Scandals
Alex Rodriguez, Jose Canseco, and Mark McGwire (and definitely maybe Barry Bonds) were all found to have used this during their playing careers.
What are steroids?
This former Seattle Mariners and Arizona Diamondbacks pitcher killed a dove with a fastball. After becoming a sports photographer after retirement, he made that bird his logo.
Who is Randy Johnson?
According to Atlanta Braves pitchers Tom Glavine and Greg Maddux, chicks dig this.
What is the long ball?
This team was so mad about a bat flip the year before that they punched the bat flipper the following season.
Who are the Texas Rangers?
When Toronto won the World Series in 1993, "Touch em all Joe" refers to touching these three white squares on each corner of a baseball diamond, not people.
What are bases?
New York Yankees player Joe DiMaggio had a tumultuous marriage with this actress.
Who is Marilyn Monroe?
Teams shifted very far to the right to stop this Boston Red Sox hitter, but they failed miserably.
Who is Ted Williams?
"The impossible has happened!" was heard after this New York Mets pitcher hit the first and only home run of his career.
Who is Bartolo Colon? (Accept: Who is Big Sexy?)
What are trash cans?
"If you build it, they will come" is a line from this book by Canadian author W.P. Kinsella.
What is Field of Dreams?
Who is Babe Ruth?
"Stand, stare, yeet," was the sequence of actions that this Blue Jays player took right after he hit a home run that helped Toronto advance in the 2015 playoffs.
Who is Jose Bautista?
During a broadcast for this team, Thom Brennaman was in the middle of making an apology before being interrupted by a Nick Castellanos drive into left field to make it a 4-0 ballgame.
Who are the Cincinnati Reds?
Who is Pedro Martinez?
This Colorado Rockies hitter has hit the most career home runs for a Canadian.
Who is Larry Walker?
Pete Rose recorded lots of hits from playing baseball, but also recorded lots of activity doing this "hobby", eventually getting him banned permanently from baseball.
What is gambling?
Who is Ichiro Suzuki?
Rickey Henderson once made Oakland Athletics accountants panic because he told them he put this in a frame instead of making a photocopy.
What is a cheque (for $1 million)?
Lou Gehrig's baseball career was cut short because he had to fight this three-letter degenerative disease, perhaps best known for its ice bucket challenges.
What is ALS?
This Canadian pitcher played 10 seasons for the Chicago Cubs, and threw over 3,000 strikeouts in his career.
Who is Ferguson (Fergie) Jenkins?
Shoeless Joe Jackson was part of a massive scandal involving this team in the 1919 World Series.
Who are the Chicago White Sox?
The Colorado Rockies' signature move is putting baseballs in this large device to prevent home runs from being hit too easily in their stadium.
What is a humidor?
"Welcome to Oakland" is said after a new player realizes he has to pay for his own vending machine drinks in this 2011 movie starring Brad Pitt, based on a book by Michael Lewis.
What is Moneyball?
This pitcher threw 7 no-hitters in his career, but also threw a 97-hitter on Robin Ventura after putting him in a headlock.
Who is Nolan Ryan?
This Canadian pitcher was the best pitcher on the "Rocktober" team that saw the Colorado Rockies reach the 2007 World Series.
Who is Jeff Francis?