The Angels celebrated for the wrong team. On Saturday night, Eugenio Suarez swatted his second solo home run of the night in the fourth inning for a 2-1 lead in Anaheim. While the dinger was nothing out of the ordinary for the slugger, what happened immediately after sure was. The pyrotechnics crew at Angel Stadium … Read more
There might be no crying in baseball, but that doesn’t mean you can’t show emotion. Because Tom Hanks was sure amazed by the Mets’ offense on Tuesday night. As Francisco Lindor capped off a four-run rally against the Diamondbacks in the second inning with a two-run homer, the Oscar-winning actor stood up in near-disbelief, clearly … Read more
Diamondbacks backup catcher Adrian Del Castillo might need to go to the Keith Hernandez School of Baseball after he missed a tag in the sixth inning of a tie game Wednesday night. Del Castillo had plenty of time to tag out Starling Marte but whiffed on the tag, allowing the Mets to grab a one-run … Read more
Looks who’s the moron after all. On Monday, Arizona Diamondbacks broadcaster Steve Berthiaume made a frivolous mistake that sent social media skyrocketing. The Diamondbacks trailed the Nationals by six runs in the third inning when the broadcast returned from a break, showing a group of teenagers hollering excitedly. Steve Berthiaume and Tom Candiotti on the … Read more
It’s been a disappointing season for the Diamondbacks, but one monster performance provided some excitement — particularly in the broadcast booth. With Arizona finishing its three-game series against the vaunted Dodgers on the road, first baseman Christian Walker slugged his whopping fifth home run of the slate, leaving jaws agape. “Another one’s on its way!” … Read more
There were few fans of the call that ended Thursday night’s Diamondbacks-Padres game — and Mark Grant wasn’t among them. With San Diego trailing, 4-3, in the bottom of the ninth with two outs and the tying run on second base, Jake Cronenworth battled through six pitches to make it a 2-2 count before taking … Read more
Not only did Alex Verdugo deliver for the Yankees in extra innings in a 6-5 win against the Diamondbacks, but he received a special home run call from the Yankees’ beloved play-by-play announcer, John Sterling. Tied at 2 in the top of the 10th inning on Wednesday, Verdugo hit a bomb for a two-run home … Read more
Has Chris Russo gone from “Mad Dog” to “Mad Fraud”? The sports talk radio host is taking more high heat for backing out of yet another on-air promise. Russo will apparently not follow through on a promise to walk a Manhattan block in a Diamondbacks-branded bikini. The idea was the brainchild of shock jock Howard … Read more
Where in the world is Travis Kelce? In Arlington, Texas, for the World Series, apparently. The Chiefs star and beau of Taylor Swift was seen in the stands at Globe Life Field as the Rangers hosted the Diamondbacks for Game 1 of the Fall Classic on Friday night. Kelce was among those shown by Fox’s … Read more
Don La Greca was not a fan of Chris Russo’s retirement shenanigans. Russo, who said he’d retire “on the spot” if the Diamondbacks won Games 6 and 7 of the National League Championship Series, has not done so despite Arizona doing just that and reaching the World Series. The longtime sports talk radio host only … Read more
Something interesting happened Wednesday at 3 p.m. ET when “Mad Dog Unleashed” came on the air at SiriusXM: the Mad Dog was missing. Chris Russo wasn’t present for the beginning of his titular radio show as part of the fallout from his promise to retire if the Diamondbacks won the National League pennant. Arizona took … Read more
Dave Portnoy is not letting the Mad Dog off the hook. On his SiriusXM radio show earlier this week, Chris Russo vowed to retire if the Diamondbacks erased a 3-2 deficit in the best-of-seven NLCS by winning two games on the road in Philadelphia. The Diamondbacks did just that, but Russo is walking back the … Read more
Fans might hear Chris “Mad Dog” Russo’s last bark Tuesday if the Arizona Diamondbacks reach the 2023 World Series. The former WFAN star said Monday, before the Diamondbacks won Game 6 of the NLCS on the road against the Philadelphia Phillies to stave off elimination, that if Arizona won the series by taking the final … Read more
Security had their hands full at Dodger Stadium on Monday. Multiple fan brawls broke out during Game 2 of the NLDS between the Dodgers and Diamondbacks, according to videos posted by X user “@PlanZ33,” which showed fans throwing haymakers and getting restrained by security. Two men wearing Dodgers jerseys with long brown hair were seen … Read more
A quick cat can leave you both terrified and hysterical at the same time. During the Arizona Diamondbacks’ 6-2 win over the Los Angeles Angels on Friday, a loose cat scurried across the dirt, jumped into the stands and startled two women. Those two women were Emily Edwards and Kierra Fletcher, respectively the fiancée and … Read more