The First Female MLB Pitcher Has Arrived

OK, she only pitched batting practice.
Justine Siegal, who was already the first woman to coach a professional baseball team (The Brockton (MA) Rox, recently in the news for giving Bill Bucker a job managing, pitched batting practice yesterday for the Indians’ camp.  She confessed to being nervous, called herself an old lady…and still made manager [...]

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Definite Pink Hats: Female Cage Fighters!

No, this is not about porn.
This is about PhD chicks who kick ass.
Like Rosi Sexton, 5′4″, 121 lbs, with a PhD in theoretical computer science, who stepped into the MMA ring last week.  Now, she got beat, but her competition goes by the stage/fighting name “Warrior Princess,” so we guess we like her too.
Jezebel (one [...]

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Man, I Feel Like An…Olympic Torch? (That Don’t Impress Me Much)

When we think of the Olympic torch, we think of the fabulousness of photo finishes.  The dedication of athletes who devote their lives to sport.  OK, maybe that parade with the interesting outfits and the incredibly excited athletes from Togo, or the Marshall Islands….all three of them.  Here’s what we don’t think of: Over-moussed country [...]

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Football…or Figureskating?

It’s like the ultimate chick dilemma.
Yesterday, we were depressed to see that Fox, in its infinite wisdom, would be showing us Shaka Zulu instead of the unbeaten Giants playing the unbeaten Saints, which we figured was because they wanted us to watch our hometown Texans take on these bizarro-world really good Bengals.  And by take [...]

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The 500 Hats of Bartholemew Cubbins, Major Leaguer

This is the most completely researched article on a totally tiny part of sports that we’ve read in a long time.
It’s about hats. The hats that ball players wear, the hats that gang members wear, the hats the fashionistas wear that kind of look like those other two types.
New Era is the official maker of [...]

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Pink Hats in the NFL, or “How Jessica Simpson Accidentally Joined the Dark Side.”

They broke up, it’s true.  But Jessica Simpson’s romance with Tony Romo has led to some serious pink hat action. Now, Jessica’s a good Texas girl.  She probably loves football entirely legitimately.  But now? Well, now, you too, as it happens, can own a pink Tony Romo jersey.
Get excited.
We love Jessica Simpson. We stuck with [...]

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Pink Hat Hatred: A Manifesto

Once upon a time, UnPinkHats, hereafter referred to as UPH, went to a baseball game.  We were pretty excited, given our avid following of the team in question.  UPH arrived, took our seats, and settled in in time for batting practice, hotdog in hand and scorecard at the ready.  Our jersey was crisply pressed, the [...]

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