Bryan LaHair may never have to buy another beer in Des Moines after tonight’s performance. The Iowa Cubs’ first baseman etched his name into the team’s record books tonight with a 6th inning solo home run off of Nashville’s Daniel Meadows, his 38th of the year. That’s more than any other player ever to don […]

August has been a really, really bad month for social media savvy athletes. Just weeks after the Marlins demoted Logan Morrison despite the fact that he was among the team leaders in a number of different categories, the Tampa Bay Rays have cut ties with pitcher Dirk Hayhurst. Hayhurst, also known as The Garfoose on his popular […]

The words “beer vendor” and “hero” aren’t used in concert very frequently. Unless of course you’re drunk and need another cold one to keep the momentum going. Then again, rarely does a beer vendor get a moment in the sun quite like the one Emmanuel Marlow got at a recent Washington Nationals game. The Washington […]

Baseball’s answer to Father Time hopes to give the clock one more spin in reverse. MLB.com’s Todd Zolecki is reporting that 48-year-old Jamie Moyer will be rehabbing from his recent Tommy John surgery in Clearwater at the Phillies’ facilities with the goal of being on a Major League roster next season. Moyer is a free […]

The Big Donkey appears, at least for now, to be banished to the barn. After months of speculation, the White Sox finally called up top prospect Dayan Viciedo over the weekend. Viciedo had been setting Triple-A on fire, hitting .296 with 20 HR and 78 RBI in 119 games for the Charlotte Knights. Those kinds […]

In order to make history, sometimes you’ve gotta do more than just think outside of the box. In the Cubs’ case, with over 100 years of futility staring the team’s next general manager in the face, the team is going to have to do more than just sacrifice a couple of goats or eradicate the […]

(Ed. Note: If you are participating in the above activity, you look like an idiot. Also, photo not taken at Wrigley Field.) It takes a lot for my blood to boil while enjoying a Cubs game on a warm summer night at Wrigley Field. For all its faults, Wrigley is actually a fairly decent place […]

The Major League career of former University of Pittsburgh backup quarterback/punter Chris Jelic was nothing if not historically unremarkable. But how does an outfielder who hit .091 have a permanent spot in Major League Baseball’s record books? Retrosheet shows that Jelic finished his career with one hit in 11 at bats, striking out three times, […]

One of the greatest players in Little League history announced his retirement from professional sports today. But Chris Drury, the one-time ace of the 1989 Trumbull, CT Little League team that beat Chinese Taipei to win the 1989 Little League World Series, never grew up to be the Major League Baseball player that some thought […]

The most successful General Manager in the recent history of the Chicago Cubs is joining the rest of us on the unemployment line. The Cubs fired Jim Hendry this morning after a rollercoaster nine-year run, putting him out of his misery after his $100 million plus roster compiled a 54-70 record this season. Hendry says […]

Rarely in life does a grown man earning nearly $20 million a year to play a game closely resemble someone we’ve all had in our lives at some point. Professional athletes are supposed to be better than the common man. They’re supposed to be heroes, idols, rare talents with whom we’d never come into contact […]

It’s too bad there isn’t a reality show camera crew following around the North American Baseball League’s Lake County Fielders this season because it really would make for some fantastic entertainment. First the team’s manager quit prior to a game, then the acting manager decides to put together a lineup consisting of all pitchers in […]

Jim Hendry is a man, and you do not mess with men. Otherwise you may find yourself missing a good chunk of your salary. The Cubs placed Carlos Zambrano on the disqualified list this afternoon effective immediately. It’s a move that was a long time coming, one that was precipitated by his bizarre actions in […]