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New York Mets Run Out of Humans to Humiliate; Move on to Dogs

Posted: 25th May 2010 by JoeSportsFan in MLB
What can we say, we get a cheap laugh from dogs that are humiliated in MLB attire.  Hey, who isn’t? Thus, we giggled like a school girl when the following picture appeared in our Inbox this past weekend. A few notable observations: - Why is the dog wearing hunting sunglasses?  If you’re going to go with the baseball attire, I would have liked to see some flip-shades, personally.  Get it together, ...
[Every day, stories spread throughout the sports world of another athlete or coach or team involving themselves in situations that inevitably need some PR spin.  Regardless of the severity of these issues, our very own Dr. Aaron Perlut will be there to analyze the situation and offer up some free professional advice.  Because if there is anything comparable to Dr. Aaron's knowledge of mustaches, it's his knowledge of public relations ] Did you pay attention to ...

JoeSportsFan’s Recommended Reads: Cardboard Gods Winners

Posted: 20th May 2010 by JoeSportsFan in MLB
Last week, we posted a challenge to JoeSportsFan.com readers to see who could come up with the best “untrue fun fact,” for this vintage Doug Jones card.   After a robust response from our dependable audience, our panel voted and determined the top two submissions, both of which will not only get the satisfaction of knowing their entry is worthy of the Worthless Card Collection, but will also get a copy of Cardboard ...
As noted by Sebek this morning, Sunday afternoon, Oakland A’s pitcher, Dallas Braden faced 27 Tampa Bay Rays and promptly got all 27 to record outs, otherwise known as a “perfect” game.    The perfect game remains one of the most elusive accomplishments in baseball, with Braden becoming just the 19th pitcher in MLB history to throw one. Perhaps as elusive but not quite as prestigious is Braden’s other accomplishment—being a Major Leaguer ...

Eric Byrnes Prepares for Life on the Adult Softball Field

Posted: 6th May 2010 by JoeSportsFan in MLB
As seen on Yahoo!’s Big League Stew , three days after getting shown the door by the Seattle Mariners, outfielder Eric Byrnes is headed for the adult softball field.  Awesome. The man the Arizona Diamondbacks are paying $11 million this year in the final year of a three-year deal is going to star for a team sponsored by Dutch Goose, a burger and beer pub in Menlo Park, ...
One year ago today, we at JoeSportsFan.com posted the infamous picture of a St. Louis Cardinals fan wearing a “Zambrano Mows My Lawn” t-shirt. Although we did not create and/or endorse the product (legal/death threats implications mediated), the photo inspired a plethora of angry comments on JoeSportsFan.com and upset quite a few people in The Windy City. Nevertheless, with Mr. Zambrano sentenced to the Cubs bullpen and hinging on ultimately irrelevancy, we ...

Top Seven: Worst First Place MVP Votes Since 2000

Posted: 27th November 2009 by JoeSportsFan in MLB
Every week, the Top Seven column will be enhanced by the newest addition to the JoeSportsFan Radio Network, Seven Minutes with Jason Major, where our Top Seven guru rants on the current topic, touches on previous lists and also vehemently defends his Cardinals bias...all in around seven minutes. á This week was a historic week for the Major League Baseball awards.á It was not historic because two of the greatest ...