Has social media networking killed the old fan clubs? Remember when you could just write a letter to your favorite baseball player and include a baseball card and sometimes you would get it back and it would be autographed? Those days are gone. Now – some players refuse to sign autographs, and fan clubs have died down, except on social networking sites like MySpace and Facebook. After taking a few days to search Facebook’s database, I have compiled a list of the top 10 most popular baseball players on Facebook. I think you might be …read more

Every team has fans. There are fans that are just casual fans and then there are the die-hards. These are the fans that will defend their team(s) until they die. Well – I might have just found one of those fans. Here’s a video from a Pittsburgh Pirates fan that thinks that amazing things happens inside PNC Park.

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http://www.everyjoe.com/pittsburgh-where-amazing-happens/ …read more

It’s a wonderful time of the year…for the teams still in the race. For other teams, it’s just another time to watch their young superstar or aging superstar of their favorite team get shipped out to a contender. This has the makings of being one of the biggest trading deadlines that I can remember with so many big names being talked about.
The Boston Red Sox are deciding whether or not to trade Manny Ramirez. The Cincinnati Reds are awaiting approval from Ken Griffey, Jr., before they send him to the Chicago White Sox. The New York …read more

It’s true. A fan of Pittsburgh Pirates outfielder Jason Bay has written a song about him and his baseball ability. If you haven’t seen this yet, I recommend you check it out for a good laugh. I will warn you that the female singer sings in a very high octave the entire song, which is set to the rhythm and sound of ‘Yesterday’ by The Beatles. Here’s the video –