Video of incredible feat: Mike Laga Foul Ball: Cardinals Player Hit Ball Out Of Old Busch Stadium In 1986

1986 was the year my beleoved Mets won their last championship. I thought I watched every game that year that was on TV because I remember not having cable.



However, I don’t remember this incident at all. But, seeing is believing.



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On Sept. 15, 1986, legend has it that Mike Laga of the St. Louis Cardinals crushed a foul ball out of the old Busch Stadium. Of course, as The FYC pointed out in 2005, nobody remembers witnessing the titanic clout with their own eyes and there has never been any video evidence of the at-bat.. until now.



Thanks to Joe Sports Fan, there is finally proof of Laga's extraordinary accomplishment.



The clip below is from a New York Mets highlight tape and it not only shows Laga's incredible foul ball, but it also shows the fans giving him a standing ovation. Scroll down to watch the video.

The Mike Laga Foul Ball from JoeSportsFan.com on Vimeo.

Video: Giants, Phillies Brawl Fight : Benches Clear After Pitch Hits Shane Victorino

The defending World Champions San Francisco Giants didn’t appreciate the hurting the Philadelphia Phillies have been putting on’em.

Or maybe the Giants are pissed that they haven’t been winning since they traded for Carlos Beltran.

The Huffington Post

Benches cleared in the top of the sixth inning during Friday night's game between the Phillies and Giants after San Francisco reliever Ramon Ramirez hit Shane Victorino in the back with a pitch.

Victorino began walking toward the mound and Giants catcher Eli Whiteside stepped in front of him. Placido Polanco raced in from second base and was tackled by Whiteside, who along with Victorino was ejected. Ramirez also was tossed.

Giants first baseman Aubrey Huff was in the middle of the scrum and Phillies leadoff man Jimmy Rollins shoved San Francisco bench coach Ron Wotus as they exchanged words.
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Alex Rodriguez under investigation by MLB for high stakes poker game playing

Baseball has a well documented history going back to the 1919 Black Sox scandal in which eight players were banned for life for throwing the World Series.

Back in the day, ballplayers and gamblers had a cozy relationship and often many a game was thrown so gamblers can collect on huge bets.

Since then MLB has signs posted in every locker-room specifically warning players against getting involved in any form of gambling

But, who says Arod is particularly bright?

The Sporting News

New York Yankees third baseman Alex Rodriguez, currently rehabbing in Miami after knee surgery July 11, could face suspension if reports are true that he took part in illegal, underground poker games in California, allegations that Major League Baseball is taking “very seriously,” ESPNNewYork.com reported Wednesday.

“We're talking to people involved in the investigation, and we're taking this very seriously,” an MLB executive who spoke to ESPNNewYork.com on condition of anonymity. “Because he had been warned about this before, I would say a possible suspension would be very much in play.”

MLB said Wednesday that investigators with the commissioner's office will interview Rodriguez. Yahoo! Sports, citing an anonymous source close to Rodriguez, reported Wednesday night that Rodriguez will cooperate in the probe.

The allegations, first published by RadarOnline.com, are that Rodriguez played in at least two of the games, one of which took place at the Beverly Hills mansion of a record executive at which “a fight nearly broke out” when one of the poker players refused to pay up after losing “more than a half-million dollars.”

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