Something You Don’t See Everyday

Yahoo! ran a story this evening about Cincinnati’s star shortstop, who is on the disabled list. He apparently has found something to keep himself occupied. Namely, he is serving as the batboy. Most extraordinary.

Funny

I have here a video from the first game in Toronto Blue Jays’ history. There appears to be a snowstorm underway.

Bill Veeck

I found this on YouTube. It’s a short snippet about one Major League Baseball’s most famous owners. Enjoy.

Manager Hall of Fame

I thought I’d take this opportunity to highlight this famous Earl Weaver diatribe. Despite my own preferences against swearing overly much, and I still enjoyed this clip.

More Baseball

The Swiss get into the act.

An Important Website

While looking around my collection for useful links that would make for easy posts, I remembered these two sites. Think of it as the game of the gods written in the language of God. It also comes with this instructional video.

More All Star Game

I randomly stumbled upon this complaint from the 2009 All Star Game, which is regarding the rendition of “O, Canada.” ‘Twas earth-shattering, however the video was entertaining enough. It also included what may be the worst rendition of that national anthem ever recorded.

The 2010 All Star Game

I watched the MLB All Star Game last night, and was somewhat disappointed in the AL’s 3:1 loss. My chief beefs were with the American League’s manager, Joe Girardi. The two most notable instances were as follows.