Jeff Francis, a Canuck who went north...

Isn't it amazing

These two former Rangers also played in a different league...

Happy Birthday, Commish!

Even though he always has his hands full...



Our faithful PFBL Commissioner always goes the extra mile when it comes to making sure our fantasy baseball league is the best around.

Happy birthday, bro!  Have a great one!

P.S.--

Jered Weaver used to play for the Bucs...

The Anchorage Bucs, that is.

Many MLB vets have played under the midnight sun...

Baseball at midnight with no lights?

It has happened every year for over a century in Fairbanks, Alaska...

White pinstripes on burgundy pants?

Dobyns-Bennett H.S. in Tennessee has arguably the worst baseball pants ever: twitter.com/UniWatch/statu…

— Paul Lukas (@UniWatch) May 16, 2013

Ugh.

A play as cool as his name...

Ladies and gentlemen, Raph Rhymes:

OSitF Link(s): MLB.com just got WAY more cool...

CLICK HERE AND RELOAD AS NEEDED.

Cincinnati Bearcats Post Game Interviews

The pie in the face is so cliche, and the fact that A.J. Burnett will not let it go is mildly annoying.
Enter: the University of Cincinnati baseball team.  Now these (Bear)cats have some genuine creativity.
Absolutely classic!
Check it out:

Way to go, boys!  Keep it up!

BEHOLD THE DINOSAUR BAGEL SANDWICH!

Bad songs about the AL East (1)

Which is worse, this song...



Or this sign:

Look who's back in first place...

It's the first place Rockies!

Playoff baseball is here!

At Ford Frick Field, that is.

Go Reds!

Ham looks exactly the same . . .

But I'm not a fan of Squints having tattoos:

Tulo has a great feel for clubhouse chemistry...

IF YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN!

Fear the hat?

Not after that tumble!

Jason Kipnis is hot stuff!

I guess the Friars didn't like Trouble With The Curve...

Just Maddon being Maddon . . .

Also relevant, this picture:

Happy Birthday, Beautiful!

Love you, babe!

Bad news and WORSE news . . .

This afternoon, I pulled up the HardballTalk feed to discover this:



My reaction:

Whither Jules from Psych?

I am not excited about this:



Honestly, some producer must have

Kids, don't do drugs

Here's Manny Ramirez dressed as The Hulk. #MLBFC twitter.com/MLBFanCave/sta…
— MLB Fan Cave (@MLBFanCave) May 11, 2013

Wow.  I guess female fertility drugs will do crazy things to a guy.

After he shrank down to normal size, ManRam did this:

Next time, hit the cutoff man!

Here's to ending a losing streak... @TacoBell @Rockies

Bring on the failbears!

Justin Morneau doesn't like the paparazzi...

Happy Mother's Day, moms!

We love you!

Of all the bobbles in this commercial . . .

The one I want the most is the Minnie/Paul bobble at 0:19



The only Twins

First pitches don't get much worse than this...

I'm not sure about

A tough way to lose...

Here's last night's game-changing play in real time:



Upon further review...

Doesn't this only happen for walkoffs?

I'm not sure if I should be concerned about

What is a Hit Streat???

Whatever it is

Could Derrick Hall be the next MLB commish?

The Dbacks president gave his own take last night on the Petros and Money show:

Pedro Alvarez is cooler than I thought . . .

Still, I will

That time John Hirschbeck went all Enrico Pallazzo...

On Sunday afternoon I had just settled into my recliner, excited to watch the Washington Nationals. Two members of the Colorado Tumbleweed were in the starting lineup, Bryce Harper and starting pitcher Gio Gonzalez. However, little did I know John Hirschbeck was the starting third base umpire, and he was intent on making that fact well known.

After Bryce Harper flopped his arms in disgust at Hirschbeck who called him out on a checked swing (a clown call if I've ever seen one), Hirschbeck then tossed Harper from the game when he then took off his helmet and dropped it on the ground in disgust. (animated gifs here)

Now witness the firepower . . .

OF THIS FULLY ARMED AND OPERATIONAL ASDRUBALCABRERA!



Asdrubal finds

This field stormer is nuts!

Nice

OSitF Weekend Highlight(s)

As far as I'm concerned, only one baseball game happened this weekend.  However, MLB Advanced Media's draconian video sharing policy prohibits me from posting the epic highlights from that game at this time.  Rest assured, I will post about it when MLB releases the videos from their dungeon.

Instead, enjoy Captain Kirk going into orbit to rob a homerun:



But even more impressive than that catch, this happened:

Even more creepy than a bobblehead . . .

A Wade Miley garden gnome:

Remember this from a year ago?

Talladega kicks off in an hour.

Who knew that

This is how I would like to celebrate Cinco de Mayo...

Sonoran Hot Dog?

Stiff competition

Tonight, the Rockies face the Rays.  On the bump for Tampa Bay will be David Price.

Here's how he fared in his last start:



Yikes!

An exciting sporting event will be held at Citi Field!

No, of course it isn't the Mets . . .

What's all this then?

What's up with this, Commish?

Iron Man 3 comes out today . . .

Here is how I can shoehorn that headline into a baseball blog:



Are any

On a serious note . . .

Kansas City in May, if you need it.

Wolverine hair

a/k/a bedhead.

Good thing I don't have to go to court today!

Why would anyone pay $40 for old beard hair?

I don't get this:



Reddick is on my fantasy baseball team, but

When a suicide squeeze goes wrong . . .

. . . try to find a creative way to avoid the tag, like this high school player:



V-Mart, on the other hand, isn't quite as creative:

Yu makin' me crazy!

Tommy Lasorda is not familiar with the type of thing he's seeing . . .

Last night, K-pop star Psy (yu know, the guy who did this much-lampooned song) went to the Rockies/Doyers game.  There, he met the Doyers players and put on the following dance number:

(Pay close attention to Tommy Lasorda, seated on the left)



Uncle Tommy knows exactly how Calculon feels . . .

Thoughts about April

Today is May 1, 2013.  Today, the Colorado Rockies are in first place:

Because of that, recent history says the Rockies have a coin flip's chance of winning the division.  I'll take that!  It's a far cry from what I expected--or anyone else for that matter.

Still, the month of April doesn't mean that much . . .

Does this count as defensive indifference?

The extra base didn't make much difference, as