Nine year old Alayna Adams threw out the first pitch at the Tampa Bay Rays/Boston Red Sox game yesterday after watching a video message from her father serving in the U.S Army in Afghanistan. The father though, had donned the catcher’s uniform and took the pitch from his daughter before revealing himself. You’re made of stone if this doesn’t get to you a little. »
Ian Kinsler of the Texas Rangers with probably the worst attempt at a baseball slide you’ll ever see. GIF via Outside The Boxscore »
Washington Nationals Bryce Harper is a bit of a phenom. Pundits fawn over him for having almost every tool a baseball player needs. One he might lack though, is spacial awareness. Harper needed 11 stiches to his face. But that won’t help his pride after this moment of shame. h/t bobsblitz »
This spectacular catch could have saved this high school baseball player’s life. We saw earlier the damage a baseball to the head can do so this pitcher can thank himself lucky he didn’t suffer a similar fate. h/t bobsblitz »
When you are throwing pitches at more than 90 mph it is a surprise that things like this don’t happen more often. The picther, JA Happ, was taken from the field bleeding from the ear but is now in a stable condition. h/t sportsbusinessinsider »
After the LA Dodgers and San Francisco Giants game on Sunday, Dodgers player, Matt Kemp, made his way towards the stand to give an autograph. That fan was Joshua Jones, who has cancer and is unable to speak. Joshua’s father had struck up a conversation with one of the Dodger’s coaches who then told the kid’s story to Kemp. Not only did Kemp give the kid his autograph, he also gif... »
The Fresno Grizzlies, who are a minor league baseball team from California may have in part caused the breakup of a couple attending one of their games last Friday. It wasn’t entirely their fault though, the majority of the blame has to go to the guy who wouldn’t kiss his girlfriend with the Grizzlies kiss cam focused on them during a game. The boyfriend suffered the consequences thoug... »
Reason no. 1,502 why sports stars have it better than the rest of us. Dallas Latos, wife of Cincinnati Reds pitcher Matt Latos, tweeted out this picture of the Reds restaurant standard in-flight menu for their one hour flight from Chicago to Cincinnati. Slightly better than an overpriced can of Coke and a pack of Pringles. (via Yardbarker) »
Making this catch while holding your next of kin deserves some kind of award/contract/freedom of the city. From the Tigers/Astros game in Houston last night via gifulmination.com »
We presume when a baseball player fakes being hit by a pitch, old school commentators say the game is being ruined and they try to pin it on the foreigners like some English media do with diving in football? Either way this delayed reaction is hilarious. The umpires were having none of it from Julio Borbon and his Chicago Cubs lost 4-2 to the San Diego Padres yesterday. »
Right on the money. »
The San Diego Padres Everth Cabrera split his bat in two, leaving wooden fibres scattered everywhere, after he hit a ground ball in the sixth inning of last night’s game against the Chicago Cubs. (Via Guardian Sport) »
Kelly Nash reports on the Tampa Bay Rays for Sun Sports. She was at the Boston Red Sox’s Fenway Park over the weekend and decided to take a picture of herself on stadium’s famous Green Monster. The Red Sox were in the middle of batting practice at the time and it was only when she went to send the picture to her family that she realised how close that a ball had come to hitting her. &#... »
The Washington Nationals baseball team gave new sideline reporter Julie Alexandria an unwelcome shower during her first post match interview with pitcher Gio Gonzalez. In fairness, Alexandria take it well and continues the rest of the interview. (via Yardbarker) »
