RIP Ironhead

One of the first things I thought of upon hearing the news of his death was his Zest body wash commercial from the late 90's. Here's one dude's funny attempt at re-creating it:

Trivia...

Dontrelle Willis is 1-6 in 11 starts this season after winning 22 games in 2005. Only three pitchers in the divisional-play era (1969 to date) won no more than one of their first 11 starts in a season after winning 20 or more games the year before: Jim Merritt, who was 20-12 for the Reds in 1970 but 0-9 in his first 11 starts in 1971; Mike Krukow, who was 20-9 for the Giants in 1986, then 1-5 in his first 11 starts in 1987; and Jose Lima, who was 21-10 for Houston in 1999 and 1-7 in his first 11 starts in 2000.

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The Tigers beat the Indians 3-1 for their 15th win in their last 16 games. The Tigers won 15 times over a 16-game stretch in only two other seasons: 1911 and 1984.

the sox' best defensive team, ever?

BY THE NUMBERS: 12 -- Boston's total number of errors through 38 games, fewest in the majors. It is the fewest number of errors the Red Sox made through 38 games since 1960, the first year defensive statistics were tracked game-by-game.

Baseball player traded for Beer

05/01/2006 Schaumburg Assigned the contract of RHP Nigel Thatch (Rookie) to Fullerton of the Golden Baseball League in exchange for 1 pallet (60 cases) of Budweiser beer.

And to think we used to joke about these hypothetical trades