The Fan Every Team Wishes They Had
It’s a rarity these days–a dying breed, if you will. I once spotted a group of them among the left field bleachers at a Cubs-Dodgers game at Wrigley Field; possibly the last herd in existence. But once...
View Article3u3d Power Rankings: April 15th, 2013
Welcome to the first installation of the 3u3d cumulative MLB Power Rankings! We figured ranking teams on their first three or four games last week was a little bit premature. But you can re-visit these...
View ArticleThe Literal Power Rankings: April 15th, 2013
We like to mix it up a bit here at Three Up, Three Down. And we figured having a traditional power ranking every week wasn’t enough. We wanted to give you a source for finding the most powerful teams...
View ArticleOur Lawyer Made Us Change the Name of this Blog So We Wouldn’t Get Sued
See what I did there? Props to our friend @teammegan for alerting me to this, as I happened to miss yesterday’s first pitch in the Dodgers-Padres game while I waded through heavy traffic and struggled...
View ArticleIs This the Worst Home Run Call You’ve Ever Heard?
VIDEO HERE. MLB WON’T LET US EMBED THIS ONE. OH, THE HUMANITY! It has to be close, right? We really shouldn’t pick on the Marlins, given their current organizational state. And we hate to rain on...
View Article65-0 High School Baseball Blowout: Bad Sportsmanship?
Licking Heights senior Ronnie Dawson, courtesy: NewarkAdvocate.com At what point does a team cry for mercy? When does the famed 10-run rule become too lenient? Will the Miami Marlins even score 65 runs...
View ArticleCincinnati Reds Win Shortest Game in MLB History
Where do I get my terrible, misleading headlines you may ask? I read way too much Yahoo! News. Anyway, I only call this the “shortest” game in MLB history because it was suspended in the middle of the...
View ArticleCarl Crawford May Be Fined for Honoring Jackie Robinson With Cleats
That is not a typo. According to Yahoo! Sports, which quotes a report from ESPN’s Mark Saxson, the powers that be at MLB contacted Crawford’s agent about the cleats he wore in Monday’s loss to the...
View ArticleThe Saga Continues: Padres CEO Caught on Tape Bashing Greinke After Brawl
Padres President and CEO Tom Garfinkel According to Jeff Passan of Yahoo! Sports, they acquired a secret recording of San Diego Padres President and CEO Tom Garfinkel adamantly telling a group of fans...
View ArticleGIF: Giants Reliever Blasts Teammate With Anal Funk
Honestly, there really won’t be much substance to this post. The GIF below speaks for itself, and verifies that fart jokes are still funny. An anonymous reliever in the Giants bullpen very clearly...
View ArticleEarly Nominee for MLB Picture of the Year
The Milwaukee Brewers beat the San Francisco Giants yesterday. Carlos Gomez played a big role in that win (3-4 with an RBI triple and run scored). So as is tradition in today’s game, he was interviewed...
View ArticleMLB Pop Quiz: Name That Scouting Report!
Jeff Idelson, the current MLB Hall of Fame President, tweeted out pictures this week of three old scouting reports that will be featured in an upcoming exhibit in Cooperstown. You could go to his...
View ArticleTodd Frazier Makes Dreams Come True
Lost in the madness of the Boston bombing manhunt these last couple days was a shining ray of happiness, brought to you by none other than America’s pastime. The ability of baseball (and all sports) to...
View ArticleThe Best/Worst Article Headline Ever Written
Really? This is either a journalist’s worst nightmare or an editor’s best prank, depending on how you look at it: After R.A. Dickey exited his start against the Chicago White Sox in Toronto with back...
View ArticleManny Being Manny: The King of Taiwan
I don’t know why Manny Ramirez, who is currently trying to revive a crumbled baseball career in Taiwan’s professional league, would ever come back to Major League Baseball. Forget the fact that none of...
View ArticleMark Trumbo Just Obliterated a Baseball
Oh. My. God. Watch the mammoth home run here: Your browser does not support iframes. In the second inning of a game at o.Co Coliseum against the Oakland A’s, Trumbo took a 3-1 pitch way, way out to...
View ArticleWhat is the Price of a Rivalry?
I tweeted an honest question out earlier, and I got a pretty significant amount of responses. The natural next step was a blog, so here we are: If two baseball fans were to drive from San Francisco to...
View ArticlePick a GIF, Any GIF!
I just happened to notice that a wealth of brilliant GIF’s were produced over the last week or so of baseball. I’d like to take a few minutes of yours to ask: Which one is the best? Use whichever...
View ArticleThis is the Game That Never Ends
In case you missed it, Brandon Moss just hit his second home run of the game for the A’s tonight and walked off with a 10-8 victory. In the 19th inning. I’m not kidding. Here is the game-winner...
View ArticleAnother Entry for Best Baseball Picture of the Year!
A couple weeks ago, we presented you with an early favorite for MLB picture of the year. And even though the one we are presenting this time around isn’t an awesome action shot worthy of a segment on...
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