Madison Bumgarner, the larger-than-life ace of the San Francisco Giants, carries the backstory of the hero in a tall tale. He began chewing tobacco in the fifth grade; he got married in blue jeans; he chopped up a rattlesnake with an axe and saved the two baby bunnies he found inside. But one story has fascinated fans…
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Strong-as-hell swimming champion Katie Ledecky is from Washington D.C., and the Nationals invited her to come throw the first pitch tonight before their game against the Orioles. She arrived, as well she should, decked out in all five of her recently-acquired Olympic medals. Thankfully, Bryce Harper was kind enough to…
The time has come for one all to playyyyyy ball.
Sports babies like Riley Curry, Derrick Rose Jr., and T.J. Smith have been resting on their laurels lately, and haven’t done anything impossibly cute. That’s why my current favorite sports baby is Naya Fowler, the two-year-old child of Cubs outfielder Dexter Fowler and his wife Darya.
Apologies for the sudden, intense wave of longing for summer sunshine that just washed over you.
This week the members of Arizona State’s Alpha Chi Omega sorority divided the internet. The young women dared to take selfies at an Arizona Diamondbacks game instead of focusing their full attention on baseball. Those selfies proved highly controversial for some dumb reason. The least amused was, no doubt, the…
Close every museum and cut Revelations out of the Bible, because this video of Arizona State sorority girls taking nonstop selfies at a baseball game is the most accurate possible representation of our once-great civilization’s past (implicit but absent), present (lots of selfies), and future (inevitable, stunning…
Although 16-year-old Melissa Mayeux likely won’t be signed to play professional ball until she is 18, the French shortstop has already made history as the first woman to be added to Major League Baseball’s international registration list. And that is pretty fucking rad.
Before this video, I thought there were only two reasons to go to a baseball game: One, to eat as many garlic fries as possible before vomiting and 2, arguing with the people in front of you about something of no actual consequence. Now I know there are three reasons to go. The third reason? Glorious, shameless,…
I know a place in the Mojave Desert where there are rocks in the shape of Billy Martin. I visit the rocks every year to commemorate the return of spring. It makes perfect sense to me that the rocks are in the desert and not a mountain range or forest because the gone-but-not-forgotten Yankee manager was a kind of…
A Change.org petition signed by hundreds has led the Washington Nationals to reexamine the location they’ve designated for nursing mothers. The team has announced that women will soon have a much more appropriate place to feed their children and watch the game.
America, meet Joey Casselberry, former baseball player for Bloomsburg University and another unfortunate victim of the first amendment, which does not guarantee you the right to play college baseball. Especially when you call a 13-year-old a slut on social media. Good going, guy!
Little League phenom Mo'ne Davis has a book on the way entitled Mo'ne Davis: Remember My Name. Hitting shelves just in time for 2015's baseball season, the 13-year-old athlete is also starring in a car commercial directed by Spike Lee, who named his own daughter after the famous black baseball player, Satchel Paige.
Mo'ne Davis, Uzo Aduba, Debbie Harry, Chloe Sevigny, Christy Turlington Burns and more posed for Harper's Bazaar's Women Who Dare series. While the photos are lovely, I'm just thrilled to see Mo'ne any and everywhere. Baseball for everyone!
Mo'ne Davis, Sports Illustrated-anointed Little League star, unfortunately couldn't make it out of the third inning in her game last night. She remains better at baseball than 99.9 percent of Americans.
The Taney Dragons, representing Pennsylvania, will take on Nevada in a Little League World Series semifinal tonight. On the mound for the Dragons will be Mo'ne Davis, a 13-year-old girl whom you have surely heard of by now. You should be watching this game, because even though this is just little league baseball,…
Supermodel and John Legend's more photogenic half Chrissy Teigen was given the honor of throwing out the first pitch at the Los Angeles Dodgers game on Tuesday night. And, because the Sports Illustrated swimsuit issue cover girl later confessed she was "pretty drunk" right around the time she did it, it was awesome.
At Friday's White Sox game in Chicago, when Olympic gymnast McKayla Maroney threw out the ceremonial first pitch, she gave her throw a twist and added a little tumbling pass.
Yesterday, Agnes McKee became the oldest person to throw the first pitch at a San Diego Padres game. The 105-year-old had been practicing her pitch with the staff of her retirement community in San Diego, and the practice paid off. McKee threw a solid underhand toss but not before winding it up like a pro. …
