Baseball

Metallica members James Hetfield and Kirk Hammett recently performed "The Star-Spangled Banner" at AT&T Park in San Francisco, home of the San Francisco Giants.

Baseball fans dream of the chance of catching a home run when they go to a big league ballgame. Well, during the 7th inning of the Tuesday night game between the Cardinals and Diamondbacks, one young couple had that opportunity. What happened when they got their opportunity will make you wince then leave you laughing.

I think this is one time I can actually say, "She should just stay in the kitchen where she belongs!" Only time I will ever say that but you have to check out this epic fail by a Hooters girl!

Don't ever mistake me for a guy who likes baseball. I don't really care that much for sports in general. I DO however love highlight reel stuff and this is a pretty good one. It's kind of a "Harlem Globetrotters" catch, if you will. More after the jump.

After Seattle and Oakland began the 2012 season with a split of a two-game series in Japan last week, Major League Baseball is ready for all of its teams to begin play this week. Opening Day for the 2012 season is Wednesday, when the world champion St. Louis Cardinals face the new look and newly-named Miami Marlins in the inaugural game at Marlins Park in Miami. Here’s this week’s MLB report: Read

Once you become an adult, you can’t really bring your glove to a baseball game. But don’t worry, you still have something to catch a ball with should the opportunity arise. Yup, we mean that 20 oz plastic cup of beer in your hand.

The sale of a storied franchise and injuries to key players led the news of the past week in spring training. Here’s this week’s Major League Baseball report:

Budding Miami Marlins star Mike Stanton has made a name for himself in recent years, but now he’s changing that name to Giancarlo Stanton. It’s actually his real name and he only switched to “Mike” when his classmates in school struggled to get his name right. While Stanton’s switch might seem strange to some, other athletes before him have made way more bizarre name changes. Here’s a look back at

When the New York Yankees shipped A.J. Burnett to Pittsburgh last week they actually paid the Pirates $18 million of the $31 million left on his contract so they would agree to take the underachieving pitcher off of their hands. If that wasn’t insult enough, the Yanks took a final jab at Burnett in this hysterically awkward press release announcing the trade: Burnett, 35, was signed by the Yankees

Hall of Fame catcher Gary Carter, nicknamed ‘The Kid’ for the enthusiastic manner in which he played baseball, died Thursday. Carter was 57. He had been diagnosed with malignant brain tumors in May of last year.

Officials at Wrigley Field in Chicago caught the guy who broke into the stadium just to steal some ivy off of the field’s famous outfield wall.

We had some big moments in Major League Baseball this season, but only one moment could be called the best and that honor goes to the Tampa Bay Rays and Evan Longoria for his big walk-off homer against the Yankees in the final game of the season.