Jun 24, 2009
Shockoe Bottom Purple Martins Pissed Since Species Would’ve Made Perfect Name For Baseball Team
June 24, 2009 | Leave a Comment
Jun 23, 2009
New Ballpark Plan Will Hang Streamers, Christmas Lights From Diamond
June 23, 2009 | Leave a Comment
Party City today entered the foray to bring baseball back to Richmond, announcing a makeover to The Diamond that will hang multi-colored streamers, Christmas lights and other decorations onto the 24-year-old stadium.
“This idea is cheap, effective, and will make this old historic baseball stadium much prettier,” said Debra Boone, spokeswoman for the discount party-supply store, [...]
Jun 02, 2009
Veteran Richmond newsman Gene Cox said today that he is attempting to organize an “absolutely wicked” Ultimate Frisbee team for the summer, with the hopes of playing one game a week before his nightly newscast on NBC12.
Similar to football and played heavily in college circles, “Ultimate,” as it is known, is a seven-on-seven game that involves [...]
May 22, 2009
So it’s been like nine months since I’ve been out on the field doing my thing. You know, tail wagging, racing those little shits around the bases, shooting a bunch of fucking T-shirts at fans, and I gotta tell you: as mildly retarded as I may look out there on the field, I kind of miss [...]
May 04, 2009
34 NASCAR Fans Treated For Sensory Overload
May 4, 2009 | 3 Comments
Dozens of race fans were hospitalized on Saturday from the effects of sensory overload, succumbing to the unending sounds, sights, feels, smells and tastes of a NASCAR event, doctors said today.
Most of the 34 injured at Richmond International Raceway, VCU Medical Center neurologist Anthony M. Wilson III said, were felled by the near constant barrage of a [...]
Apr 24, 2009
Richmond Braves Playing All Away Games This Season
April 24, 2009 | 6 Comments
The Richmond Braves began their 49th season last Friday – the first, league officials said, that will see the city’s Triple-A baseball team play all of its 140 games on the road.
Half of the games will take place at the brand new Richmond Braves ballpark in a small Atlanta suburb, “and then we’ll do the other [...]
Apr 21, 2009
Can Of Tennis Balls Bought Solely For Smelling
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Apr 12, 2009
Trainwreck Proudly Announces That She Didn't See Horse At Strawberry Hill
April 12, 2009 | 3 Comments
A barely-walking shell of the human being she was 12 hours prior, an utter trainwreck proudly told those around her at Fan bar Metro late Saturday night that she “didn’t even see a horse” during the Strawberry Hill races earlier in the afternoon.
“I swear, not a single horse, we didn’t see one, I swear, you guys, [...]
Virginia First Lady Can’t Stop Talking About ‘The Hangover’
Virginia First Lady Anne Holton told reporters this morning that she has now seen the new comedy The Hangover three times and can't stop gushing about the box office hit with friends and family members.
"I have to admit that going ...
