Awesome Baseball

Each Lemon Ball baseball and Leather Head football is handcrafted from leather by Paul Cunningham. They not only look amazing sitting on your desk, but can actually be used to play ball.

During World Series Game 4, a member of the Texas Rangers’ grounds crew lets loose his best dance moves after sweeping some sand. Sure, it was probably staged, but we were still entertained.

Here’s something for baseball fans and trivia buffs. Did you know that every major and minor league ball used in the past 75 years has been rubbed with mud from the Delaware River? More here.

We don’t care whether or not it’s fake; we’re enjoying (what looks like) the keen eye-hand coordination from the batter in this minute of video game style baseball practice. (Thanks Mike!)

Florida Marlins’ LF Logan Morrison eyes an unlikely attendee at a recent game, a praying mantis. He must have looked at the insect the wrong way, because the bug decided to move in for the kill.

We’ve seen plenty of first pitches thrown out at baseball games, but never with the style and grace of Cirque du Soleil Kà performer Gabryel Nogueira da Silva, at a recent Padres-Royals matchup.

There’s nothing quite as dull as a rain delay at a baseball game. But at this recent Clemson vs. Davidson game, the teams kept the fun going despite the fact they weren’t playing any baseball.

Guys who love to get a baseball glove ready by smacking the hell out of it while also bothering their wives should check out Louisville Slugger’s Pro Flare Code 55 stiff leather gloves. (Thanks Albert!)

Trust us, unless you were at this Nationals game, you’ve never heard the Star Spangled Banner like Glenn Donnellan plays it – on an electric fiddle that looks like a baseball bat. Play ball!

We’re pretty sure this isn’t official MLB merch, but this zombie-meets-baseball bat t-shirt hits it out of the park. Grab one quick – Teefury only has ’em until the end of the day (6/26).

This old-school baseball game is as fun to play as it is to look at. Don’t be fooled – it’s easy to learn but hard to master. The pitching pipe lets you throw all sorts of pitches to keep batters on their toes.

This Launch trailer for MLB 10: The Show is all-show, not that we’re complaining: available 3/2/10, it includes a new camera system, new, more realistic stadiums, and custom music.

Hallowed ground for both Yankees fans and their pinstriped legends, own a brick from the original Monument Park; each includes a cherry wood base and Letter of Authenticity.

The Cathedral is gone, but own a piece of history with a Yankee Stadium seat which includes an authentic seat back/bottom plus commemorative arms; also available: Texas Stadium.

A must for baseball fans, the Official World Series Film Collection sports 20 discs and nearly 3,000 minutes of game highlights from 1943-2008 in a 58-page book (foreword by Bob Costas).

It’ll be hard getting guys to sign up for a “safety” helmet, but Rawlings S100 withstands baseball impacts of up to 100 mph thanks to its polypropylene and composite insert structure.

Topps’ 3D Live Baseball Cards are our favorite commercial use of augmented reality tech so far; control one of 32 MLB players in 3D just by holding the card in front of your webcam.

With Yankee Stadium now a part of history, we think The Yankee Years makes a fitting bookend; it’s a delicious, behind the scenes look at the Joe Torre era, written by Joe himself.