Look, I’m a Yankees fan but even I can admit to ridiculous calls that were made not only in the World Series but in the playoffs in general. But as we have it…

There apparently will be no expansion of instant replay in baseball in the near future.

Jimmy Lee Solomon, MLB’s executive vice president of baseball operations, said Tuesday there was no discussion to expand the use of replay in the regular season or postseason at a meeting of the game’s general managers.

The call for more extensive use of replay arose following several missed calls by umpires during the recent postseason

There are two reasons for this and two reasons only.  One, either the GM’s in Major League Baseball did not watch one single postseason game and two:  they fell asleep during every single post season game.

Is it me or did the World Series games run ridiculously late?  I fell asleep at some point during every game.  So it would stand to reason that GM’s have no desire to stay up late thus ignoring instant replay amendments.

However I have a solution to all of this.  Let’s just have a new challenge rule like the NFL.  It would simplify things a great deal.  A manager gets 1 challenge per game and that challenge uses instant replay. Is that so bad?

Case closed.

[Via Cleveland.com]

If you’re interested in being a ball boy then you might want to check out the USTA for qualifications.   Because as Kramer once put it “I think that’s wrong!”when he was told there were no ball men.  God that was a terrible introduction to this article.  Whatever.

Whether it’s tennis or soccer or even basketball, a ball boy must be precise.  He must be quick.  And he must get the job done in a way that appears he was never even there in the first place.

Unfortunately that doesn’t always happen.  And here are seven moments to prove it.

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The year is nearly over and I know we have 2 solid months left of great potential for photos but I happened to come across a very solid gallery of awesome sports pictures of 2009 that I wanted to slim down to 15.

Most of these are in the “non major” sports categories so you won’t see as much NFL, NBA, MLB stuff in here.  Notice I didn’t mention Hockey.  That’s for all you people who hate me for hating hockey.  Let’s face it.  It’s not a major sport anymore.

And clearly I refuse to put soccer on here.  At least grant me that because I’m in the U.S.  If I was in Europe I guess I’d have to include it.

Anyway, enjoy the pictures

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Amazingly enough, in all my life I’ve never been to an NFL game.   It’s not like I wouldn’t go given the chance, I just never got around to going to a game.  And while the game is entertaining enough to attend, there are more reasons than ever to go to NFL games these days.

You’ve got your tailgating which has really reached new heights, and you have your dedicated fan watching.  The lengths that some of these fans go to on game day is really extraordinary.

It’s as if it’s Halloween.

Check out these 20 dedicated NFL fans.

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When you think of amazing dives in sports, it’s usually of the Football or Baseball kind.   And on occasion you’ll have some dedicated NBA guys who will make the effort and dives into the stands for loose balls (you don’t see it like you used to with dudes like Oakley, Barkley, and Rodman).

But what about other sports from around the world?  There are times when players dive in sports you wouldn’t think there’d be much diving in.  Or rather, you probably just don’t search for these kinds of guys much.

In any event, here are 7 unconventional sports diving videos

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If you’ve ever had the pleasure of experiencing a fan running onto the field at a sporting event, it’s an awesome site to see.  Of course I’d never have the balls or stupidity to try a stunt like that, but it’s pretty damned entertaining to say the least.

What’s even better is when you witness a fan “altercation” in the stands.  I love it when the cops have to drag someone’s ass out of there.  Even better when it’s a couple of hot chicks who’ve had one too many.

In the fine tradition of moronic fans, here are great examples of when fans get out of control and arrested at sporting events

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Remember when you first started to learn how to ride a bicycle? Remember how many times you fell before finally learning to ride without training wheels?   But remember that all you had was just a little boo boo when you fell?  Granted plenty of people get into serious accidents at a young age, but for the most part they’re scrapes and bruises.

But when you make a living going over 50 mph on a bicycle, accidents tend to hurt a little bit more.  Or when you’re going over 100 mph I’d say they tend to hurt quite a bit.

Here is a collection of tough (and some funny) bicycle accidents

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Having been a pretty serious tennis player myself, I can appreciate the talent that it takes to be a professional tennis player.   I mean it’s one thing to be ranked high in the state.  It’s another to be ranked high in the world.  It’s like making the leap from college to the pros.  The skill level is so dramatically different that it’s just so obvious.

Put it this way.  Any old tennis player can hit a trick shot.  Any player can fiddle around in practice.  But to hit these shots in competition?  It’s truly magnificent.

From dives to between the legs to ridiculous overheads, here are 10 of the most amazing tennis shots I’ve ever seen

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Yeah these pictures might be old but they’re certainly appropriate given it’s the post season right now.  Which kind of begs the question:  What would you rather be doing right now?  Playing baseball in cold weather having to try and hit freezing fastballs or warming up to a cozy Brittany Binger?

Honestly I think if you asked a lot players on post season teams right now, off the record at least half might want to be in Grady’s shoes.  Actually no.  Most could get girls like this in about five seconds.

Still though, I can’t so it’s fun to see Grady enjoying himself.