Baseball

San Francisco Giants shortstop Brian Bocock found a wonder drug for treating a circulation disorder in his hand: Viagra. “The doctors had me on baby aspirin, anti-inflammatories, blood thinners, and, well … Viagra,” Bocock told the San Jose Mercury News. … “It was a low dose – just 25 milligrams – but I had to […]

At least that’s what the folks at Baseball Prospectus predict in their preseason baseball rankings. BP is a well-respected source for baseball lovers, which nailed Tampa’s rise last season by picking them to win 90+ games. Among the BP editors is stats genius (and total cutie) Nate Silver, whose brilliant political website fivethirtyeight.com was scary-good […]

Joe Torre, then manager of the Los Angeles Dodgers, wanted gay players to come out in 2009.

In the uproar over the salaries of Wall Street CEOs getting millions in compensation as they lead their companies into the financial toilet, this little nugget escaped attention. Until now, that is. Bud Selig, the lukewarm baseball commish, got a $3 million raise that boosted his compensation to $18.35 million. That means he made more […]

Via Deadspin, we learn that the fomer Dodgers and Mets catcher Mike Piazza is writing his autobiography. Piazza is perhaps most well known for his bizarre 2002 press conference where he declared he was not gay. Piazza started a bit of a trend among jocks publicly declaring their heterosexuality, then marrying Playboy Playmates (see also: […]

Joe Guckin did a great recap of the Phillies winning the World Series, Philadelphia’s first major championship since 1983. But I wanted to give a shout out to fans who have been with Outsports from the start (I have no idea who the guy in the photo is, but he can join our team any […]

Philadelphia championship drought update: It's been ZERO years, ZERO days, a little over two hours, since a Philadelphia team has won a championship in one of the four major sports. I don't know how we Philadelphians can stand this much longer. (At this point in this post I'm clicking on one of the various emoticons […]

In 1980, when all of Philadelphia celebrated the Phillies' first World Series championship, the series ended on October 21st. Back then, there were no Wild Cards, so there was no Division Series, and the League Championship Series was a best-of-5 set. With the additional playoff round and 7-game LCS, it's now October 22nd and tonight […]

The Tampa Bay Rays completed their improbable climb from worst to first by beating the Boston Red Sox, 3-1, in Game 7 to win the American League Championship Series. The Rays will host the Philadelphia Phillies in Game 1 of the World Series starting Wednesday. Tampa has never been in the World Series and Philadelphia […]

With two outs in the seventh inning, the Tampa Bay Rays led the Boston Red Sox, 7-0. Up 3-1 in their American League Championship Series, the Rays looked like they were going to coast into the franchise’s first World Series. Then, they collapsed, losing 8-7 in the ninth inning and sending the series back to […]

The Tampa Bay Rays are making a mockery of the American League Championship Series, taking a 3-1 lead after blowing out the Boston Red Sox in Game 4, 13-4. In winning three straight games, the Rays have scored an astonishing 31 runs against Boston pitching that was said to be playoff tested. The Sox came […]

Two games in, four baseball teams are already on the verge of having their playoff runs ended. But while each of the four Division Series stands at 2-0, they haven't been without some surprises. While it's not much of a surprise (even to an admittedly biased observer such as myself) that the Philadelphia Phillies are […]

There is no North American pro sports franchise that has gagged more than the Chicago Cubs, who will now have gone 101 years without winning a World Series. The Cubs lost to the Los Angeles Dodgers, 3-1, and were swept in the first round of the National League (3-0). The Cubs were only the second […]

Baseball's regular season is over … almost. Seven playoff spots are set, with only the American League Central race between Chicago and Minnesota unresolved. Minnesota leads Chicago by one-half game, and the White Sox have a makeup game set Monday against Detroit. If Chicago wins, they play Minnesota Tuesday for the Central crown. A loss […]

Once upon a time, I played in the local gay softball league (over 20 years ago), but dropped out after two years for reasons I won't go into now. This year, in part because I lost some weight, I decided to play again. When I was assigned to my team, they asked me what number […]

A year after being dumped as manager of the New York Yankees, manager Joe Torre has the Los Angeles Dodgers on the verge of winning the National League West while his old team will miss the playoffs for the first time in 13 years. Torre no longer has to deal with an erratic owner or […]

There are three baseball playoff spots still up for grabs, and three excellent games tonight only made things more interesting going into the final weekend of the season. In the AL Central, the Minnesota Twins finished off a three-game sweep of the Chicago White Sox at the Metrodome in thrilling fashion. The Twins clawed their […]

Recovery from the effects of Hurricane Ike continue, not just in Texas and Louisiana but in other states as the remnants of the storm raced north. The death toll has risen past 50, with two-thirds of the deaths occurring outside of Texas. Hundreds of thousands of homes and businesses in Ohio, Kentucky, Indiana and western […]

With two weeks left in the regular season there's a lot of excitement still to be found in major league baseball. Sunday night, Carlos Zambrano of the Chicago Cubs no-hit the Houston Astros, 5-0. Zambrano hadn't pitched September 2 due to a sore rotator cuff, making the feat even more amazing. It's the first Cubs […]

Yesterday's Braves-Marlins game started at a little after 1 pm. The announced attendance — which is based on tickets sold — was 11,211. However, at the start of the game only about 600 people were in the seats at Dolphin Stadium. Before the game, reports the Associated Press, Marlins players were guessing as to how […]