Oakland Athletics Fans Get to Marvel at Coco Crisp's Afro for Another Two Seasons

Contrary to the popular belief that Coco Crisp was not planning on roaming the outfield for the Oakland Athletics next season, the club has brought him back for another two years after he decided he's rather play on the West coast 81 games a year rather than on a peninsula with the Tampa Bay Rays.

Of course, this business is top secret right now since the team has yet to divulge this information to the public. However, a source familiar with the club, who is speaking on condition of anonymity, says the deal is worth roughly $14 million and there is also a club option for 2014. The official announcement should come some time on Thursday after he passes his physical.

Shin-Soo Choo Thanks Bird for Win

Cleveland Indians out fielder Shin-Soo Choo was 0-for-4 with three strikeouts when he came up to the plate with two on and none out in the 10th inning last night against the Kansas City Royals.

"When I got in the batter’s box, I thought they would want me to bunt, but I appreciated they let me hit away," he said. "I saw the birds. I’ve seen them for weeks and been worried maybe 200 of them would be flying and one would get hit when I was trying to field a ball. Then what would I do?"

You'd say thank you.

The ball nailed a low-flying seagull in the 10th inning, allowing Mark DeRosa to score from second without a throw. The bird flopped around for a couple minutes before flying away, and Cleveland went on to win 4-3.

[Kansas City Star] | [Sportress of Blogitude] | [The Tribe Source] | [Fandome]

Coco Crisp Gets His Ass Kicked

Fricking awesome. First of all, Rick Sutcliffe not only called it, he demanded it. which you can watch here. This bench-clearing brawl was BY FAR the most awesome baseball-related fight that didn't involve a bat and wasn't on Youtube I have ever seen. In my life.

James Shields throws the haymaker and MISSES?! That's just unfortunate. And while Coco Crisp got a couple good punches in there, he pretty much got his ass railed by the entire Tampa Bay Rays 25-man roster.

Then he basically called the Rays a bunch of hair-pulling, scratching, football-playing little girls during a post-game interview. If that doesn't constitute a fastball between the shoulder blades, I don't know what does.

I also wanted to point out, in case you couldn't tell from the sheer brutality, Jonny Gomes is an animal.

To top things off, Manny bitch-slapped Youk and hurts himself? Jacoby makes a sensational diving catch, and hurts himself... what is happening with Red Sox Nation? And why would the meek and mild Barry Bonds ever want to play there now?

[Hartford Courant]