Minor leaguers upset by newest helmet styles not matching their purses

SYRACUSE – After a Saturday afternoon game, the Norfolk Tides had a team meeting regarding not only the game they lost but the elmets that they’ve been required wear due to a recent league-wide mandate. For starters, league office has passed a decision to enforce safety from concussions by requiring players to wear a larger [...]

Opposing pitcher falls asleep while facing Mariners

ST. PETERSBURG – Ken Griffey Jr. is not the only one falling asleep these days during Mariners games.
On Sunday, Tampa Bay Rays pitcher Matt Garza fell asleep while actually pitching to the Seattle line-up. Facing a line-up that ranks near the bottom in almost every offensive statistical category, Garza managed to pitch to the Mariners [...]

After perfect game, Dallas Braden upset with teammates for celebrating on mound

OAKLAND – Despite throwing only the 19th perfect game in Major League history to lead his team to a 4-0 win over the Tampa Bay Rays on Mother’s Day, Oakland Athletics pitcher was upset with his teammates for celebrating on the mound after the final out was recorded.
“That is my mound!” Braden told reporters after [...]

Radio chatter of plans to run on baseball field intercepted by local security intelligence

PHILADELPHIA – Latest news reports have featured a Phillies fan getting tased by stadium security and another getting subdued after they both ran on the field during a baseball game.
Critics across the states have been harsh on the violence executed by the police department by the tasing, deeming it unnecessary because the fan wasn’t armed. [...]

Eric Byrnes talked out of suicide squeeze attempt by suicide hotline

SEATTLE – When Ichiro Suzuki came flying down the line in the bottom of the 11th last Friday night in Seattle, the last thing he expected was batter Eric Byrnes to to take the pitch and pull the bat back in a failed suicide squeeze attempt. During a suicide squeeze attempt, the runner leaves from [...]

After opening day loss, Yankees to consider rebuilding

BOSTON – It couldn’t get anyworse for Yankees fans at Fenway park after the Yankees took 9-7 loss. They saw their favorite team crumble right before their very eyes.
After a successful previous season, many had the Yankees repeating their run again as they still have a healthy and fearsome squad lined up this season. However, [...]

Twins accidentally sign Mauer to eight-year, $184 million extension

FORT MEYERS, Fla – The Minnesota Twins have signed all-star catcher and 2009 American League MVP Joe Mauer to an extension worth $184 million over the next eight years. Joe Mauer jumped all over the opportunity to sign the contract as he was elated to be able to stay with his home town team for [...]

Ron Washington seen snorting 3rd base line

GLENDALE, AZ- Texas Rangers manager Ron Washington was spotted last week, on his hands and knees with his face buried in the third base line at the team’s spring facility, attempting to inhale the fair/foul line. Washington, who tested positive for cocaine in the summer of 2009 in a random MLB drug test, apparently thought [...]

Nationals pitcher Strasburg sent to minors to give MLB hitters a chance

VIERA, Fla- After striking out most of the Washington Nationals hitters during intrasquad scrimmages this spring, the team has sent their top pick, and top pitching prospect Stephen Strasburg to Double-A Harrisburg to start the season. Washington feared that with Strasburg dominating against his own team, the Nationals hitters would not get a chance to [...]

Declining rate of positive drug tests proving baseball is boring

PORT ST. LUCIE, Fla- At spring training facilities in Florida and Arizona, fans are grumbling about the lack ofexcitement in this season’s early games. Since Major League Baseball instituted its newest drug policy in 2006, the game has become uninteresting and more boring. With 50 game, 100 game, and lifetime bans awaiting players who test [...]

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