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Today In Story Titles and Awkward Accompanying Photos
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This photo was screen-grabbed from the MLB front page on Yahoo! yesterday. Muh muh muh Mike Scioscia face this is certainly not, but it's still funny because John Lackey is horrendously ugly, you see.
Jack McDowell Weighs In On The Cy Young Awards, Fails
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McDowell, who is now a "blogger" and "covering" the White Sox at a Chicago media outlet, is actually a winner of the Cy Young himself. He did so while winning an impressive 22 games for the team he now blogs about. Great! Surely this makes him an expert on the...
The Inevitable Tim Lincecum Advertisement Rejiggering
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I'm glad that someone (a) took the time to re-voice this Tim Lincecum video game ad after his pot bust and (b) made it funny and just a tiny bit NSFW. Please to enjoy.
(Thanks to Hot Clicks and Chris Mottram)
Bat Attack Roundup: Friday, November 20, 2009
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There are days when you find yourself lying on a Pacific Ocean Beach letting the waves sing you to sleep. There are days when you're surrounded by friends, family and multitudes of other loved ones, and the affection warms you like a fleece blanket. There are other days when some...
Eric Gagne Wants to Bring Baseball Back to Montreal, Eh?
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Former MLB star reliever and emo kid Eric Gagne, who spent the summer leading the Quebec Capitales to the Can-Am League title with his 6-6 record and 4.65 ERA, wants to let you know that he'd like to bring baseball back in Montreal despite his lack of business prowess.
At a charity...
Be a Good Baseball Fan and Help Feed the Hungry
2 days ago by
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All over the world, people go to sleep hungry. Even in the United States of America and it's little Northern sister Canada, there are an alarming number of needy folks who don't get to enjoy the fruits of their labors on a regular basis. In these hard times, an alarming 15...
Tim Lincecum Goes Back-to-Back With Cy Young Award Honors
3 days ago by
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San Francisco Giants starter Tim Lincecum has won his second straight Cy Young Award and can now lend one to his video game doppelganger. Lincecum struck out a whopping 261 hitters over 32 starts that included four complete games and two shutouts. His 15 wins were a low total, indeed...
The Manager of the Year Award Winners Failed to Excite Me
3 days ago by
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Mike Scioscia, who led his Los Angeles Angels of Angelheim to a tidy division title despite the untimely loss of one of his employees, won the AL Manager of the Year award. Jim Tracy, who led his Colorado Rockies to a tidy Wild Card spot despite the untimely mishandling of the team...
Merry Christmas From MLB's Marketing Department!
3 days ago by
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With retailers already stocking Christmas decorations and Christmas specials already airing on TV, it's time your friends at Walkoff Walk got into the act! Let's kick off the Christmas season by mercilessly mocking this article from MLB.com about the Virtual Catalog.
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Zack Greinke Wins Cy Young Award in Convincing Fashion
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Kansas City starting pitcher Zack Greinke has won the American League Cy Young Award thanks to a superior and dominant season despite a lack of support from a poorly assembled Royals team. Greinke received 25 of 28 first place votes for a whopping 134 total points. Look, he beat out...
Addressing Baseball's Broken Systems: The Draft
4 days ago by
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Given all the talk about baseball economics and unfair advantages afforded to deep-pocketed clubs, and Chief Wahoo's passionate screed and the equally dismissive passionate commentary that followed, I thought I'd take a couple ideas I've had kicking around my head and see...
The Tyranny of Batting Average: Chris Coghlan Wins NL ROY
5 days ago by
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Because Florida Marlins outfielder Chris Coghlan hit .321 on the season, highest among NL rookies and in the top five overall, the good folks at BBWAA decided to award him with the 2009 National League Rookie of the Year award. Nevermind the fact that Pirates rookie outfielder Andrew...
The Walkoff Walk 2009 Thievin' Creampuff Awards
5 days ago by
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I understand the following is sort of arbitrary and doesn't mean that much. OR DOES IT????
