George “The Animal” Steele was a popular professional wrestler during his stint in the World Wrestling Federation. This week, Steele was back in the headlines for what he did before a minor league baseball game.
Derrick Salberg plays baseball, but after his game-saving catch during the first round of the Northwest Athletic Association of Community Colleges (NWAACC) baseball championships, he may have a shot at Olympic high jumping.
Two divisional leaders – one in each league – began to pull away from the pack, while several big name hitters had huge weeks. Here’s what’s happening in Major League Baseball:
Zooey Deschanel, star of the Fox sitcom ‘New Girl,’ showed off her musical side when she sang the national anthem before Game 4 of the World Series between the St. Louis Cardinals and Texas Rangers.
When she’s not setting geek hearts aflutter on screens big and small, Zooey Deschanel has a fairly successful singing career as one half of the group She & Him.
So how did she do performing America’s most famous song?
I am so happy it's almost spring time. You know what that means! Time to get outdoors and soak up the sunshine. I have to agree with my cousin Sarah in that I love driving by and seeing all these kids playing baseball. It's so rewarding to watch the kids advance from the first practice to the last game; from the kid who picked flowers in the outfield to catching the pop fly at the final game.
One of my girlfriends, Monica, enjoys the wildflowers, sunshine, time spent at the Riverwalk, rodeo, and just generally being outdoors. When she mentioned wildflowers, it reminded me of Easter time and how my mom would put my twin sister and me in matching dresses with our Easter baskets and then go find the prettiest wildflowers to take a photo by.
Justine Siegal pitched batting practice at the Cleveland Indians' spring training facility in Goodyear, Arizona, marking the first time a woman has ever performed this task.
She will pitch batting practice again today, this time for the Oakland A's.
This isn't the first time the 36-year-old has been a baseball gender pioneer -- in 2009 Siegal became the first woman to coach first base for a men's professional team when she did so for the Broxton Rox of the Canadian-American League. Read on to see her in action.
