A Japanese schoolgirl is making headlines across the world today as the first woman to play pro baseball in Japan. Not only that, but she’s only 16 and coming straight out of high school. Eri Yoshida was drafted by the Kobe 9 Cruise, a pro team in an independent league in Japan.

"I always dreamed of becoming a professional," Yoshida, who is 5-f...

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For some unexplained, bizarre reason, the International Olympic Committee has voted to remove softball and baseball from the 2012 Olympic Games, instead of superfluous nonsense like Olympic trampoline.

Because the absurdity of the IOC’s decision is readily apparent, there’s no need to launch into a nine-page tirade about it here. Instead, let’...

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Yesterday, baseball fans around the country sat through, and struggled to stay awake during, the longest All-Star Game in Major League Baseball history. Fifteen innings later, the American League emerged victorious once again.

This feat of endurance and extreme lengthiness got us at OTR thinking about other utterly-too-long records. As a resul...

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According to the Boston Globe, the Red Sox nation will be suffering from a bad case of food poisoning this season. The team’s stadium food vendor, Aramark has recently failed their health inspections miserably.

Health inspectors found everything from rodent feces to badly handled raw meat hanging around the concession stands. Aramark can’t see...

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