Miss Babe Ruth, a mascot for the South Atlantic League Greensboro Grasshoppers, makes her second season debut in the team’s home opener Monday versus the Hickory Crawdads.

The black Labrador Retriever returns as a crowd favorite at NewBridge Bank Park.  Among her many duties, “The Great Bambina” greets fans, delivers balls to the umpire, and acts as bat girl.  

Miss Babe Ruth’s first season game-worn collar recently fetched $290.00 in an eBay auction.  Proceeds were donated to the Animal Rescue and Foster Program of Greensboro.

The Class A affiliate of the Florida Marlins, Greensboro hopes to extend its record streak of three consecutive years of 400,000+ fans.

All those who happen to be in the vicinity of Salem, Virginia on Friday, April 18 won’t want to miss the Salem Avalanche’s first annual “Salute to Ramen Noodles Night.”

The Class A Advanced affiliate of the Houston Astros will be marking the 60^th anniversary of the college-student staple. (more…)

The Royals Joey Gathright leaps over the Dodger’s Hidoki Kuroda.

Watch more amazing Gathright hurdles after the … er … jump. (more…)

If you are in Boston in a couple of weeks to see the Red Sox home opener against the Detroit Tigers, word is that you can snag a free scoop at any of the seven J. P. Licks ice cream shoppes.

On Tuesday, April 8, 2008, the Boston-area proprietor continues its Opening Day ice cream giveaway tradition.  Not quite hot dogs and beer, but it might be interesting to try a cone of Green Monster Tea or a cup of Rice Dice Kream.

Now, if you could just get into Fenway Park for free!

We used to think we had it pretty good on the West Coast when we could roll out of bed on a Saturday morning and make a pot of coffee just in time to catch the first pitch of an East Coast game.

Now, since I’ve been in Europe, catching games at a decent hour has been a rarity – except on days when the Boston Marathon is run. (more…)