Can a baseball player catch a ball while standing in the stands?

Reader Yonatan Freedman asks, “If a batter hits a very high foul ball, and a fielder walks well into the stands and waits there to catch the foul ball and then catches it, is the batter out or is it just a foul ball?”Click here for the answer.

Carl Lewis Supports Political Games

9 May 08

by Austin Kelley

Eric Feferberg—AFP/Getty Images

Carl Lewis spoke about sports, drugs, and politics outside the Sports Museum of America the other day. “I believe the athletes that represent the United States in the Olympics should be able to speak out, say whatever they want, whenever they want, however they want,” he said. “Wouldn’t it be great if every Olympic gold medalist since ’72 said something? That would be so much bigger and last so much longer and make so much bigger a statement than for everyone to stay home.” Read the whole interview.

Draft Mad

by Austin Kelley

Mel Kiper, Jr. seems to have had a normal upbringing, but somehow he became an NFL draft expert.

Finished Fan

by Tyson Smith

The Flyers have come to represent the most goony, vicious, and pathetic of all the NHL teams. Read more.

Archive: Google Games

by Mike Stevens

From the archive: Tired of simply obsessing about sports? Ready to obsess about people obsessing about sports?

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