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The Onion: Yankees Building Vacation Stadium In The Hamptons

The Onion News Network, one of my favorite video podcasts, has just released a parody video of the New York Yankees and their thick wallet. It’s probably one of my favorite episodes they have ever done.

The Evil Empire closed the doors to Yankee Stadium on September 21, 2008. The Yanks failed to make the playoffs [...]

Tim Drew, J.D. Drew and Stephen Drew

NPR had a great story yesterday morning on the retirement of Tim Drew, a former major league pitcher that recently retired after a stint in independent baseball. Tim played for the Bridgeport Bluefish, under coach Tommy John (yes, the “Tommy John surgery” Tommy John).
Tim’s older brother is Red Sox All-Star outfielder J.D. Drew. Tim’s younger [...]

“Blame It on the Rain (Delay)” by Papelbon and Delcarmen

If you need another reason to love the Red Sox, here it is:
The Red Sox premiered a remix of Milli Vanilli’s “Blame It on the Rain” on the JumboTron during the rain delay on June 20th. The video features Jonathan Papelbon, Manny Delcarmen, and Wally lip-synching to the late 80s hit. Milli Vanilli, of course, [...]

Manny’s 500 Home Runs Charted

Manny Ramirez is one of the most consistent hitters of all time. I would love to have him on my fantasy team (but I’m doing quite well with my Pirates: Nate McLouth and Xavier Nady). Manny is fun to watch, because you never know what he is going to say, and he seemingly wakes from [...]

Red Sox Batting Stances

For as long as I can remember, it’s always been fun to imitate some of favorite player’s batting stances. I would have never have thought to take a video of these imitations, but I’m glad that that BattingStances on ye old YouTube has.
Check out their video of Red Sox batting stances (past and present):