She wasn’t happy about it.
Watch as a guy in the stands spills his beer all over his date while going for a foul ball during the fifth inning of Monday’s Rockies-Diamondbacks game. The worst part? The guy next to them ended up with the ball.
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Former New York Yankees second baseman Robinson Cano will play his first game against his former team when the Seattle Mariners return to Yankee Stadium on Tuesday, April 29.
Jimmy Fallon wanted to give Yankees fans a chance to show how they really feel about his departure by letting them boo him. Fallon did not, however, tell these booing fans that the real Cano could hear everything.
Lots of the tough guys in this video have a quick change of heart when Cano comes out from behind the poster.
[The Tonight Show with Jimmy Fallon, h/t The Big Lead]
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Jose Abreu has a lot of power, and the Chicago White Sox rookie showed that to the Tampa Bay Rays on Friday night.
The game was tied 4-4 entering the ninth inning. Tampa Bay put two runs on the board in the top of the inning to go up 6-4, but closer Grant Balfour couldn’t hold the lead. After Chicago put a run on the board to make it a 6-5 game, Abreu—who hit a solo home run earlier in the game—came to the plate with two outs and the bases loaded.
Abreu sent the hometown crowd—and White Sox announcer Hawk Harrelson—home happy with a walk-off grand slam:
The rookie’s grand slam gave the White Sox a 9-6 victory.
Abreu’s two home runs give him nine on the season, which ties him with Los Angeles Angels first baseman Albert Pujols for the most in the majors. His six RBI give him 27 for the season and put him in a tie atop Major League Baseball with the Miami Marlins’ Giancarlo Stanton.
[MLB.com]
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New York Yankees starting pitcher Michael Pineda was recently suspended 10 games after not so subtly using pine tar from his neck against the Boston Red Sox.
Olympic women’s hockey silver medalist Meghan Duggan made light of the move by rubbing her neck before throwing out the first pitch prior to the Red Sox game against New York on Thursday.
You can watch footage of Pineda‘s incident below. Did Duggan do a good impression?
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Giancarlo Stanton is no stranger to hitting long home runs. This solo shot off of Jonathan Pettibone in the 5th inning was no different, landing above the outfield seats in the concession area.
Stanton wasn’t finished, as he added a two-run shot in the 7th inning. What an impressive display of power from the young star.
[MLB]
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Cincinnati Reds center fielder Billy Hamilton is already considered the fasest player in Major League Baseball, but how does he compare to someone like Deion Sanders?
MLB Tonight made the video above comparing Hamilton and Sanders on the basepaths after hitting a triple. Hamilton was able to beat Sanders by a fraction of a second.
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Hermes, a company well known for fine leather goods and accessories, is now selling a very expensive baseball glove and bat.
The glove is made with gold swift calfskin; it took 25 hours to stitch and costs $14,100, per the company’s website.
They are also selling an ash wood bat with more gold swift calfskin around the handle for $1,925.
Now, we’ve got to ask, with all the millionaires in MLB, who will be the first to buy?
[Hermes, h/t Big League Stew]
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April 8 will always have a special place in the hearts of baseball fans everywhere.
The Atlanta Braves’ Hank Aaron had hit 40 home runs in the 1973 season to put him at 713 career home runs. When the 1974 campaign began, all eyes were on the slugger to see how long it would would take for him to hit two home runs to break Babe Ruth’s all-time record.
On this date in 1974, Aaron hit home run No. 715 off Los Angeles Dodgers pitcher Al Downing to become the home run king:
Aaron’s career record of 755 home runs would stand until San Francisco Giants slugger Barry Bonds eclipsed the mark in 2007.
According to the New York Daily News’ Anthony McCarron, the Braves will celebrate the 40th anniversary of the record-breaking home run with a pregame ceremony before Tuesday’s game against the New York Mets. The Braves are also wearing a commemorative “715” patch on their jerseys this season.
[MLB]
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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.
[MLB.com]
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There has been a lot of debate in recent years about whether professional sports teams should change their Native American nicknames and logos.
The Cleveland Indians have been phasing out their Chief Wahoo logo in recent seasons, but some fans have continued to dress up in its likeness.
The photo above appears to have been taken at a protest across from Progressive Field before the Indians’ home opener on Friday.
The Associated Press identified the person to the left in the photo as Robert Roche, an Apache Native American.
[Twitter, h/t The Big Lead, The Associated Press]
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