Minor League Baseball

The Toledo Mud Hens’ Chewbacca Jerseys are Unbelievable

by Reggie Noble on April 29, 2013 at 12:37pm

Drop everything you’re doing and make plans to be in Toledo for the Mud Hens’ “Star Wars” celebration this weekend. Why? Because on Saturday, the home...

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Minor League Baseball Team Boldy Introduces Urine-Controlled Video Games to Stadium Bathrooms

by Reggie Noble on March 26, 2013 at 12:05pm

The Lehigh Valley IronPigs just became my favorite minor league baseball team with news they’ve installed hands-free urinal games in Coca-Cola Park’s...

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Hamburger Suspended 50 Games

by Reggie Noble on February 26, 2013 at 11:23am

It’s been a pretty awful couple weeks for meat. We’ve got dead horses showing up in Britain and in IKEA meatballs ... and now this.

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Insane Umpire Ejects Stadium ‘Music Guy’ for Playing Non-Lyrical Version of ‘Three Blind Mice’

by J. Camm on August 2, 2012 at 10:20am

Quite possibly the best thing I've seen in weeks. A minor league, home-plate umpire ejecting a stadium employee because he played "three blind mice"...

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Minor League Baseball Manager Meltdowns Never Get Old

by Reggie Noble on July 28, 2012 at 8:41pm

Joe Mikulik is a minor league baseball manager with the ability to throw a big-league tantrum. You probably remember him as the guy who dove into, and...

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This is the Worst Possible Way to Lose a Baseball Game

by Reggie Noble on June 26, 2012 at 11:47am

This is a brutal way to lose a baseball game. It’s also a terribly stupid way to lose a baseball game. Watch closely because I bet you’ve never seen...

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Bill Murray Dives on Tarp During Minor League Rain Delay, Is Chronically Awesome

by Brandon Wenerd on June 11, 2012 at 9:40am

Reason #4257 Bill Murray is The Man: Yesterday during the Charleston RiverDogs' rain delay, Murray entertained fans by using the infield tarp as a...

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These Angry, Profanity-Filled Wally Backman Speeches Never Get Old

by Brandon Wenerd on April 30, 2012 at 10:00am

Pretty sure we've posted every single one of these Wally Backman rants from the "Playing for Peanuts" documentary (see here, here, here, and here)....

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Minor League Pitching Coach Buddy York Drops About a Thousand F-Bombs in Post Game Speech

by J. Camm on March 26, 2012 at 10:00am

Almost a year to the day, Wally Backman gave a great f*ck-filled post game speech to his players. Well, when Wally was done, his pitching coach Buddy...

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Sports Anchor Can’t Say ‘Tacoma’ to Save His Life

by Ted Williams Head on February 24, 2012 at 12:00pm

Stuttering can be a terrible affliction, but generally people who stammer aren't on the evening news like this fine gentleman who sounds like an old...

baseball

Follow-Up: Kevin Costner Really, Really Sucks at Managing a Baseball Team

by Brandon Wenerd on August 11, 2011 at 1:55pm

Once upon a time, Kevin Costner made classic movies about baseball. Chasing Dreams. Bull Durham. Field of Dreams. For Love of the Game. The Upside of...