Oopsie........

Your pet ate WHAT???

www.veterinarypracticenews.com/2014-X-Ray-Contest-Winners/

The Yankees on Wednesday night denied a report that said they would be retiring Derek Jeter’s number on Sunday when the team honors him at the Stadium.

Minutes after Newsday reported on its website that Jeter’s No. 2 would be retired during the pre-game ceremony before the Yanks take on the Royals, Yankees Director of Media Relations Jason Zillo told the Daily News “the report is completely inaccurate.”

The report said the Yankees planned to follow a similar script to the one they used a year ago with the retiring Mariano Rivera.

He was feted in a pre-game ceremony before the final Sunday home game and his No. 42 was retired; his final home game was four days later and the season concluded the following Sunday in Houston.

Of course, the number 42 already had been retired throughout baseball – for Jackie Robinson – and Rivera was the last to wear it.

The Yankees will ultimately retire Jeter’s number, but that will come at a later date.

When the Yankees retired Joe Torre’s No. 6 earlier this season, it made Jeter the last yankee to wear a single-digit number.

Stupid human tricks -

Grounds crew accidentally mows artificial turf, ruins field

It's baffling to imagine the thought process behind this. At some point in time someone had to say to themselves, "Hmmm, it's getting pretty long. We should probably mow this."

At least the Muppet Fozzie Bear will be happy..........

Cardinals activated RHP Michael Wacha from the 60-day disabled list.
Wacha missed nearly three months with a stress reaction in his throwing shoulder. He will return to the Cardinals' starting rotation on Thursday for the opening of a big four-game set against the Brewers. Wacha made it to just 34 pitches in his one rehab start at Double-A Springfield, so he probably won't go more than four innings in Milwaukee. Marco Gonzales will likely piggyback him.


"Wacha, Wacha, Wacha!"

Saw this at work. Man it hurts just to think about it. Always wear your cup!

Try this vest on for size. Or, how not all contract vesting options are the same.

It makes for a quick and interesting read, if you are interested in how player contract "extras" work.

sports.yahoo.com/news/few-vesting-options-actually-vesting-170006561.html

I know this is from a high school in Maryland.  I am just not sure which team or school, McGuffey or Charleroi.   Either way, this is one guy who will not be working in the bigs.  Ever. 

How funny / cool is this?

In more ways than one, long-time Mariners and current Yankees outfielder Ichiro Suzuki is one of the most unique players in baseball history. His hitting style is unteachable -- as in you wouldn't teach anyone to hit like that -- but his freakish hand-eye coordination has made it work.

Ichiro is also known as an all-world joker and character guy with a tremendous sense of humor. So much so that he's even learned to speak some Spanish throughout his career so he can trash talk opponents and get a laugh. Brad Lefton of the Wall Street Journal has more:

Ramon Santiago, the veteran shortstop of the Cincinnati Reds, recalls being startled and amused during his first encounter with Ichiro Suzuki in 2003. Santiago was barely into his first full season with Detroit when Ichiro's Mariners came to town. After a leadoff single to open the game, Ichiro dashed to second on a steal. As he popped up safely from his slide, he looked at Santiago and deadpanned in Spanish, "No corro casi."

Loosely translated, he was telling Santiago, a native of the Dominican Republic, "I don't have my legs today." Before Santiago could stop smiling, Ichiro was stealing third two pitches later on those same heavy legs.

"I knew he always spoke through an interpreter," Santiago said recently. "And that was for English, so of course I never imagined he could speak such nice Spanish."

...

Veteran first baseman Carlos Pena remembered one of his frequent encounters with Ichiro. He was defending first for the Tampa Bay Rays, and Ichiro had just arrived on one of his patented infield hits. Ichiro peered over at Pena and asked, "Que coño tu mira?," or, "What the hell are you looking at?" Pena clamped his lips together to prevent the laughter from bursting through.

Ichiro said he feels a special bond with Latin American players because they're all foreigners in a different country playing the game. And, he added, "we don't really have curse words in Japanese, so I like the fact that the Western languages allow me to say things that I otherwise can't."

Ichiro has picked up on Spanish through conversations with teammates over the years -- he still uses an interpreter for interviews because he is talking to fans and wants his message to be clear -- but he can't carry on a conversation in the language. He only knows some words and phrases.

There are very few players in baseball who could learn another language just to trash talk and still get a laugh out of opponents. Ichiro is that guy

How cool.  Related, and/or on the flip side, when others are speking it around you, you can know what they are saying, and if they are saying it to you.

I can sometimes understand what is being discussed but I am a long way form being able to converse in Korean, not even close to that. It is just funny to see the look on their faces when I speak some Korean to them or just happen to understand what they just said and make a comment on it.

Never just assume you can speak in a differnent tongue and other people will not understand what you are saying. LOL You can get into a lot of trouble that way.

Indeed.  I speak enough spanish to get by, and to know when something is being said about me.

That's true.  You are absolutely right.  And, it would be pretty easy to do with this picture as evidence.  That said, I would hope MLB, and everyone really, would have "bigger and better fish to fry".

Everyone loves a good baseball "feel good" story.

sports.yahoo.com/blogs/mlb-big-league-stew/after-10-years--erik-cordier-arrives-in-the-big-leagues-throwing-101-mph-heat-175352846.html