During the third inning of the game between the St. Louis Cardinals and Pittsburgh Pirates at PNC Park on Friday, April 4, one fan made a catch he probably won’t forget.
After Matt Carpenter hit a foul ball, a fan used his tub of popcorn to make the catch. You can see the video below.
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During the Freeway Series game between the Los Angeles Dodgers and Los Angeles Angels on Friday, March 28, fans and players began to react to earthquake tremors.
Dodgers announcer Vin Scully didn’t seem too worried, however, as he calmly continued to talk through the tremors like a true professional. You can watch the whole thing in the video below.
Play never stopped, and the Dodgers wound up winning in the 10th inning.
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During an exhibition game between the Los Angeles Angels and Dodgers, Hanley Ramirez hit a foul ball into the stands behind first base.
This was no friendly pop-up, but one fan was able to lay out and sacrifice his body to make the line-drive catch, which you can see in the video below.
Despite an early 3-0 lead in the first inning, the Angels ended up losing 5-4 to the Dodgers in 10 innings.
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That looks healthy.
The Tampa Bay Rays are offering fans an opportunity to win two free tickets to a game, along with a shirt. However, in order for them to win, they have to eat a massive four-pound burger along with a pound of fries.
Good luck, everyone.
[Twitter, h/t The Consumerist]
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Mark Trumbo of the Arizona Diamondbacks has played a number of positions during his career, but it looks like he isn’t exactly the most consistent outfielder.
While playing in left field, Scott Van Slyke of the Los Angeles Dodgers crushed a ball deep in Trumbo’s direction. Trumbo overestimated the distance of the ball, leaping all the way up on top of the fence.
Unfortunately for Trumbo, the ball didn’t come close to where he was, falling short of the wall. Van Slyke ended up coasting into second base for the easy double.
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How badly do you want free tickets for life?
The Syracuse Chiefs—the International League team affiliated with the Washington Nationals—will be hosting a Carmelo’s Ink City Tattoo Night on July 1. Any fans who get a tattoo of the team’s logo that night will get free tickets for life to Chiefs games.
That’s right. Free tickets for the rest of your days.
Fans won’t have to pay to get the tattoo at the game, so there’s a chance more than a few people actually take the Chiefs up on this offer.
[Twitter, h/t CBS Sports]
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The Miami Marlins and Boston Red Sox have been getting into it recently during spring training. Now, Red Sox owner John Henry has joined in.
According to Juan C. Rodriguez of the Sun Sentinel (h/t Nate Scott of For The Win), Miami executives were outraged when the Red Sox essentially fielded an entire starting lineup of minor league players after the Marlins had charged fans premium prices to watch the defending World Series champions.
In response, Henry tweeted just eight words to sufficiently burn the Marlins.
[Twitter, h/t For The Win]
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Former Chicago Bears linebacker Brian Urlacher was at spring training with the Los Angeles Angels in Arizona on Friday, shagging fly balls and even hitting some balls during batting practice before the team’s game against the Chicago Cubs.
Fox Sports provided a video on their Facebook page.
According to Alden Gonzalez from MLB.com, Urlacher had this to say about attending practice with the Angels:
I hit the ball more than I missed, which was good. I wanted to take one out, but I think I got to the warning track one time. It’s amazing how much those bats vibrate — I guess if you’re hitting the ball on the wrong spot of the bat, it’s going to happen. But it was awesome, man. It was so cool to be out there.
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The future of MLB analytics is finally here.
During the MIT Sloan Sports Analytics Conference in Boston, MLB Advanced Metrics (MLBAM) CEO Bob Bowman unveiled a brand-new player tracking system that will keep track of every play on the field and include things like the path of the ball, the ball’s speed off the bat, the route efficiency of outfielders and a lot more.
You can see a video example below from a great play made by Atlanta Braves outfielder Jason Heyward last season.
For fans who love to dive into stats, this is a dream come true.
[MLB.com, h/t Hardball Talk]
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With the San Francisco Giants taking individual pictures for photo day, starting pitcher Tim Lincecum decided to not shave his upper lip, giving us this very awkward mustache that we will likely see throughout the season whenever he’s on the mound.
Lincecum won’t be the first Giants pitcher to rock questionable facial hair. Barry Zito used to have quite a strange mustache back in 2011.
Of course, the craziest facial hair belonged to Brian Wilson, who had one of the biggest beards imaginable as the team’s closer.
Still, at least Zito and Wilson had a noteworthy amount of facial hair. Meanwhile, Lincecum’s mustache is almost too thin to count.
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