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Archive - May 22, 2008

One Angel throws "live" BP, others drop "live" game


Kyler Burke lined a game-tying RBI single to CF with two outs in the bottom of the 9th, and Roberto Sabates followed with a line-drive game-winning RBI single to LF, as the EXST Cubs rallied to edge the EXST Angels 9-8 this morning in a "Rush Hour Special" (9 AM start) at Fitch Park Field #3 in Mesa.

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Batting Stances


Apologies if this is 3/44 -- Cubs batting stances, past and present:

This guy has a whole series of batting stance videos up. A nice diversion on a day off.

The Best of MLB Player Photos


Last week, I came across Sean Gallagher's goofy photo from an MLB.com preview, and then some readers submitted their best finds in the comments.

So I figured I might as well do it right and went through each teams Yahoo roster page and pulled the best of the best. Amusingly, Gallagher cleans up just fine in his Yahoo photo.

So, a little off-day fun and eternal Internet fame and glory if you can name each player without looking them up.