It's always fun when celebrities take a visit to their local MLB stadium to throw out the ceremonial first pitch. It's even more fun when they suck.
In the grand scheme of things, Detroit Tigers games haven't been plagued with too many bad first pitches. But...
MLB fans are old and getting older. Meanwhile, the league is busy dividing its fans along generational lines with controversial rule changes, all the while ignoring its emergency of irrelevancy among younger people.
24 hours after sending pitcher David Price to the Toronto Blue Jays, the Detroit Tigers have made another move, this time sending slugger Yoenis Cespedes to the New York Mets.
For the second straight season, ace pitcher David Price is the part of a huge trade deadline deal, after it was announced that the Detroit Tigers had shipped him to the Toronto Blue Jays.
This is one of the best plays I've seen done this season. Pitcher Jon Lester snags a fast ground ball that was hit at the mound. The ball had enough force to wedge itself in the Lester's glove. When he couldn't get the ball out, he ran towards first and threw his whole glove to first base to make the play.
What are the odds on this one? Tampa Bay's Matt Joyce was at batting practice before a recent game and did something you'll probably never see again. He takes a swing and pops it up off the net and amazingly the ball landed back in the machine and fired back at him.
Baseball parks are different where ever you go. At Comerica Park in Detroit, we have, or should I say HAD, the opera singing hot dog guy. At Angels Stadium in Anaheim they have the rally monkey. In Atlanta, they have bench clearing brawls and fondle your girls breast night...