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Baseball and Knitting a Hot Double-Play Combo

(April 19) -- Considering the controversy over baseball players injecting steroids with needles, it's ironic if needles are the very things bringing people back to the ballpark. Especially sewing needles. www.meredithknitting.com Astrophysicist Meredith Wills-Davey spent the 2007 season knitting socks dedicated to her...

Baseball Is Boring: Indians-Royals Live Blog

Baseball is America's pastime, but had our forefathers enjoyed the modern conveniences of clocks, ball pumps, or haste, this pastime may well have been basketball or football. Instead, they had wood, leather, and a rudderless disposition. Baseball is Boring is a series of live blogs for folks who need irony and...

Joey Gathright Is More Athletic Than You

That's Joey Gathright, occasional big-league center fielder. He's currently playing with the Royals (of Triple-A Omaha, that is), though the video was taken in 2002, back when he was still a legitimate prospect for the Devil Rays. What went wrong? Well, he can't hit worth a lick, and he jumped over one more car in this...

Pudge And The Tigers Return To Form

One of the amazing things about watching the Tigers last season was their ability to turn things around late. I don't remember how many times I saw this team play like zombies for eight innings, and then in the ninth inning come to life and get a win.It's one of the biggest factors for their American League pennant, and...

Maroth Shaky But Tigers Get A Win

It was Mike Maroth's first regular season start since last May when elbow surgery robbed him of a season, even if it wasn't very pretty. In the end Maroth knows it's the win that counts, and that's precisely what Maroth got as Detroit beat Kansas City 6-5."[I] did enough to win," Maroth said. "I wouldn't say that I...