Gary Carter died on February 16, 2012. One of the greatest baseball players of the 1980s and one of the best people too, a Hall of Fame catcher, husband and father, he leaves behind a legacy as more than just a ball player. Carter played 18 years from 1974 to 1992. He won a World Series with the 1986 New York Mets. He was an 11-time All-Star, three-time Gold Glove Award winner, five-time Silver Slugger Award winner, two-time All-Star Game MVP, the winner of the 1989 Roberto Clemente Award and had his No. 8 retired by the Montreal Expos.

Carter was inducted into the Hall of Fame in 2003. In May 2011, Carter was diagnosed with brain cancer. After a 10-month battle with the inoperable tumors and aggressive therapy to cure him of his cancer, Carter lost his life. He was 57 years old.

Quietly and graciously, Jim Thome hit his 600th career home run on Monday, August 15. He joins Barry Bonds (762), Hank Aaron (755), Babe Ruth (714), Willie Mays (660), Ken Griffey Jr. (630), Alex Rodriguez (626 and counting) and Sammy Sosa (609) as the elite members of the 600 Home Run Club.

Congratulations to Thome.

It took a little longer than many expected but when Yankees shortstop Derek Jeter went 5-for-5 on Saturday, including a home run for his 3,000th hit, he made Major League Baseball history.

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This, for me, is one of those classic Simpsons episodes. It originally aired on February 20, 1992. For any that don’t remember this episode, this is the one where Homer joins the Springfield Nuclear Power Plant softball team. Mr. Burns spends a bunch of money to bring in professional baseball players from Major League Baseball. The episode feature a “who’s who” of great baseball players from the late-80s, early 90s: Roger Clemens, Ken Griffey Jr., Ozzie Smith, Wade Boggs, Jose Canseco, Darryl Strawberry (my favorite player at the time), Don Mattingly, Mike Scioscia and Steve Sax. But I won’t spoil the full plot for you! Enjoy the episode! Check out this Wikipedia page to learn more about some of the interesting details that went into the episode. Please contact me if this video no longer works!

During Sweet Lou’s Run we had some good moments but we missed the classic Lou tirades that made him famous. We hoped he’d be angry Lou but instead we got:

But that’s ok because the no matter how good Lou could have been in a Cub uniform he would have paled in comparison to the tirade of all tirades. The Lee Elia tirade. In the early 80′s the Cubs really sucked and no one showed up. And one day Lee had enough. There is no way to touch this. BE WARNED: THIS IS VERY OFFENSIVE.

Come back every Wednesday for more posts just like this one where we have some fun with baseball videos.

This is one of the most popular episodes of The Baseball Bunch (1982-85), featuring Hall of Fame SS Ozzie Smith!

I couldn’t find a video of the show’s into, but after this two part video you’ll find a third which consists of the closing theme (but from another show).

This was one of my favorite shows growing up and Ozzie Smith is my All Time Favorite SS!



Part 1 with Ozzie Smith, aka The Wizard of OZ!







Part 2 with Ozzie Smith







Aside from the scrolling text, this was the closing clip for every show!







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Apparently they are dancing to a very popular song by a Korean boy band.

Can anyone fill in the blanks here? What’s the name of the boy band and or the song? Is this a real all star game or just a celebrity game?




Funny – Funny Videos



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I am also affiliated with a great cause, a children’s book with a great message called, “A Glove of Their Own”. Everyone who purchases a copy of this great book using the promotional code PIF 129, a $3.00 donation will be made when purchased through the Franklin Mason Press website for Pitch In For Baseball at checkout. You can purchase a copy by following the link at their website http://www.agloveoftheirown.com

This week Albert “The Great” Pujols won his third MVP award which was his second in a row!

In 2009 he hit .327 (.357 in 2008), 47 HR (37 in 2008), 135 RBI (116 in 2008), .443 OBP (.462 in 2008), 1.101 OPS (1.115 in 2008) with a .992 Fld% (.996 in 2008) and a RF of 10.84 (10.61 in 2008).







Albert Pujol’s Testimony for GOD!







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In contrast to Jay-Z’s “Empire State of Mind” that was played for the Yankees, the Phillies have gone into a different direction with this song, “Harry The K, Whaddya Say?”

Whaddya think of it?

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