Home Run Derby

Outside the home office of Home Run Derby, it’s gotten really freaking cold.  So let’s warm it up a bit …

Home Run Derby is proud to present the return of Porristas Mexicana de Beisbol !  Mexican Baseball Cheerleaders !

We held a vote back in May to ask our readers which Mexican League baseball team (in the Liga Mexicana) had the best Porristas or Edecanes.   The Potros (Broncos) de Tijuana won that vote - so let’s check out more of their Porristas and Edecanes. 

We’ve mentioned before that the Potros outsource their cheerleading to whatever company wants to pay for the exposure.  By my count there’s at least six different cheerleading uniforms dancing around Estadio Calimax in Tijuana.

Talk about your logo creep.

Here’s pics of one of the Potros’ porrista sponsors … and some video. (more…)

Happy halloween everybody!! 

Pumpkin carving is a combination of sport and art form at my house.

So let’s take a stroll around the front doorsteps of baseball fans around America and check out some artwork dedicated to their favorite teams and players …

Baseball Pumpkins!!  Baseball Jack O’Lanterns!!

The MLB logo is looking pretty sharp in this guy’s kitchen.

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So it’s been about a week since the Cleveland Indians blew a three-one series lead in the American League Championship Series and lost in seven games to the Boston Red Sox.

And now, to make matters that much more heartbreaking - the Red Sox are up three games to none over the Rockies in the World Series.

That seems to be all the time it took for the Indians’ embattled mascot, smilin’ Chief Wahoo to move from the stage of denial and compose himself … and grant a quick interview.

However, Wahoo doesn’t seem to be quite over the most recent chapter in Cleveland sports heartbreak. The Chief has some interesting words about the Red Sox’ rise to glory and then directs some leftover vitriol at dancin’ Jonathan Papelbon.

But the changing emotions on Chief Wahoo’s face are the best part.

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So yesterday at the Phillies-Rockies playoff game, the Phanatic did a little boxing.

Nice skit.  But I’m confused. 

The Phanatic knocked out a guy who looked a little like an old fat Rocky Balboa (the view from the cheap seats anyway) … is that supposed to signify the Phillies knocking out the Rockies?  Get it? 

But Rocky Balboa is kinda the unofficial symbol of the city of Philadelphia, what with five movies and that big statue at the top of the steps at that library/museum and all. 

So in essence, didn’t the Phanatic knock out Philly? 

Rockies in four.

The New York Mets are in a tailspin …

On the morning of September 14, they were 83-62 and had a comfortable six and a half game lead over the 77-69 Philadelphia Phillies in the National League East. 

However, over the last two weeks, the Mets compiled a record of 4-10 (while the Phillies have gone 10-3) and now the NL East is tied with only three games to go.  It almost seems inevitable that only one New York team (the Yankees) will be in the playoffs this season.

In that span, there’s only been one good bit of press coming out of Shea … that the Mets’ mascot, Mr. Met, was named to the Mascot Hall of Fame. 

On September 14.  The Mets were immediately swept by the Phillies and they haven’t been the same since.

Is it a coincidence? 

Or did Mr. Met and the Mets’ fans efforts to get their beloved mascot into the Mascot Hall of Fame rob the Mets of all the mojo they had in 2007?  Is all the karma now gone?

You’ve got to wonder.

The first round is drawing to a close …

Let’s finish up the Critter Bracket with some mascots who were made to run.

#1 The Racing Sausages (Brewers) vs. #8 Rangers Captain (Rangers)

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The Mascot brackets continue with a matchup of one of the best … and one of the worst.  From the Mammal Division …

#2 Stomper (Oakland A’s) vs. #7 D. Baxter the Bobcat (Arizona Diamondbacks)

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Okay, not really.

Three Milwaukee radio stations (all owned by communications conglomerate Entercom) got together and had a big company party.

The highlight of the event was that some of the radio personalities from WXSS 103.7, WMYX 99.1, and WSSP 1250, got to wear the famous Klement’s Racing Sausage costumes for a race around the parking lot.  Of course, they had video. 

The most surreal part of the following clip is that you get to see the disassembled Racing Sausage costumes while people are putting them on …

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White Sox Interactive has found the Youppi! vs Ribbie and Roobarb battle and has started voting early and often for R&R … so let’s give Youppi’s old team another chance to move on in the brackets …

It’s a feathery battle of two 2nd to last place team mascots!

#1 The Parrot (Pittsburgh Pirates) vs. #8 Screech (Washington Nationals)

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