I came across a cool blog a while back written by two guys in Atlanta called My Boyfriend Likes Baseball. Kevin Hart is the guy who likes baseball (especially the Braves), while his partner Joey Orr has become a fan thanks to Kevin. I asked them to write an article about the blog, their relationship [...]
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The Mets, Lady Gaga and Jerry Seinfeld
Lady Gaga went gonzo at a Mets game the other day, popping the finger to photographers and then making out with a woman (much more interesting than a Mets game). The Mets moved her from her original seats since she was being besieged by paparazzi. This is where Jerry Seinfeld comes in. She was moved [...]
Umpire’s blown call costs perfect game
Detroit Tigers pitcher Armando Galarraga was chasing a perfect game Wednesday. He had retired the first 26 Cleveland Indians he had faced, and the 27th batter, Jason Donald, hit a ball down the first base line. Miguel Cabrera, fielded it and tossed to Galarraga, whose touched the bag first. Perfect game? Nope. “Safe,” yelled umpire [...]
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 [...]
How the new SC nominee ended MLB fans’ agony
Let me make it clear that I don’t want to discuss in any way the political ramifications of today’s nomination of Judge Sonia Sotomayor to the U.S. Supreme Court by President Barack Obama. However, there’s a sports angle here. She played a major role in the end of the most disastrous work stoppage in the [...]
World Series games to start earlier
One of my sports pet peeves has been the starting time and length of postseason baseball games, particularly the World Series. It has always been baseball’s showcase event and, in those olden days when games were played on weekday afternoons, kids of all ages and the young-at-heart would skip work or school, or sneak a [...]
MLB Network clown apologizes
Last year, one or two of you may recall, I watched and reviewed for this blog a broadcast of every major league baseball team as well as ESPN, TBS and Fox. Generally, I was (and continue to be) disdainful of the “new-school” announcers who are too busy being clever and cracking one-liners instead of concentrating [...]
Little League to pay fine for Nats’ outfielder
Is it my imagination or am I writing more items lately about the Washington Nationals than the Phillies, the team I care about more than any other (and the defending World Series Champions)? What can I say? The odd tales that are coming out of DC just seem to intrigue me more. The latest involves [...]
The Voice of the Phillies is silent
At right is a picture of me (wearing the Outsports cap) with Phillies broadcaster Harry Kalas, taken at the Phillies Phestival charity event in 2003. The impression I came away with from that brief meeting was that, besides being such a terrific play-by-play announcer, he was truly a gentleman in every sense of the word. [...]
Nats want park filled — by Phillies fans
I thought it was a bit odd when, while logged onto my Facebook page a few minutes ago, I noticed an ad that said something like “Phils-Nats in DC, deals on tickets and parking for April 13, 15, 16.” Now I see why: earlier in the day, Washington Nationals president Stan Kasten appeared on the [...]
New York’s saviors, Day 1
For baseball fans, every Opening Day brings a sense of optimism, an expectation that this will be the year that our team comes through. “Every team’s tied for first right now,” we say, “We all have 0-0 records.” Even fans of teams in small markets, teams that can’t (or won’t) spend money on free agents [...]
Baseball 2009: NL preview
Having already explained away the American League, now let’s look at the National League. In the interest of trying to provide some drama to what many will likely find to be a very obvious conclusion on my part…ummm, I mean, because I’m feeling whimsical, I’ve reversed the order. I’m starting with the West, and going [...]
Baseball 2009: AL preview
On Sunday night the 2009 Major League Baseball season officially begins, in the ballpark where the 2008 season ended. But I’ll discuss the defending World Series Champions later. For now, let’s look at the American League. I make no promises about the quality or accuracy of these predictions. AL EAST 1. Tampa Bay Rays: I [...]
Nats look like J-Lo now, says Tavarez
Back in April 2001, then-Cubs pitcher Julian Tavarez ripped San Francisco fans who booed him in a game by saying, “Why should I care about the fans? They’re a bunch of assholes and faggots here.” The next day he apologized, but he still rated 2.5 out of 5 Rockers on the Outsports Anti-Gay List (the [...]
Bob Costas leaves HBO for MLB
Like a new baseball team trying to make a splash with a big free-agent signing, the new MLB Network has added Bob Costas to its on-air roster. Costas has signed a cable-exclusive deal with the network, which made its debut on January 1. This means Costas he will no longer appear on HBO (or CNN, [...]