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The Phillie Phanatic took out the Racing Sausages with a running butt attack

I love the Phillie Phanatic. I enjoy the Brewers’ Famous Racing Sausages. Put the two together (even though the Sausages in this occasion weren’t authentic), and you have all the makings of a chaotic atmosphere, especially when the Phanatic decides to do his best impression of a pro wrestler and take out the Sausages with a running, flying butt attack. Perfection.

Adam Jones doesn’t think Masahiro Tanaka is anything special

“Why don’t you ask Tanaka about me? I’m the one who’s been over here in the major leagues for a while. Congratulations, he did it over there. Don’t make it like he’s the dirtiest guy in the world.”

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“Am I [supposed] to go home and say I faced Tanaka tonight?” he said. “Just go throw a party that I faced Tanaka? It’s another pitcher. Another pitcher in the rotation. Nothing special to me. It’s just another guy that we have to go through to get to where we want to be.”

-Baltimore Orioles center fielder Adam Jones, before and after going 1/3 with a single, two strikeouts, and six swings and misses against New York Yankees starting pitcher Masahiro Tanaka on Wednesday night (via Newsday)

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The Jose Fernandez Curveball: Baseball’s most unhittable pitch?

Major League Baseball has seen something of a revolution in the last couple of years, with a sizable influx of young pitching making its way to the show. Of these young arms, it’s difficult to identify any of them as more exciting to watch than Jose Fernandez. In fact, it’s damn near impossible. The ace of […]

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Dugout Digest – parity

The American League East was supposed to be competitive – we all knew that. But I don’t think any of us expected *this* – through the first week of the season, all five teams in the division are separated by just one game. The Blue Jays lead the pack at 5-4, the Rays are behind […]

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Josh Hamilton out 6-8 weeks with torn thumb ligament

Never slide head-first into first base, kids. Josh Hamilton is the latest cautionary tale against this practice, injuring his left thumb in the Angels’ 5-3 loss to the Mariners Tuesday night. An MRI exam on Wednesday revealed a complete tear of the ulnar collateral ligament in the thumb,

Adam Jones took part in some gluttony at the MLB Fan Cave

During Tuesday night’s episode of MLB Off the Bat on MTV2, Adam Jones participated in a giant donut eating contest alongside hosts Melanie Iglesias and Chris Distefano. After watching this, my only question is, “where can I get one of those donuts?” The damn things are the size of inner tubes!

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Thinking of ways to shorten ballgames is opening up the crazy jar

Do baseball games need to be shorter? I’m presuming most everyone would like to see MLB contests clock in at less than three hours. It feels like something of a relief any time that happens. Yet some would like to see shorter ballgames become a far more regular occurrence and are willing to consider drastic […]

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Dugout Digest – sweet, beautiful revenge

During today’s Phillies home opener, the Philadelphia faithful let Ryan Braun of the Brewers have it. Like, they let Braun *have it* – the boos were deafening. But there’s really no better way to silence a loud, angry crowd than to perform well at the dish, and that’s exactly what the 2011 NL MVP did. […]

Joey Votto did an interview as a Mountie

http://youtu.be/Asf5Exg94NI

Cincinnati Reds first baseman Joey Votto was on Intentional Talk today before the Reds-Cardinals game, and he did his interview with Kevin Millar and Chris Rose dressed like a Mountie, hitting every Canadian stereotype you can imagine. This is pretty amazing.

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