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Help Bring Back the Youk Manchu!

Posted: 16th March 2010 by Jesus Melendez in MLB
During a recent "Saturday Night Live", comedian/host Zach Galifianakis did the mustache community proud by shaving his trademark bushy hobo beard down to a very handsome cookie duster. Similarly, during last spring's World Baseball Classic, Kevin Youkilis abandoned his goatee and toyed around with a fu manchu that would make the likes of Luis Tiant and Hulk Hogan blush. Unfortunately, the werewolf gene present in both ...

The “Buckner Ball” 23 Years Later: Where Is It Now?

Posted: 26th October 2009 by Jesus Melendez in MLB
Postseason baseball is shaped by the iconography that is baseball itself. In the last 25 years, some of baseballÆs most memorable moments played out on what proved to be the biggest stage.From dramatic home runs (who can forget Kirk Gibson in 1988 or Joe Carter five years later?) to the straight-up weird (we were treated to two in 2003àSteve Bartman in Chicago and the Pedro Martinez throw-down of Don Zimmer), ...