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Cards Take World Series, Make Millions Care About Baseball

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What a team. What a ride — the Cardinals, the world champs.

And so it was that the St. Louis Cardinals clinched the seventh game of the 2011 World Series, a contest where they seemed to fly on their adrenaline from last night’s game six comeback, while the Texas Rangers just never got going.  Read more…

David Freese, Cards, Force World Series Game Seven

2011 World Series Game 6 - Texas Rangers v St Louis Cardinals

The St. Louis Cardinals were obviously not ready to go home.

The Cards came back from two two-run deficits in the ninth and tenth innings of last night’s game six of the World Series, ending in an almost unbelievable 11th-inning walk-off home run from David Freese that took the score to 10-9, and the contest to a seventh game. (You should watch that homer and the celebration after, if you didn’t see it. I didn’t think I cared about baseball enough to get chills over it. Turns out I was completely wrong about that. Try not to feel something. I dare you.) Read more…

Breaking: Manny Ramirez Charged With Domestic Battery

The South Florida Sun-Sentinel is reporting that Manny Ramirez was charged with domestic battery tonight after he was arrested at his home in Weston, Florida. His wife called police, stating that the retired Tampa Bay Ray struck her across the face.

Ramirez retired from Major League Baseball just five games in to his last season as a Ray after a positive drug test. This followed a 50 game suspension while with the Los Angeles Dodgers during the 2009 season. Ramirez is perhaps best known for helping the Boston Red Sox win two World Series titles in 2004 and 2007

The phrase “Manny being Manny” isn’t going to hold any sway in a court of law, I’m afraid.

Image: courtesy Broward County Sheriff’s Office

Your Walk-Up Song

Do you have your walk-up song picked out?

You know, the song that they would play for you when you come up to bat?

Sports fans are nodding their heads and hitting the comment button. For the rest of you, think of them playing “Wild Thing” for Charlie Sheen in “Major League” when he came out of the bullpen.

Like these:

I’ve been thinking about this a lot lately.

No, I haven’t been approached by a Major League Baseball team (although I am certain that is what you were all thinking) but I have been drinking beer with the guys from my husband’s job and when this subject was broached I knew I needed to really ruminate on it.

I must choose a batting song.

So as I do, I am turning to you to help me make this important life decision.

Here are songs on my shortlist:

Bad Reputation – Joan Jett and the Blackhearts
South Of Heaven- Slayer
Twist Of Cain – Danzig
Ace of Spades – Motörhead
Dies Irae – Verdi’s Requiem
The Usurper – Celtic Frost
A Fifth of Beethoven (Beethoven’s Fifth Symphony – Walter Murphy

Help me choose my batting song. Am I missing something really obvious? What would your batting song be?


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Breaking: Former Oriole Mike Flanagan Found Dead

It was a sad night in Baltimore, as the Orioles’ organization learned of the death of longtime pitcher and former Executive of Baseball Operations Mike “Flanny” Flanagan, who was found dead on a trail on his Sparks, Maryland property.

No cause of death is confirmed at press time. Flanagan was 59.

MASN Orioles commentator and former teammate of Flanagan’s, Jim Palmer, reflected tearfully on his passing during tonight’s game coverage.

Orioles managing partner Peter Angelos said in a statement:

It is with deep sadness that I learned of the death of my friend Mike Flanagan. In over a quarter century with the organization, Flanny became an integral part of the Orioles family, for his accomplishments both on and off the field. His loss will be felt deeply and profoundly by all of us with the ballclub and by Orioles fans everywhere who admired him. On behalf of the club, I extend my condolences to his wife Alex and daughters Kerry, Kathryn and Kendall.

Flanagan pitched for the Os for 15 years, and was part of their 1983 World Series championship team. He played on one All-Star Game team, and won the American League Cy Young Award. He spent 18 years in the Majors overall, including a three year break from Baltimore when he played for the Blue Jays. He returned to the Orioles from 1991-1992 as a relief pitcher, participating in a four-pitcher no-hitter, the team’s last since then.

Meanwhile, in Minneapolis last night, Orioles’ pitcher Jeremy Guthrie led the team to a 6-1 win over the Twins. Guthrie happens to wear Flanagan’s number, 46.

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