Brian Fowler Posted July 17, 2013 Share Posted July 17, 2013 Were the Pistons the first team to do it with Big Goldy? I believe so. Ben Wallace is a big wrestling fan, and it was his idea, iirc. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Death From Above Posted July 20, 2013 Share Posted July 20, 2013 Continuing with the wrestling theme, I'm sure I wasn't the only one who noticed Adam Jones handing Cespedes a replica WWE belt after winning the Home Run Derby. Between Aaron Rodgers carrying around a title belt, the Heat wearing them last year and now this, I have to think sooner or later one of these sports leagues is going get sick of giving WWE free publicity and realize guys would rather have a blinged out belt than some goofy phallic baseball bat trophy. Just commission a Slam Dunk champion or Home Run Derby championship belt already. Trophies are so 2005. To be honest I'm flabbergasted that the World Series of Poker doesn't hand out a big fucking gold belt to the main event winner to go with the bracelet. Converting a WSOP bracelet into a larger model as a belt seems like the most obvious thing in the world. Also, if I ever win the main event in my lifetime through some utter change in social standing combined with a total fluke, I give my word to DVDVR I'll have a WSOP belt made out of my own pocket. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RIPPA Posted July 20, 2013 Share Posted July 20, 2013 Sigh... Zoilo becomes the 16 different Yankee on the DL this year. I really should figure out what the record is... or have Joe figure out what the record is And as an aside - I fucking love the comments from Yankee fans who are pissed that A-Rod isn't the one being called up to replace Zoilo. HE IS THE MISSING PIECE~! Never change internet Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Newb82 Posted July 20, 2013 Share Posted July 20, 2013 Tim McCarver: "You know, this generation of baseball players suck at base-running." FIVE MINUTES LATER McCarver: "Why aren't teams more aggressive with their base running?" 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SirFozzie Posted July 22, 2013 Share Posted July 22, 2013 Red Sox Yankees game is still going strong in the 11th inning, near 1 am, because.. well, it seems like every year the sox and Yankees play extra innings and the game goes to 1 am..... NINJA EDIT: NAPOLI GO BOOM SOX WIN! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SirFozzie Posted July 22, 2013 Share Posted July 22, 2013 You want to see why Japanese Pitchers shoulders are like nitroglycerin? This is why. Asking a teenager to throw 950 pitches in six days (even if it is Koshien, the High School March Madness) isn't a show of guts, it's ritualized child abuse. http://espn.go.com/mlb/story/_/id/9452014/pitcher-tomohiro-anraku-future-japanese-baseball-espn-magazine Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Niners Fan in CT Posted July 22, 2013 Share Posted July 22, 2013 I watched nearly every minute of that Sox/Yanks game at my Dad's. It was a great game but I thought it would never end. Nice to see the Braves are still in first place but since their hot start in April they are a .500 team. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joe Lucia Posted July 22, 2013 Share Posted July 22, 2013 I watched nearly every minute of that Sox/Yanks game at my Dad's. It was a great game but I thought it would never end. Nice to see the Braves are still in first place but since their hot start in April they are a .500 team. Thankfully, games in April count the same as games in August. Also, thankfully, the Braves don't play another game all year further west than St Louis. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RIPPA Posted July 22, 2013 Share Posted July 22, 2013 Jeff Passan @JeffPassan 6m Final deal: Cubs trade Matt Garza to the Rangers for Mike Olt, C.J. Edwards, Justin Grimm and PTBNL. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
odessasteps Posted July 22, 2013 Share Posted July 22, 2013 Ryan Braun Gone for rest of season without pay Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
odessasteps Posted July 22, 2013 Share Posted July 22, 2013 @GoldAndOrSmith: Was it Arencibia? RT @SportsnetJamie: Sixty seconds after Blue Jays Central ended, a baby threw up all over Gregg. Priceless. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Craig H Posted July 23, 2013 Share Posted July 23, 2013 Jeff Passan @JeffPassan 6m Final deal: Cubs trade Matt Garza to the Rangers for Mike Olt, C.J. Edwards, Justin Grimm and PTBNL. Dayum...That's quite the haul for one player, but warranted since Garza has had great stuff since coming off the DL. Even still, Rangers giving up Olt and Edwards, along with two others, for a rental. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hoffman Posted July 23, 2013 Share Posted July 23, 2013 Meanwhile, 27 years ago tonight, Whitey Herzog took on anyone he could find in a Giants uniform. Whitey sure made it easy to grow up a Cardinals fan. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
piranesi Posted July 23, 2013 Share Posted July 23, 2013 ZIP RZEPPA SIGHTING at 10:20!!!!!!!! and footage of Howard Johnson hitting a home run with his gimmicked bat!!! Awesome. Herzog was carny as fuck. You could have made a WWE-style video package out of this to set up the NLCS the next year. It disturbs me how old this footage looks. Anyone under 30 watching this today might as well think it was form the 40s or something. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brian Fowler Posted July 23, 2013 Share Posted July 23, 2013 It's not? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
piranesi Posted July 23, 2013 Share Posted July 23, 2013 They're not all moving in that weird cartoony super fast motion, so I don't think so. Although, it did have Red Shoendienst in it, and that doesn't help. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RIPPA Posted July 23, 2013 Share Posted July 23, 2013 And speaking of the Cubs - supposedly they are trading Alfonso Soriano back to the Yanks Reports are they are eating the majority of the contract and getting a mid-level prospect back in return. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joe Lucia Posted July 23, 2013 Share Posted July 23, 2013 Vernon Wells and Alfonso Soriano on the same team...be still, my beating heart. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lawful Metal Posted July 24, 2013 Share Posted July 24, 2013 Astros might be the worst team in baseball, but Cosart and Villar look like real gems out there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cristobal Posted July 24, 2013 Share Posted July 24, 2013 Y'know how most people would say the first date is probably too soon to tell that she's "the one"...? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Death From Above Posted July 24, 2013 Share Posted July 24, 2013 I've barely watched any baseball this year, mainly because every time I do the Blue Jays make my head explode. Like tonight. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BrianS81177 Posted July 24, 2013 Share Posted July 24, 2013 The hottest team in baseball right now? The Seattle Mariners. Yes, really. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lawful Metal Posted July 24, 2013 Share Posted July 24, 2013 Y'know how most people would say the first date is probably too soon to tell that she's "the one"...?Dammit I'm in love! You wouldn't understand! I've suffered enough as an Astros fan! I'm due! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dolfan in NYC Posted July 24, 2013 Author Share Posted July 24, 2013 Pedroia extends with the Red Sox through 2020. 7/100 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dolfan in NYC Posted July 24, 2013 Author Share Posted July 24, 2013 And oops... I forgot: BAL trades 1B/3B Nick Delmonico MIL trades P Francisco Rodriguez Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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