Soriano misses being booed, insults Chicago fans to get it back
In the fifth year of his eight-year $136 million deal Cubs left fielder Alfonso Soriano has been leading the team in home runs, is near the top of the Cubs RBI list, and has been playing better defensively, but apparently he’s missed the one thing he learned to embrace his last first years in Chicago: booing.
Mets to retire Bill Buckner’s number in August celebration
The Mets won Game Six 25 years ago this October when Buckner--playing first for the Red Sox--failed to corral a ground ball that trickled through his legs in the bottom of the 10th inning at Shea Stadium.
Pat Hughes provides amicable play-by-play for three hours of rain, sirens
"He joked that they would have left if Keith Moreland wasn't too cheap to split cab fare to a nearby fallout shelter. And then someone hit the cough button for about 30 seconds, but I’m pretty sure I still heard screaming.”
A-Rod caught making out with himself in the mirror again
Always a breath away from a controversy, Alex Rodriguez was again caught kissing himself in a Yankees locker room mirror, part of an apparent self-loving trend that began in 2009 with a now-infamous Details magazine mirror make-out photo.
Even in a loss, Cubs proud of 4 hour 35 minute Buehrle game
“We stretched out a Mark Buehrle start for over four hours," said a surprised manager Mike Quade. "How many other teams can say that?”
Heckler Comic: Ricketts not worried about Cubs
Cubs owner Tom Ricketts believes this too shall pass, eventually.
Yankees fan insists infatuation with A-Rod is purely platonic
“Do I come down here and stare at these posters from time to time?” asked Herbst. “Yes, I do. Often. He’s a beautiful specimen of manhood.”
