Posts Tagged ‘Opening Day’

A Derek Lowe Sighting Means One Thing

Monday, April 6th, 2009

What does it mean? I’ll tell you: baseball (I almost typed “basketball” right there) is officially back. While today is considered Opening Day, last night’s game between the Atlanta Braves and the World Champion Philadelphia Phillies was evidently the opening act. Call it “Opening Night” if you want. As for [...]

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Welcome Back, Welcome Back, Welcome Back

Tuesday, April 1st, 2008

In case that rock you’ve been living under only gets March Madness news, Major League Baseball officially returned yesterday, and I don’t think it went by unnoticed. In fact, I’m sure of it.
Some minor thoughts of a baseball fledgling:
Will Johan Santana have trouble adjusting to the National League? Not so much.
His name is [...]

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Baseballs on Juice

Thursday, March 27th, 2008

Thanks to a great find by NESW Sports (same folks that run SECFootballBlogger.com), we now know what will happen if you put a baseball on the juice. Observe:

I wonder how many home runs baseball would hit if it was on frappe…

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Say Konnichiha To Opening Day

Tuesday, March 25th, 2008

The Boston Red Sox rang in the new baseball season by beating the Oakland A’s in Japan last night/this morning, 6-5. The winning run was driven in by Manny… who was being Manny, I suppose. The two teams finish off their double-header tonight/tomorrow morning before returning back home.
Unfortunately for the A’s, the Japanese [...]

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The Popularity of the Detroit Tigers is Very Apparent

Thursday, March 6th, 2008

The Detroit Tigers are a popular entity now, thanks to a recent trip to the World Series and an off-season that saw them acquire players like Dontrelle Willis and Miguel Cabrera. So much so, their ticket distribution has been incredibly demanding; especially for Opening Day.

For example:
Club spokesman Rob Matwick also says the [...]

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Repeatable Feat?

Monday, March 3rd, 2008

Just in time for the fast-approaching Opening Day: This little gem was pointed out by Barstool Sports, and they ask whether or not this is the Best Catch Ever?

I’m not sure if “best ever” qualifies, but damn, that was an incredible baseball catch. If I had been there, I would’ve celebrated just like [...]

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