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It Just Got Easier to Make the Playoffs in Baseball

John Johnson — Thu, 17 Nov 2011 17:39:57 CST

That soul-crushing loss by the Red Sox on the last game of the season this year might have been just another game had this been in effect a little earlier: Major League Baseball is adding two-wild card teams to the playoffs, maybe next year but by 2013 at the latest,...

NFL Draft Pick May Lose Foot After Car Wreck

M. Morris — Fri, 25 Jun 2010 15:55:00 CDT

Chad Jones, a New York Giants draft pick who was a two-sport star at LSU, is in guarded condition and in danger of losing his left foot after a car accident early this morning in New Orleans, the Shreveport Times reports. Jones, a safety who entered the draft after his...

Ex-Major Leaguer Jose Lima Dead at 37

Sun, 23 May 2010 12:59:49 CDT

Former major league pitcher Jose Lima died today at age 37, the Los Angeles Dodgers announced. The Aguilas Cibaenas, Lima's winter ball team in the Dominican Republic, said he died of an apparent heart attack. In 13 major league seasons, Lima was 89-102 with a 5.26 ERA. He hadn't...

Best Ballpark Hot Dogs

Will McCahill — Sat, 10 Apr 2010 15:24:29 CDT

Baseball season’s in full, ahem, swing, and in that spirit, Delish runs down the best ballpark hotdogs. Some highlights: Georgia Dog, Turner Field, Atlanta. A blanket of cole slaw and some sautéed Vidalia onions make this a winner. Arizona Dog, Chase Field, Phoenix. Southwest rules this foot-long—chorizo, nacho cheese,...

Player Debuts 'San Francicso' Giants Jersey

Harry Kimball — Thu, 08 Apr 2010 12:15:11 CDT

Outfielder Eugenio Velez made his season debut yesterday when his San Francicso Giants took on and beat the Houston Astros. That’s right—Velez played the whole game blissfully unaware that his jersey pegged him as a player from some mythical, misspelled version of the City by the Bay. “I didn’t...

In Astros-Padres Game, Beekeeper Earns a Save

M. Morris — Fri, 03 Jul 2009 10:22:00 CDT

The Astros-Padres game yesterday in San Diego drew a crowd of 23,284—and thousands of bees. Padres left fielder Kyle Blanks sighted the swarm in the top of the ninth and tried to signal the umpire, the San Diego Union-Tribune reports. "I saw Kyle walking toward the infield and...

Astro Pudge Catches in Game 2,227

Rob Quinn — Thu, 18 Jun 2009 03:28:45 CDT

The Houston Astros' Ivan "Pudge" Rodriguez overtook Hall of Famer Carlton Fisk by catching in his 2,227th game in the majors yesterday, the Houston Chronicle reports. The 13-time Golden Glove winner got a raucous cheer from a larger-than-usual crowd at Rangers Stadium. The night was a mixed bag for...

Tejada Charged With Lying in Steroid Probe

Harry Kimball — Tue, 10 Feb 2009 13:41:01 CST

Houston Astros shortstop Miguel Tejada has been charged with lying to congressional staffers involved in the inquiry into steroids use in baseball, the Washington Post reports. Federal prosecutors say Tejada’s accounts of conversations with teammate Adam Piatt in 2003, while both played for the Oakland Athletics, are contradicted by Piatt,...

Zambrano Throws No-Hitter as Cubs Beat Astros 5-0

Sun, 14 Sep 2008 22:11:53 CDT

Carlos Zambrano pitched the first no-hitter for the Chicago Cubs in 36 years, returning from a recent bout of rotator cuff soreness to shut down the Houston Astros 5-0 tonight in a game relocated because of Hurricane Ike. The storm forced two games of the series to be moved from...