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This is a REAL LIVE PENGUIN on an office chair belonging to Tampa Bay manager Joe Maddon.
“I checked with Elias. Cliff is the first penguin ever to sit in the chair of a @MLB manager. #MaddonsMenagerie,” Rays director of communications Dave Haller tweeted.
Office penguin. The best kind of penguin. (h/t Deadspin)
DOG DAYS: The Tampa Bay Rays hosted “Bark in the Park” on Sunday and many fans brought their dogs to the stadium. Pitcher David Price brought his dog, Astro — whose likeness was turned into a bobblehead and given away to fans under 14. Sounds like a RUFF LIFE. (Photo: J. Meric/Getty Images; Chris O’Meara/The Associated Press)
Pumped:
Brett Lawrie slid home, popped up in a cloud of dust and burst into an impression of a triumphant MMA fighter, full of roar but minus the blood. Around him, nearly 46,000 fans multiplied the message.
They were Toronto Blue Jays fans, and they had been waiting three agonizing weeks for a moment like this.
They will soon learn the long-term significance of Lawrie’s glorious moment and his team’s unusual 8-4 comeback win over the New York Yankees. (Photo: Chris Young/The Canadian Press)
A defiant David Ortiz stood on the Fenway Park infield and told the crowd, “Stay Strong,” bringing a rousing cheer from Bostonians weary from a week of bombings, stay-at-home orders and a manhunt that locked down the city for a day.
Playing at home for the first time since two bombs at the Boston Marathon finish line killed three people and wounded more than 180 others, the Red Sox honoured the victims and the survivors with a pre-game ceremony and an emotional video of scenes from Monday’s race.
“We will run another marathon, bigger and better than ever,” public address announcer Henry Mahegan said. “We are one. We are Boston Strong.” (Photo by Jim Rogash/Getty Images)
MLB came together for Boston on Tuesday night — this little boy made a sign for the Red Sox when they played in Cleveland. The team loved it so much, they put it up in their dugout.
In New York, fans pushed the rivalry aside and paid tribute with a rendition of “Sweet Caroline” in the third inning. The popular sing-along song has been featured at Boston Red Sox home games since 2002. (Jason Miller/Elsa/Getty Images; MLB/Twitter/Indians)
Let it snow? The Rockies-Mets game was cancelled on Monday because of a different kind of April shower. Today, owner and Dick Monfort and general manager Dan O’Dowd (pictured above) got out a shovel and helped the crew get rid of the snow to avoid another delay. That’s the spirit. (Photo: Jack Dempsey/The Associated Press)
A moment of silence: The sports world was rocked by the news from Boston, where twin blasts killed three people and injured more than a hundred during the city’s famed marathons. (Photos: Hannah Foslien/Getty Images; Marc Serota/Getty Images; Ross D. Franklin/The Associated Press)
This. Was. Insane. Zack Greinke had his left arm in a sling and a dazed look on his face as he told his side of the story. Barely two hours before, the $147-million Dodgers pitcher was injured in a wild fight with the San Diego Padres that didn’t even end when the game did.
Greinke broke his left collarbone in a bench-clearing brawl during Los Angeles’ 3-2 victory Thursday night, leaving the Dodgers so furious that Matt Kemp confronted Padres slugger Carlos Quentin nose-to-nose as the two were leaving Petco Park.
Juan Uribe’s pinch-hit home run in the eighth put the Dodgers ahead, two innings after Greinke hit Quentin on the left shoulder with a pitch.
The slugger started walking toward the mound and Greinke appeared to say something. The 6-foot-2, 240-pound Quentin then charged the 2009 AL Cy Young Award winner, who is 6-2 and 195 pounds. They dropped their shoulders and collided, and Quentin tackled the pitcher to the grass.Kemp, one of four players ejected following the fight, found Quentin in the hallway near the players’ exit as they were leaving the ballpark after the game. The 6-foot-4, 214-pound Kemp briefly went nose-to-nose with Quentin before Padres pitcher Clayton Richard, who is 6-5 and 245 pounds, stepped between them. Police and security moved in to break it up. (Photos: Lenny Ignelzi/The Associated Press; Dennis Poroy/Getty Images)
(Source: sports.nationalpost.com)
Blue Jays star Jose Bautista talks video games and cover art
MLB The Show may have MLB stars David Ortiz to Ryan Howard, but it’s a player on a Canadian team on the cover who’s in the spotlight.
To be on the cover of a sports game like MLB is a chance few athletes get, and certainly not a chance most who get the honour have in back-to-back years.
“I know a lot of guys don’t get to repeat on the covers,” Jose Bautista says during an interview with Post Arcade. “I think it’s a great a compliment, so I’m really proud and excited to be back on the cover.” (Sony)
Check out this guy.
(Source: damandsire)