I took the top 50 position player salaries for 2009 and then I divided them by games played. Its one thing to get injured alot. It's an entirely nother thing to be a dole ridin'...
Yes, But Will He Be Making Me An Offer I Can't Refuse?
6 days ago by
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Just like last week I'll leave you with an inherently hysterical image. This time it's courtesy of the other fearless leader, Kris, who noticed that there was something rather unusual about Todd Helton's Baseball-Reference page, hastily screen-grabbed with terrible MS...
Matt Holliday Scorns Your "Sustainability"
6 days ago by
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Matt Holliday is really quite good at this thing called "baseball." Attempts to catch meaningful fly balls with his taint aside, the dude can flat out hit. Yes, I am being Captain Obvious, but I feel it's a necessary frame of reference to begin eviscerating myself...
Whither The Love For Mike Cameron?
7 days ago by
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I was perusing the SI.com archives from Jon Heyman (aka The Boras Propaganda Machine) and found myself re-reading his nominations for the top 20 MLB free agents going into 2010. The names you'd expect were all featured about where they should have been, but one name struck me...
State With Huge Mall Brings You Ballpark That Feels Like Huge Mall
8 days ago by
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Come on along with Dave Lee of WCCO Radio as he takes you on a personal tour of the Minnesota Twins' new ballpark, Target Field! Open air baseball in Minneapolis? Sure!
Seats that hang over the playing field? Obstructed views in the right field seats? A Budweiser party deck...
Bat Attack Roundup: Friday November 13, 2009
8 days ago by
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Boy it's sure been a long time since we did a Bat Attack Roundup. Since these things were instituted in the hopes of keeping our readers safe, I guess that means we just don't care about you that much any more. I kid!
But, what better time to bring it back than Free For...
Sports Challenge with Legendary Yankees Players - 1972
8 days ago by
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Your Classic TV post for today features the Joe McCarthy era Yankees of Joe DiMaggio, Lefty Gomez, and Tommy Heinrich going up against the Casey Stengel era Yankees of Mickey Mantle, Hank Bauer, and Billy Martin in this episode of Sports Challenge from 1972.
Dick Enberg hosted...
That Dock Ellis Animated Short You've Been Hearing About
8 days ago by
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Courtesy of a million different sports blogs but specifically the good folks at No Mas comes this spectacular animated interview with Dock Ellis, he of the no-hitter pitched while stoned on acid. James Blagden did a heckuva good job putting this video together. Please to enjoy...
Give A Hoot, Institute Baseball Replay!
9 days ago by
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An umpire's job is difficult and thankless. Thanks to the miracle of instant replay, however, we also know an umpire's job is also incredibly easy to screw up, even at the highest level (Major League Baseball) at the most important time (the playoffs).
Earlier this year...
Lower Player Salaries Will Not Mean Lower Hot Dog Prices
10 days ago by
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The last time we wrote a screed against collusion it was to defend (for the umpteenth time) the honor of Barry Bonds. A year later, we're talking about it because new MLBPA head Michael Weiner is accusing owners of colluding through new ways: the media we all love and trust so...
The Second Annual Walkoff Walk Gilded Leather Awards
11 days ago by
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It was just over one year ago that frustration out of the annual Gold Glove shitshow prompted the Walkoff Walk Gilded Leather Awards. We handed out awards to the fielders we felt were best at each of their positions and leagues.
Bill James and his cadre of rosin-stained wretches...
Site News You Can't Use: Walkoff Walk Reorganizes Its Sock Drawer
12 days ago by
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Hold onto your hats, Walkoff Walk has decided to change its format for the upcoming long winter ahead. Instead of regurgitating rumours and printing vapidly pointless posts with ginormous blockquotes, we are going to switch to one post per day, with contributions from each member...
Yankees Celebration Hangover Edition
12 days ago by
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Just in case you've forgotten by now, the Yankees won the World Series five days ago, prompting a veritable avalanche of parades, media appearances, and attendance at professional basketball games. First, Derek Jeter, Jorge Posada, and Andy Pettitte visited Dave Letterman at the...
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