SPORTS RADIO ESPN 1420 » Baseball http://espn1420.com Thu, 23 May 2013 13:19:28 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.2 Reporter Almost Gets Her Head Taken Off By Baseball While Taking Selfie http://espn1420.com/reporter-baseball-selfie/ http://espn1420.com/reporter-baseball-selfie/#comments Tue, 30 Apr 2013 06:03:41 +0000 Jeremy Taylor http://thefw.com/?p=202700 Having your picture taken and taking a picture both require a certain degree of concentration. So when you're taking a "selfie" (and performing both of these tasks at once) you tend to be pretty oblivious to anything else going on around you.

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]]> http://espn1420.com/reporter-baseball-selfie/feed/ 0 Knahsports, Instragram See the Cast of 'Rookie of the Year' Then And Now http://espn1420.com/rookie-of-the-year-then-and-now/ http://espn1420.com/rookie-of-the-year-then-and-now/#comments Tue, 23 Apr 2013 06:09:58 +0000 Jeremy Taylor http://thefw.com/?p=199983 In the '90s baseball classic 'Rookie of the Year,' 12-year old Henry Rowengartner (Thomas Ian Nicholas) really wants to be a major leaguer. The only problem is he's more of klutz than a diamond king.

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]]> http://espn1420.com/rookie-of-the-year-then-and-now/feed/ 0 20th Century Fox This Is the Only Way to Catch a Baseball http://espn1420.com/beer-baseball-catch/ http://espn1420.com/beer-baseball-catch/#comments Sat, 06 Apr 2013 06:09:02 +0000 Emerald Catron http://thefw.com/?p=198255 We really weren't that excited about baseball season starting until we saw this video. Now we are filled with a burning desire to go to a game, catch a ball in a cup of beer, chug the beer and hold the ball in our mouth.

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]]> http://espn1420.com/beer-baseball-catch/feed/ 0 YouTube Top 10 Baseball Video Games Of All Time http://espn1420.com/top-10-baseball-video-games-of-all-time/ http://espn1420.com/top-10-baseball-video-games-of-all-time/#comments Thu, 04 Apr 2013 13:01:48 +0000 Scott Prather http://espn1420.com/?p=144634 How many of these have you played? Are there any gratuitous omissions?

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]]> http://espn1420.com/top-10-baseball-video-games-of-all-time/feed/ 0 Nintendo Entertainment System Reporter Hit By Foul Ball At World Series http://espn1420.com/reporter-hit-by-foul-ball-at-world-series/ http://espn1420.com/reporter-hit-by-foul-ball-at-world-series/#comments Tue, 30 Oct 2012 06:03:09 +0000 Kyle Dowling http://thefw.com/?p=162108 It seems that investigative journalism is no longer the most dangerous form of newscasting. It's time we add sports journalism to the list, because covering baseball just got dangerous!

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]]> http://espn1420.com/reporter-hit-by-foul-ball-at-world-series/feed/ 0 YouTube St. Louis Cardinals Pitcher Gives Removed Rib to Daughter http://espn1420.com/st-louis-cardinals-pitcher-gives-removed-rib-to-daughter/ http://espn1420.com/st-louis-cardinals-pitcher-gives-removed-rib-to-daughter/#comments Sat, 22 Sep 2012 06:03:03 +0000 Jeremy Taylor http://thefw.com/?p=153061 It's a little strange to lose a body part. But that's what happened to St. Louis Cardinals ace Chris Carpenter when surgeons removed one of his ribs in an attempt to alleviate pressure that was running up his pitching arm.

After the surgery Carpenter was presented with the bone, and he knew just what to do with it:

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]]> http://espn1420.com/st-louis-cardinals-pitcher-gives-removed-rib-to-daughter/feed/ 0 Ed Szczepanski, Getty Images The 50 Funniest Baseball Quotes http://espn1420.com/the-50-funniest-baseball-quotes/ http://espn1420.com/the-50-funniest-baseball-quotes/#comments Tue, 19 Jun 2012 17:20:39 +0000 Scott Prather http://espn1420.com/?p=76326 "Ninety percent of this game is half mental."—Yogi Berra "The way to make coaches think you're in shape in the spring is to get a tan."—Whitey Ford "I'd be willing to bet you, if I was a betting man, that I have never bet on baseball."—Pete Rose How about 47 more?

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]]> http://espn1420.com/the-50-funniest-baseball-quotes/feed/ 0 Photo by Jim McIsaac/Getty Images 25 Things You Don't Know About Baseball http://espn1420.com/25-things-you-dont-know-about-baseball/ http://espn1420.com/25-things-you-dont-know-about-baseball/#comments Fri, 26 Aug 2011 16:17:04 +0000 Scott Prather http://espn1420.com/?p=16038 Many sports fanatics like to think they know everything about baseball. Think again.

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]]> http://espn1420.com/25-things-you-dont-know-about-baseball/feed/ 0 Photo by Ronald Martinez/Getty Images Wittles cleared to play by FIU http://espn1420.com/wittles-cleared-to-play-by-fiu/ http://espn1420.com/wittles-cleared-to-play-by-fiu/#comments Wed, 16 Feb 2011 21:05:03 +0000 Jay Walker http://espn1420.com/?p=5825 Garrett Wittles, the 2010 Sun Belt Conference Player of the Year, has been cleared to play by Florida International University this weekend, despite facing rape charges in the Bahamas.

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]]> http://espn1420.com/wittles-cleared-to-play-by-fiu/feed/ 0 Best Rotation Ever? http://espn1420.com/best-rotation-ever/ http://espn1420.com/best-rotation-ever/#comments Wed, 15 Dec 2010 01:22:45 +0000 Scott Prather http://espn1420.com/?p=3494 Cliff Lee signs with the Phildelphia Phillies, making a solid pitching staff incredible.

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]]> http://espn1420.com/best-rotation-ever/feed/ 0 Photo by Chris McGrath/Getty Images The price of baseball keeps going up http://espn1420.com/the-price-of-baseball-keeps-going-up/ http://espn1420.com/the-price-of-baseball-keeps-going-up/#comments Fri, 10 Dec 2010 19:56:39 +0000 Jay Walker http://espn1420.com/?p=3279 Rangers up their offer to Lee. From espn.com

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]]> http://espn1420.com/the-price-of-baseball-keeps-going-up/feed/ 0 (Photo by Jim McIsaac/Getty Images) Baseball In The Naked Gun http://espn1420.com/2543/ http://espn1420.com/2543/#comments Tue, 30 Nov 2010 00:55:50 +0000 Scott Prather http://espn1420.com/?p=2543 Leslie Nielson passed away early Sunday morning at the age of 84 due to complications of pneumonia. The funnyman had many great moments in cinema. One of his biggest hits was The Naked Gun. Here is a great clip from the baseball scene in The Naked Gun. RIP Leslie.

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