighting phils, the app has been great. It streams audio from the Phillies home radio station, even though I’m in San Francisco. It plays highlight videos from mlb.tv. It costs $10 per season, whereas the [...]

MLB 2k9′s Tragically Funny Portrayal of Baseball

MLB 2k9 has any number of unfortunate issues, but I hadn’t seen them until now. It is especially sad to have them on a year when your main competition is The Show’s across-the-board critical success. Video (of some other hippie playing MLB 2k9) after the break.

Rest in Peace, Harry.

Phils announcer Harry Kalas dies | Philadelphia Inquirer | 04/13/2009.

Runners catching some high flyers.

Live Science has an article up covering how baseball players catch fly balls.

Citi Field Asks Its First Phillies Fan to Leave

According to NBC Chicago, the Mets and their hive of scum and villany, Citi Field, asked a fan to leave for wearing a Phillies jacket. Basically, the facts in the situation are these: The Mets Suck The Mets will have no Post-Season, again. The Phillies are going to win the World Series, again. The Mets [...]