Baseball

Five sports added to 2028 Olympics, as Ireland loses its best medal hopes

Good news for all flag footballers out there. Five new sports are set to be included in the line-up for the 2028 Olympics in Los Angeles. It was voted by the IOC in Mumbai on Monday to include cricket, squash, baseball/softball, lacrosse and flag football in the games. The inclusion of cricket will be the […]

Good news for all flag footballers out there. Five new sports are set to be included in the line-up for the 2028 Olympics in Los Angeles. It was voted by the IOC in Mumbai on Monday to include cricket, squash, baseball/softball, lacrosse and flag football in the games. The inclusion of cricket will be the […]

2 years ago

Cillian Murphy shares an uncanny resemblance with a current baseball star

Folks were thinking Christopher Nolan is throwing out some sort of mind-bending promo for Oppenheimer. Cillian Murphy’s star turn in Oppenheimer is out soon and many involved in the movie are hoping the Cork native will fetch at least an Oscar nomination for his titular role. The Peaky Blinders and Wind That Shakes The Barley […]

Folks were thinking Christopher Nolan is throwing out some sort of mind-bending promo for Oppenheimer. Cillian Murphy’s star turn in Oppenheimer is out soon and many involved in the movie are hoping the Cork native will fetch at least an Oscar nomination for his titular role. The Peaky Blinders and Wind That Shakes The Barley […]

2 years ago

REVIEW: Super Mega Baseball 4 is a deceptively deep introduction to America’s favourite pastime

Don’t let the arcadey graphics fool you; this is a game with thousands of hours of replayability. Since at least Tudor times, people have whacked a ball with a stick and ran around a diamond for their dear lives. Rounders is a childhood staple of any Irish person’s school experience, but when the game travelled […]

Don’t let the arcadey graphics fool you; this is a game with thousands of hours of replayability. Since at least Tudor times, people have whacked a ball with a stick and ran around a diamond for their dear lives. Rounders is a childhood staple of any Irish person’s school experience, but when the game travelled […]

2 years ago

WATCH: Major League Baseball player visibly shaken after he struck a child with a ball

The incident has led to a serious discussion surrounding fan safety. An incident occurred in a Major League Baseball game on Wednesday night, where Albert Almora Junior of the Chicago Cubs hit a hard line-drive foul into the stands, that ended up hitting and injuring a young girl. According to CNN, the young girl was taken […]

The incident has led to a serious discussion surrounding fan safety. An incident occurred in a Major League Baseball game on Wednesday night, where Albert Almora Junior of the Chicago Cubs hit a hard line-drive foul into the stands, that ended up hitting and injuring a young girl. According to CNN, the young girl was taken […]

7 years ago

WATCH: The viral clip of a man stealing a baseball from a young child isn’t all that it seems

It didn’t look good. At some stage in recent memory, you may have come across a clip of a Chicago Cubs fan seemingly stealing a baseball that had been thrown to a young fan in the crowd at Wrigley Field. It was rage-inducing stuff… When going to a baseball game, DON'T be this guy. pic.twitter.com/pAeiRN6Q2X […]

It didn’t look good. At some stage in recent memory, you may have come across a clip of a Chicago Cubs fan seemingly stealing a baseball that had been thrown to a young fan in the crowd at Wrigley Field. It was rage-inducing stuff… When going to a baseball game, DON'T be this guy. pic.twitter.com/pAeiRN6Q2X […]

8 years ago

Tragedy hits Major League Baseball as two stars die in separate car accidents in the Dominican Republic

Terrible news. Tragedy struck the world of baseball on Sunday following the deaths of two Major League Baseball stars in two separate car accidents in the Dominican Republic. Yordano ‘Ace’ Ventura, a pitcher with the Kansas City Royals, died aged just 25 after he was involved in a car accident in his native Dominican Republic […]

Terrible news. Tragedy struck the world of baseball on Sunday following the deaths of two Major League Baseball stars in two separate car accidents in the Dominican Republic. Yordano ‘Ace’ Ventura, a pitcher with the Kansas City Royals, died aged just 25 after he was involved in a car accident in his native Dominican Republic […]

9 years ago