The Bleacher Bums: May 26, 2006 Archive

The LeCroy thing

Posted at 9:54 AM on May 26, 2006 by Ben Tesch

The talk of the town last night was the strange situation of the Nationals and Matt LeCroy. LeCroy was catching, since their normal starter is on the DL, and their backup got a concussion the day before, and the Astros took advantage. They proceeded to steal seven bases, which included two throwing attempts by Matt that went well into the outfield. Nats manager Frank Robinson then did the quite rare move of pulling the catcher in the middle of the inning. All I can say is it was all very strange, coupled with the emotional post-game interviews, and the fact that the whole ordeal was so widely broadcast that made the news ticker and was the subject of much talk on the sports shows. Very surreal.

I'm even getting tired typing the word stadium

Posted at 12:26 PM on May 26, 2006 by Ben Tesch

It may take more than a new field to fill Twins stadium records the fantastical idea that the Twins may have to actually put a winning team together to keep people going to games. It takes a village, as they say.

Chuck Ballentine, Dave St. Peter, and Andrew Zimbalist were all on Midmorning today talkin' stadium.

Funnyball

Posted at 2:36 PM on May 26, 2006 by Ben Tesch

The Onion's sports section has been on fire lately, particularly with baseball stuff:

• Great Moments in Interleague Play
• MLB Fines Russ Springer Negative $50,000 For Throwing At Bonds
• MLB To Place Asterisk, Pound Sign, Exclamation Point, Letter 'F' Next To Bonds' Name In Record Books