I have often wondered why more players don’t get hurt in those wild baseball celebrations after a game-winning hit. We saw such a thing happen to Kendry Morales of the Los Angeles Angels, who had just hit a game-winning grand slam home run Saturday. As he rounded the bases, a sun-splashed crowd cheering his every [...]
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Is this Evan Longoria’s penis?
The wonders of the Internet never cease. Over at the website Boston Barstool Sports is a post that links to a picture allegedly of the penis of Tampa Bay Rays star Evan Longoria (link below). If true, this continues a glorious tradition of jocks showing their stuff. Writes the Barstool Blogger: Anyways, few years back, [...]
Baseball players polled on gay teammates
ESPN polled Major League Baseball players on what they think the reaction in the clubhouse would be to having a gay teammate and the reaction was mixed. On a scale of 1-10, with 1 being no big deal and 10 it being a huge deal, the average was 5.1. A 5 on the scale grabbed [...]
Video: David Wright, “The Situation” work out
Vitamin Water has a YouTube video showing New York Mets star David Wright working out with Mike “The Situation” Sorrentino from MTV’s “The Jersey Shore.” Sorrentino, as befits his character, is shirtless almost the whole commercial, but Wright never shows us whether his abs can match those of “The Situation.” Share on Facebook
A gay baseball fan’s top hotties
Justin, who writes the blog A Gay College Guy in Virginia, lists his eight hottest baseball players, in time for the start of the season. His top hottie is David Wright of the New York Mets (right). And for my number one, David Wright! Dude is amazing looking and is a great ball player. … [...]
S.I. — Phillies over Rays in World Series
The Philadelphia Phillies’ two-year reign as National League champs ended this week when Sports Illustrated came out with its baseball preview issue. The magazine picked the Phillies to beat the Tampa Bay Rays in the World Series, a replay of the 2008 season. Given S.I.’s track record of making picks and the infamous S.I. cover [...]
Gay nights not just for major league teams
Last week I attended a preview of a local production of “Take Me Out,” the story of a major league baseball player who suddenly comes out of the closet. This particular night also promoted local gay-supportive theater groups. To my pleasant surprise, along with the Playbill-style program was an insert for the Camden (NJ) Riversharks’ [...]
HBO talks with transgender sportswriters
Tonight’s episode of Real Sports with Bryant Gumbel features a segment called “The Big Switch,” about three transgender sportswriters: Christina Kahrl of Baseball Prospectus; Bobbie Dittmeier of MLB.com; and the late Christine Daniels of the Los Angeles Times. When they came out as transgender, they formed an unlikely sisterhood. And, as Gumbel says in the [...]
Sammy Sosa’s new improved(?) bleached look
Former Major League Baseball player Sammy Sosa insists he’s not trying to turn into Michael Jackson, but does say he’s undergoing skin bleaching. Photos of Sosa looking pasty appeared recently and it was not because of Halloween. “He is going through a rejuvenation process for his skin,” former Cubs employee Rebecca Polihronis, who talks frequently [...]
Dem in White House = Yankees title
I don’t have much to say about the New York Yankees winning the World Series in six games over the Philadelphia Phillies since I watched almost none of it. But I did find an interesting coincidence — the Yankees only win when there is a Democrat in the White House. Since winning the 1958 World [...]
Joe’s World Series Preview
We’ve got quite a matchup for the 2009 World Series: the New York Yankees vs. the Philadelphia Phillies. Broadway vs. Broad Street. The Bronx vs. South Philly. The City That Never Sleeps vs. The City Of Brotherly Love. The Big Apple vs. The Big Scrapple. (I thought of that last one myself, although I’m pretty [...]
Pick the World Series winner
The World Series starts Wednesday in New York featuring the Yankees against the Phillies. I take the Yankees in six. Takw our World Series poll: Share on Facebook
Photo: A-Rod squeezes Jeter’s butt
Yep, the headline is accurate. From a screen capture of the Yankees-Angels game sent on the Twitter feed of Bill Simmons of ESPN. Thanks to Druggy Bear for the link. Provide your own caption: Share on Facebook
Drag performer sings anthem at SF Giants game
The Twitter feed for the Queers United blog (“the activist blog uniting the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Queer, Intersexual, Asexual community & Allies in the fight for equality”) had a link to this blog post from Joe.My.God. Donna Sachet, described on the blog as a “San Francisco drag legend,” sang the national anthem before a [...]
Video: Amazing baseball prediction comes true
Mike Blowers is an analyst for the Seattle Mariners baseball broadcasts. Each game he picks who he thinks will be the player of the game. Sunday, he highlighted little-known Matt Tuiasosopo, predicting he would hit his first Major League home run. Into left-center field. Into the second deck. On his second at-bat. On a 3-1 [...]
A Gay Athlete’s Life: Ballplayer calling it quits
I have been meaning to write about one of my favorite blogs, A Gay Athlete’s Life, which details the story of a closeted Major League Baseball player. His announcement Tuesday that he is likely calling it quits for his career is as good a time as any. The blog, which is four years old, deals [...]
Boston Red Sox endorse hazing
There are few stories that come across my inbox that make me more mad than hazing stories. The latest comes from yet another sports franchise that “prides” itself on its hazing tradition: The Boston Red Sox. In the latest round, last Thursday they forced the rookies to dress up like characters from The Wizard Of [...]
Nats’ cap a sign of terrorism?
I’ve written many times here about the travails of the Washington Nationals, the team with the worst record in baseball this season. Now, courtesy of Deadspin and the Washington Post, comes news that the Nationals’ “W” logo has been construed as a symbol of terrorism. It seems that Tyler Allard, an aide to Rep. Jim [...]
Unassisted triple play ends game
For only the second time in Major League Baseball history, a game ended on an unassisted triple play. It was turned by Eric Brunlett of the Philadelphia Phillies in a 9-7 win Sunday against the New York Mets. The only other one occurred in 1927. Video: Share on Facebook
Cubs fans: losers, not so lovable
Well, well, well. Once again we have one of those moments that, if it happened in Philadelphia, would result in days of media outrage. Since it didn’t, even if it is talked about on ESPN, MLB Network, et al, it’ll be forgotten by tomorrow. With the bases loaded and one out in the bottom of [...]