The All-Tebow Team: 9 Athletes Who Have Been Successful With Unconventional Styles of Play

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As any person who has cable or Internet access knows by now, Tim Tebow is achieving success despite not being an ordinary NFL quarterback. In this post, Josh Tinley presents nine other athletes who have followed the Tebow model of succeeding despite unconventional styles of play.

Albert Pujols’ Act of Betrayal Against the St. Louis Cardinals Should Not be Defended

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In a sports world filled with greed and fights over a couple more million dollars, Pujols stood out as the beacon of hope against greed and as loyalty to a team. Or so we thought.

Dear Parents: Please Don’t Raise Your Kids as Chicago Cub Fans

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I don’t want to come off as the type of person who tells people how to raise your kids or how to be a parent; but I feel, as a victim of what I’m about to discuss, that I need to speak out. Please, whatever you do, do not raise your child as a Chicago Cubs fan.

A Look at All the Professional Baseball Teams That Have Jumped From One Major League to Another

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Yesterday MLB announced that the Houston Astros will be switching leagues, moving from the National League Central to the American League West in 2013. Josh Tinley takes a look back at the list of inter-league switches in baseball history.

All I Want From Theo Epstein and the Chicago Cubs is a Reason to Believe Again

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Tyler Juranovich doesn’t really care what Theo Epstein did with Boston. He doesn’t care to hear about his success stories, and he doesn’t care about his failures. All he cares about is seeing his Chicago Cubs team start winning and becoming a serious threat in the MLB.

Top 10 MLB Bloopers That Make Us Laugh

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Ten of the funniest MLB bloopers of our generation. Hit play, sit back and prepare yourself for a few cheap laughs!

This is probably the greatest baseball photobomb ever

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This image, found at a post entitled “11 Accidentally Dirty Baseball Pictures” just may be the funniest baseball photobomb ever caught on camera. (Also: a bonus picture of Randy Johnson about to do ungodly things to a pole!)

Baseball Bashers: Let’s Stop the Hypocrisy

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On sports television, radio, and everywhere, talking heads bemoan the “idea” that baseball is just TOO long to watch, but the facts dispute this, and other criticisms of baseball, which is why baseball bashers need to stop being hypocritical.

Relive the Boston Red Sox “Level 5 Epic Collapse” in this very well done chronological music video

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I’m not a Red Sox fan or a hater, but I watched the whole thing and thoroughly enjoyed it. What a great, great night of baseball. Wow.

Video: Father drops kid to go after fly ball then catches evil eye from his wife

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This is one of the more hilarious videos you’re likely to see on the Interwebs today…and we can laugh at it because no one got hurt, except maybe the rather impulsive dad who made the split second decision that going after a fly ball was more important than protecting his kid.

5 Reasons Why the Detroit Tigers are a World Series Contender

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The Detroit Tigers are a World Series contender in 2011. Here are five reasons why you should care about the Tigers this year.

Forget Suspension; Cubs Should Cut Ties with Carlos Zambrano

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The Cubs put Carlos Zambrano on the disqualified list for 30 days after his latest outburst. Cubs GM Jim Hendry, said that it was the harshest punishment without actually releasing Zambrano. Tyler Juranovich’s question is: Why didn’t Hendry just release Zambrano?

Sports fans: It’s still summertime…football can wait!

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July 25th was a glorious day for football fans everywhere. There will be a 2011 football season. Wooo! Yay!! But let’s not get ahead of ourselves: football can wait.

A Love Letter: Wade Boggs, Brady Anderson, and the Curious Case of the Extra Tightly Wound Balls

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What do the anomalous career-high home run seasons of Wade Boggs and Brady Anderson, plus a legend about extra tightly wound balls, have to do with eachother? You’ll have to read this to find out.

Down on the Farm: “Corny” Illinois, and the Indy Indians continue to crawl back into the race

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This is the third in a monthly series called “Down on the Farm” that will chronicle my visits to various minor league parks throughout the 2011 season. (Part 1 can be found here and part 2 here.)