Being a rabid St. Louis Cardinals baseball fan, I have seen some pretty ugly ceremonial Opening Day first pitches. This article takes a look back at my top five list of these pitches that went astray. Ever since President William Howard Taft threw out the first pitch by a president, the opening ceremonial first pitch has become an event and an adventure. These are not listed in any particular order. 1. April 2, 2007 . The mayor of Cincinnati, Mark Malloy, missed the catcher and even hit the umpire, standing 10 feet away.
Apparently a crazed and deranged man with a knife decided he wanted to take in a basketball game, as he ran into the Staples Center on Saturday, Mar. 19 past security guards who tried desperately to block him until he showed them the steak knife he was carrying. Wisely choosing to not confront the lunatic, the security staffers chased after him gathering a group of other staffers with them and surrounding him once he'd gotten to the arena floor and waited for police.
The Baltimore Orioles have a few decisions to make in the upcoming days as they narrow down their roster for Opening Day, but one decision is pretty easy: Make sure Jake Fox is on the roster. With the numbers he has been putting up this spring, his addition to the Orioles should be a no-brainer. This spring, Fox is tearing the cover off the ball. Fox leads the majors in home runs with seven and has driven in 12 runners so far this spring. Fox is also hitting at a ridiculous .333 clip this spring.
Anna Marie Patricelli, 26, and Anna Marie Sloan, 21, entered their pleas Monday …
Randy Wells retired 18 straight batters, Marlon Byrd reached base three times and the Cubs beat a San Francisco Giants’ split squad 3-2 in 10 innings Sunday.
Garza struggles in 14-4 loss
Mar 21
Aaron Harang is starting to look sharp. Matt Garza never felt he had a chance to get comfortable. Harang had his best outing of spring this spring, Chase Headley hit a grand slam and the San Diego Padres beat Garza and the Chicago Cubs 14-4 Saturday.
Reds top Cubs in slugfest
Mar 21
If he was concerned about his rough outing, Carlos Zambrano didn’t act like it. The volatile Cubs right-hander was tagged for six runs and seven hits over 4 2-3 innings Friday, and Chicago lost to the Cincinnati Reds 14-13 in a slugfest.
PHOENIX — Cubs starter Ryan Dempster had another strong outing Thursday, allowing 2 runs on 4 hits over 6 innings against Oakland.”Probably this spring more than any other spring, I’ve just really been trying to establish my fastball as much as I can and trying to locate it as much as I can, and for the most part it’s been going that way,” Dempster said.
White Sox split a pair
Mar 21
Lastings Milledge hit a pair of home runs and drove in 3 runs to help the White Sox split-squad beat the Colorado Rockies 12-6 Thursday
Recap: Cubs 3, Giants 2 (10)
Mar 21
At the plate: No. 3 hitter Marlon Byrd scrapped for a pair of infield singles and a walk in three trips to the plate, raising his spring average to .488. Infield bench candidate Bobby Scales, who’s having a strong spring (.391), led off the 10th inning with his second hit …