Derek Norris Comes Out as Baseball’s First Openly Feral Player
OAKLAND — When Derek Norris took his place behind home plate on Wednesday, he did so not merely as a member of the Oakland A’s, but also as a representative of a different group — namely, the United...
View ArticleMortal Combat: Ron Washington’s New, Injury-Proof Lineup
Starting at first base tonight for the Texas Rangers: a wheel of Parmesan cheese. You might or mightn’t have noticed, as you might or mightn’t have spent the past few weeks in a crowded Peruvian jail,...
View ArticleFeatured: A Hard-Hitting Report on a Hard-Hitting Player
Last night, in the immediate aftermath of a major league baseball game, a major league baseball player joined Woodward and/or Bernstein to talk about his game-winning hit. Standing on the field as the...
View ArticleA’s Get Pitcher at Dollar General, Sweep Series
Update: The new Oakland A’s shortstop, known to teammates as Kit, has just led off the game with a towering, 460-foot home run to left-center field. Story first posted at 1:30 p.m. EST OAKLAND – In a...
View ArticleEating the Mariners’ Famous Mariner Dog
One of the problems with life in modern America is how difficult it is to know that you’re winning at it. In simpler times, it was enough to out-earn and out-consume our neighbors; now, most of us...
View ArticleTen Bold Prophecies for the 2014 Playoffs
It has been a year hence since I made a series of bold predictions, all of which came true, I assume. And now it is time to press forward and prognosticate and pontificate about this very season’s...
View ArticleDisembodied Spirit of Andy Warhol Optimistic About Pirates
The ghost of Andy Warhol (pictured here) bears almost complete resemblance to the actual Andy Warhol. THE BEYOND — Noted late artist and Pittsburgh native Andy Warhol was known during his life for...
View ArticleMLB: “Royals Games to Just Begin in 10th Inning Now”
The remainder of the Kansas City Royals’ postseason games, regardless of opponent, will just begin in the top of the 10th inning, according to a statement released early Saturday from the Office of...
View ArticleReport: Angels Also Gathered in Bar After Game 3
You probably saw the report that after their ALCS-clinching defeat of the Angels on Sunday night, members of the Royals journeyed to a local bar and partied with happy fans, spraying them with...
View ArticleReport: Prophet Ned Yost is Predicting More Than the ALCS
Reports out of Kansas City this week have indicated that Royals manager Ned Yost is something of a fortuneteller, a seer of future events. According to Andy McCullough of the Kansas City Star, Yost...
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