Yankees

Babe Ruth’s reign as the largest bust in Monument Park will soon come to an end. Christian Lopez, the young fan who caught, and selflessly gave back Derek Jeter’s 3000th hit, will soon be immortalized amongst the Yankee legends beyond the center field wall.

Speaking at a press conference after performing Tommy John surgery on Yankees pitcher Joba Chamberlain Thursday, Dr. James Andrews reported that although the surgery “went smoothly,” Chamberlain made “some strange demands” in the recovery room.

Derek Jeter recently insisted his decline in offensive productivity and fielding prowess had nothing to do with aging or his relationship with the Charlie’s Angel star, Minka Kelly. Instead, he claims, carpal tunnel is the culprit.

A recent study has found the New York Mets' fanbase is in fact populated by a majority of red-headed stepchildren, which accounts for the way they're treated by the rest of the baseball world.

Manager Terry Collins was in support of the jersey change and also added in that the Mets jerseys with the old colors will be sold in an auction to help pay for the combined $18 million the team still owes former players Oliver Perez and Luis Castillo.

In the fifth year of his eight-year $136 million deal Cubs left fielder Alfonso Soriano has been leading the team in home runs, is near the top of the Cubs RBI list, and has been playing better defensively, but apparently he’s missed the one thing he learned to embrace his last first years in Chicago: booing.

Always a breath away from a controversy, Alex Rodriguez was again caught kissing himself in a Yankees locker room mirror, part of an apparent self-loving trend that began in 2009 with a now-infamous Details magazine mirror make-out photo.