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An out of the park home run is a feat few ballplayers ever achieve. But Shohei Otani, who plays baseball for the Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters in Japan, managed to blast a home run right through the roof of the Tokyo Dome stadium. Advertisement It doesn’t appear as if the ball actually punctured a hole through the fabric material used for the Tokyo Dome’s roof, but instead found a gap between…

Baseball has only been gone for two weeks, but I know that you miss it. But more baseball is closer than you think! The tournament schedule has been released for the 2017 World Baseball Classic, which means that we get a three week jump on real live baseball. The WBC features three rounds, and Round 1 begins with four pools: A, B, C and D. Each pool contains four teams…

I’m calling it. A “baby cake” is a cute name — for a cupcake. Google the term “baby cakes” right now, the first links that come up are stories with the news that New Orleans’ Triple-A baseball team, formerly known as the Zephyrs, was renamed the New Orleans Baby Cakes on Tuesday (Nov. 15). Look up the term in traditional dictionaries and you likely will find no formal definition for…

Listen, we know it’s tough to catch up on everything happening in the baseball world each morning. There are all kinds of stories, rumors, game coverage and Vines of dudes getting hit in the beans every day. Trying to find all of it while on your way to work or sitting at your desk just isn’t easy. It’s OK, though, we’re going to do the heavy lifting for you each…

An everyday hero, known only as Denise, fought off a lump-of-wood wielding thief with her own baseball bat Tuesday. Denise was working at the Coorparoo Quik-e-mart in Brisbane, Australia when the would-be armed robber marched into the store. He didn’t get far before she leapt into action. In an interview with 7 News Brisbane, Denise told the reporter the perpetrator “sort of gave it to me, I just gave it…

He talked about the characters on the team, saying they were more like a “Saturday Night Live” cast than a baseball squad. He likened one of his teammates to the late, great comedic actor John Belushi. He talked about the bus rides to games. How the team even loved to practice because it gave them more time together. Mike Durkin was on perhaps the greatest baseball team in Keith Academy…

An everyday hero, known only as Denise, fought off a lump-of-wood wielding thief with her own baseball bat Tuesday. Denise was working at the Coorparoo Quik-e-mart in Brisbane, Australia when the would-be armed robber marched into the store. He didn’t get far before she leapt into action. In an interview with 7 News Brisbane, Denise told the reporter the perpetrator “sort of gave it to me, I just gave it…

It’s official, the New Orleans Zephyrs are no more. The city’s Triple-A baseball team has been renamed to the New Orleans Baby Cakes, the team announced Tuesday afternoon at a ceremony at Zephyr Field. Baby Cakes was selected from a group of seven finalists following an online contest, during which more than 3,000 submissions were turned in by fans to replace the Zephyrs nickname, which carried over with the franchise when…

Otani, who plays for Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters of Nippon Professional Baseball’s Pacific League, is widely considered the best player outside the USA’s Major League Baseball (MLB). READ MORE: ‘Drought finally over’: Internet reacts to Chicago Cubs win after 108yrs And it’s easy to see why after he smashed the ball through the roof panels of the Tokyo Dome, where the friendly game was being played. via GIPHY Otani’s strike whistled…

In the wake of the Cowboys’ late touchdown to beat the Steelers on Sunday, this video purporting to show a very angry Steelers fan destroying his TV went viral on the internet: Wow! Steelers fan loses it after Ezekiel Elliott scores GWTD: pic.twitter.com/ojKBrAeN2N — jesus flores (@WFAAJFlo) November 15, 2016 Not trying to be a buzzkill, but anyone whose buzz this kills doesn’t deserve to be buzzed: This is fake….

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There’s no doubt what Cubs fans will be expecting when the Baseball Writers’ Association of America announces its Most Valuable Player awards Thursday. Wrigley Field chants of ‘‘MVP! MVP!’’ have made it clear fans think the National League award should go to Cubs third baseman Kris Bryant. The numbers agree with the fans. By wins above replacement at Baseball-Reference.com, Bryant was the NL leader at 7.7. Dodgers shortstop Corey Seager…

VATICAN CITY –  Pope Francis now has a blue Chicago Cubs hat to go with his traditional white skull cap. Chicago Archbishop Blase Cupich presented Francis with the hat and what looks like a signed baseball at the Vatican on Tuesday, nearly two weeks after the Cubs won their first World Series since 1908. Cupich shared a photo of Francis holding the items on Twitter . He included…

There’s no doubt what Cubs fans will be expecting when the Baseball Writers’ Association of America announces its Most Valuable Player awards Thursday. Wrigley Field chants of ‘‘MVP! MVP!’’ have made it clear fans think the National League award should go to Cubs third baseman Kris Bryant. The numbers agree with the fans. By wins above replacement at Baseball-Reference.com, Bryant was the NL leader at 7.7. Dodgers shortstop Corey Seager…

There’s no doubt what Cubs fans will be expecting when the Baseball Writers’ Association of America announces its Most Valuable Player awards Thursday. Wrigley Field chants of ‘‘MVP! MVP!’’ have made it clear fans think the National League award should go to Cubs third baseman Kris Bryant. The numbers agree with the fans. By wins above replacement at Baseball-Reference.com, Bryant was the NL leader at 7.7. Dodgers shortstop Corey Seager…

Shohei Otani is the best baseball player currently working in Japan, a 6-foot-4 slugger who’s just 22 years old and who also happens to be able to throw a baseball 101 mph. He’s Japanese Babe Ruth, and when he finally does come to MLB (could be as early as next season, but probably another year), he is going to make a lot, lot, lot of money. Also this week, in…