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Home Run Derby Contest Update - 6/14/09
June 16, 2009 by
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Standings are updated.
We’ve got a tie at the top of the 1st Half leaderboard with 205 HR.Â
Aural Sects and David Wright can Bite Me share the top spot. They’re followed by the Heavy Hitters with 202 HR, BackBackBackBack and Sir Isaac Lime II with 201 HR, and Eat My...
The Best Commercials of the Cubs vs White Sox Rivalry
June 15, 2009 by
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And it begins again.Â
The Cubs and White Sox renew their Black and Blue rivalry with a three game interleague showdown at Wrigley Field. Followed by a three game set at US Cellular Field in 11 days.
Growing up a big baseball fan in Northern Indiana, I had always openly rooted...
Home Run Derby Contest Update - 6/12/09
June 12, 2009 by
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Standings have been updated
Holy Schneikes!!
The Home Run Derby contest leaderboard is hoppin’ right now … with a three way tie for first.
 David Wright can Bite Me, Aural Sects, and Heavy Hitters top all Derby competitors with 196 Home Runs apiece.Â
Heavy Hitters and...
Wrigley Field Bleacher fans are a bunch of slobs
June 11, 2009 by
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Back in college, I knew someone who landed a gig working on the Wrigley Field grounds crew.Â
He used to always tell me how much work went on after the game to clean up after the crowd because there would literally be tons of trash to sweep up. Especially out in the bleachers...
Move over Natinals, The Oriloes can’t spell either
June 10, 2009 by
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The Washington Nationals have gotten a lot of flack for their misspelling snafus lately (Natinals, anyone?) … but they aren’t the only Beltway team that can’t spell their own team’s name.
Check this out.  From the Baltimore Orioles’ Twitter page. ...
Psst! Wanna buy the Shea Stadium Wrecking Ball for $35,000?
June 09, 2009 by
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This might be the ultimate Father’s Day gift for the Mets fan who has everything.Â
Or maybe somone who just REALLY hated Shea Stadium.
Available right now on eBay …Â is the wrecking ball that brought down Shea Stadium.
All for the low starting bid of $35,000. At three...
Jersey of the Week: Nationals 100 Losses
June 09, 2009 by
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I think it’s safe to say that the Washington Nationals are by far and away the worst franchise in baseball right now.
They’ve had a enormous uniform FAIL, no one watches them on TV or at their stadium, they can’t spell Roosevelt, and that stupid Screech the eagle...
MLB Mascot Brackets - Stomper vs T.C. Bear
June 08, 2009 by
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In our last MLB Mascot Bracket showdown, Miwaukee’s Racing Sausages fried up Pittsburgh’s Racing Pierogies …
Let’s head to the Mammal Division for our next fight …
#2 Stomper (Oakland A’s) vs #3 T.C. Bear (Minnesota Twins)
Remember - your vote...
Bizarro World: Reverse Negative Error Cards
June 08, 2009 by
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A couple weeks ago, Home Run Derby showed you a bunch of mistaken identies on baseball cards. Namely, errors where the name and the picture on the card didn’t match.
But that’s not the only way baseball card companies screw up their cards. Sometimes they get the player...
The Worst #1 Draft Picks in MLB History
June 06, 2009 by
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When an MLB franchise selects a player with the #1 overall pick in the Amateur Draft, the team is expecting to have that player make a significant contribution to the team for years to come.
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In unrelated news, earlier this season, the Padres released Matt Bush, the #1 Pick in...
Home Run Derby Contest Update - 5/31/09 - May Review
June 01, 2009 by
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Standings are updated.
April was a bit of a cheap month to win (it wasn’t even 4 weeks long), so May marks our first REAL monthly prize. And that $50 prize goes to …
AURAL SECTS (102 HRÂ in May)
Our first team named after something that sounds dirty (but really isn&...
Home Run Derby Contest Update - 5/30/09
May 31, 2009 by
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Standings have been updated
And with one day to play in May … there’s a tie for the May prize between DAVID WRIGHT CAN BITE ME and AURAL SECTS. Both have 97 HR for the month.Â
DWCBMÂ holds the AB/HR Tiebreaker.
