Baseball

Brad Pitt: actor, father, lucky man who wakes up every day next to Angelina Jolie, and … therapist?

Generally, when a spectator at a baseball game catches a foul ball he’s next seen fielding a call from a friend or a relative who saw him make the snag on TV. This Texas Ranger ran took that congratulations right away because he was already deep into a cell phone conversation when he casually grabbed a screaming line drive of a foul ball off the bat of Rangers’ second baseman Ian Kinsler. Read Mor

Lafayette Little League represented well in Pennsylvania, shutting out the Southeast champions 2-0 to advance to the next round in the Little League World Series.

Two Lafayette teams headed to the World Series! The Lafayette Little League team made their way into the World Series again with an incredible come-from-behind win over the Pearland, Texas team last week, and now they play Warner Robins, Georgia, the Southeast champions, tonight in Williamsport, PA.

On July 7th, 39 year-old Shannon Stone took his son Cooper to a  Texas Rangers baseball game.

Here’s a look at some interesting events that took place on this day in history: 1929 – Babe Ruth becomes the first baseball player to hit 500 home runs in his career with a home run at League Park in Cleveland, Ohio (More info) 1934 – The first civilian prisoners arrive at the Federal prison on Alcatraz Island (More info)

Every baseball fan loves to see the ball go over the Outfield wall, but a man? 69 year-old David 'Cannonball' Smith gets his kicks being shot out of a cannon. Watch him fly over the fence at a minor league game on Tuesday.

After retrieving a foul ball that had been hit into the dugout, Arizona Diamondbacks third baseman Melvin Mora flipped the ball into the front row of the stands. His toss was intended for a young blond woman, who had the kind of look that would encourage a guy to give a girl a baseball.

(From KATC) It's opening day for UL baseball today. The Cajuns begin a three game series hosting Southeast Missouri State. With the new bat restrictions in college baseball. Tony Robichaux plans to use that to his team's advantage and we can expect to see the Cajuns being extra active running and stealing on the base-paths.