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How A Softball Almost Killed This Man's Foot

A good portion of Americans join softball leagues this time of the year. Many do it for the social aspect alone, which leaves many teams stockpiled with players who are ridiculously awful....

by A.J. Daulerio|

|Mon Jun 17 2013

Walk Off Homer Disallowed By Premature Hand Slapping

It's one thing to be a stickler for the rules, it's another to be a stickler who protests a perfectly legit home run because of an obscure, pointless rule—and doesn't even read the rule right....

by Dashiell Bennett|

|Mon Jun 17 2013

Are You Tough Enough To Attend A College Softball Game?

Of the many and varied sporting events that take place daily across the nation, the last one at which I'd expect a brawl to break out would probably be a college softball game. Preconception: shattered....

by petejayhawk|

|Mon Jun 17 2013

High School Softball Pitcher Isn't Really Playing Fair

Rachele Fico has thrown five straight no-hitters (the first four were perfect games.) She is 90-2 lifetime with 44 no-nos, 23 perfect games and an ERA of 0.006. In other words—suck it, Schuster. [CanadianPress; pic]...

by Dashiell Bennett|

|Mon Jun 17 2013

Keep Your Head In The Game At All Times, Even When It's Split Open

A good portion of Americans join softball leagues this time of the year. Many do it for the social aspect alone, which leaves many teams stockpiled with players who are ridiculously awful....

by A.J. Daulerio|

|Mon Jun 17 2013

softball - Sports News, Headlines & Highlights | DeadspinSoftball Season Brings Out The Best And Worst In Everyone

A good portion of New Yorkers join softball leagues for the social aspect alone, which leaves many teams stockpiled with players who are ridiculously awful....

by A.J. Daulerio|

|Mon Jun 17 2013

Wait, So Now Naked Softball Hazing Is A Bad Thing?

I remember a time when you couldn't find a hotel pool in Florida that wasn't full of naked high school softball players during spring break. But now, apparently, it's called "hazing."...

by Rick Chandler|

|Mon Jun 17 2013

And Here's Your Next ETrade Baby Commercial

No collection of videos featuring fans catching balls would be complete without potential baby droppage. [Home Run Derby]...

by Rick Chandler|

|Mon Jun 17 2013

Without Eternal Vigilance, It Could Happen Outside Of Your City College Women's Softball Practice

Santa Barbara police arrested a "middle-aged male" for masturbating in the parking lot where the Santa Barbara City College softball team was practicing. Carl Monday is not amused....

by Rick Chandler|

|Mon Jun 17 2013

Barry Bonds Cannot Stop Destroying Sports All Over the World

Out here in the West, the third and final part of the Bob Costas-Jacques Rogge tête-à-tête has just wrapped up on NBC. In this section (loosely labeled "Etcetera"), Costas asked Rogge what killed softball and baseball for the 2012 Games. Rogge eventually mentioned the domination of both sports by a ...

by Tuffy|

|Tue Jun 18 2013

The Crying Game

Important doings in the Olympics which you slept through again ... So is this the Japanese, softball version of the Miracle On Ice? In the most significant achievement for a Japanese female since O-Ren became head of the Ikuta Clan, Yukiko Ueno scattered five hits to lead Japan over the U.S. 3-1 in ...

by Rick Chandler|

|Tue Jun 18 2013

To Watch Tonight

What to watch after a day at the Boobs on Bikes Parade ... • Little League Baseball: Pool play, in South Williamsport, Pa., Curacao vs. Guam (6 p.m., ET); Lake Charles, La., vs. Hagerstown, Md. (8 p.m., ET) [ESPN2] • Olympics: Boxing (5 p.m. to 8 p.m., ET) [CNBC]; gymnastics, synchronized swimming, ...

by Rick Chandler|

|Tue Jun 18 2013

LeBron, Jason Kidd Are Huge Fans Of The Swimming

Highlights from Beijing, where today's weather forecast is dark and sneezy, with a chance of afternoon soot ... I'm on record as saying this before the Games even started: Just try and keep the U.S. men's basketball squad away from the Water Cube. Here we see King James, Kidd and 10-time Olympic med...

by Rick Chandler|

|Tue Jun 18 2013

Apparently, The Jennie Finchification Of Softball Is Under Way

So, has Jennie Finch completely transformed softball from a sport once overtaken by rampant lesbianism to one more appealing to bubbly straight girls ? It depends. You can talk to one person and they'll tell you about how half the people they knew on their college and high school softball team wore ...

by A.J. Daulerio|

|Tue Jun 18 2013

Female Athletes Play Fair And Keep Things In Perspective. How I Loathe Them

This occurred Saturday, but women's softball news tends to travel slowly, if at all. In an amazing display of sportsmanship, some Central Washington University players helped a Western Oregon opponent round the bases to complete a home run after the batter had injured her knee. This also once happen...

by rickchand|

|Tue Jun 18 2013

Barry Bonds Will Now Accept Your Admiration On A Neatly Typed Index Card

Clearly, Barry Bonds has learned a lot from Karl Rove. The mad scientist behind George W. Bush's rise to power had one sentence scribbled over and over in his campaign playbook; never let your guy have an unscripted moment. And so Barry's big "interview" at the Commonwealth Club in San Francisco on ...

by rickchand|

|Tue Jun 18 2013

Softball Players Are No Good At Word Games

Burnt Orange Nation ran an interview with former Texas softball pitcher Cat Osterman on Monday, at the end of which Osterman was asked to play a little word association (a recurring BON interview theme). While obviously a talented hurler, Osterman sadly bobbled this assignment. Instead of shooting b...

by rickchand|

|Tue Jun 18 2013

When Your ERA Is 0.04, Nobody Cares Whom You Took To Prom

One of the women in this photo — we're not sure which one, and we're not gonna go try and find out, lest their father hunt us down and call us out in the pages of a national newspaper — is Katie Osburn, a pitcher for Allen Park Cabrini high school in Michigan. Well, we say "a" pitcher, but we really...

by Leitch|

|Tue Jun 18 2013

Arizona Is Prettier Than Tennessee, And Knows It

Last night — in ESPN programming we were not watching — the Arizona Wildcats softball team beat Tennessee 5-0 to win the NCAA Championship. One of the fun aspects of NCAA softball is that, if you have one good pitcher, she can just pitch every game. Tarnye Mowatt pitched all 60 innings for the Wildc...

by Leitch|

|Tue Jun 18 2013

For Your Sunday Afternoon Viewing Pleasure...

1:00, NBC. Tennis. French Open. 1:00, CBS. Track and Field. Reebok Grand Prix. 1:00, ESPN. College Softball. 1:00, FOX. NASCAR. Nextel Cup. Autism Speaks 400. 2:00, TBS. MLB. Atlanta Braves @ Chicago Cubs. 2:30, CBS. PGA Golf. Memorial Tournament, Final Round. 3:30, ESPN. College Softball. 3:00, Fox...

by mjdeadspin|

|Tue Jun 18 2013

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