Home Run Derby Contest Update - 5/28/09
May 29, 2009 by
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Standings have been updated
We’re only three days away from handing out another Monthly Prize in our little Home Run Derby Contest … and DAVID WRIGHT CAN BITE ME is still atop the leaderboard for May with 91 HR.Â
He’s got some real competition for the cash, however...
Jersey(s) of the Week - Cubs Snuggies
May 28, 2009 by
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So someone actually used the Jersey of the Week tip line and sent me a heads-up that there was a Snuggie Pub Crawl in Chicago sometime in April.
Wait a minute - there was a Snuggie Pub Crawl? And I wasn’t informed?Â
You know Snuggies - the blanket with sleeves - which have...
Is there anything MLB won’t license? Here comes MLB’s Scratch and Sniff Caps
May 26, 2009 by
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Every time Major League Baseball comes out with more camoflague hats, more USA Flag hats, more green hats (for Earth Day or St Patrick’s day), more black caps (Just Ditch It), or those FABULOUS pastel argyle Yankee hats like Roger Clemens wears, MLB continues to bastardizeÂ...
Home Run Derby Contest Update - 5/22/09
May 23, 2009 by
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Standings have been updated
David Wright Can Bite Me tops both the leaderboards for the First Half (149 HR)  and May ( 73).Â
But he’s got company for the May prize, as Dance Hall Crashers, PointBlank and Ryan Howard Ate My Baby also all have 73 HR.  Nine more days to go...
Jersey(s) of the Week - Drinking Jerseys
May 21, 2009 by
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So it’s been a few weeks since we did a Jersey of the Week post here at Home Run Derby. So we’ll make it up to you. With a bunch of them.Â
And all of them pertain to one of our favorite baseball-related activities.Â
Drinking. Sometimes, just going to a baseball...
Milwaukee Brewers fan strips before being thrown out of Miller park
May 20, 2009 by
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If you’re about to be thrown out of a baseball game and get arrested … what do you do?
Comply quietly …
or get your money’s worth?
Well, this Milwaukee Brewer fan chose the Red Pill at a recent game at Miller Park and decided to strip down to his boxer...
MLB Mascot Brackets - Racing Sausages vs Racing Pierogies
May 19, 2009 by
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I am proud to announce that due to popular demand …
Home Run Derby’s MLB MASCOT BRACKETS IS BACK!!
Okay, when I say “popular demand” …Â I mean the two people who emailed me asking what the heck happened to the Baseball Mascot Tournament.Â
We’ll pick...
The Greatest Autographed Baseballs of All Time
May 18, 2009 by
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Personally, I consider a signed baseball to be one of the coolest souvenirs you can get from a baseball game.  I have only one autographed baseball, signed by Jim Thome. It’s not certified or anything, but I’m not going to sell it. It’s a lasting memory....
Billy Corgan blames Eddie Vedder for the collapse of the 2008 Cubs
November 20, 2008 by
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At a Smashing Pumpkins concert in Chicago, lead singer Billy Corgan called out Eddie Vedder for jinxing the 2008 Cubs. With VIDEO.
Ten Things that Rhyme with Pedroia
November 19, 2008 by
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Yesterday, Boston Red Sox 2B Dustin Pedroia was named the 2008 American League MVPA by the Baseball Writers Association of America.
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So inA Pedroia's honor, here'sA a fewA things that rhyme with Pedroia (it helps if you use a Boston accent) a??
HOYA- The Mascot of the University...
Baseball with Nunchucks?
November 19, 2008 by
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A martial artist hits baseballs with a pair of nunchaku
CC Sabathia should NOT sign with the Yankees.
November 18, 2008 by
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The "CC" in CC Sabathia used to stand for "Carsten Charles."A Or maybe "Captain Cheeseburger."
The New York Yankees want to change it to "Cha-Ching"
This past Friday, the New York Yankees offered CC Sabathia a six-year, $140 Million contract...
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