Holdout Sports

Holding out for some higher standards (and a few laughs) in today's world of sports.
Especially when it comes to MLB umpires.

Jun 17, 2013

Can Nate Robinson jump through glass doors? (Video)

If the latest viral video sweeping the Internet is to be believed, Chicago Bulls point guard Nate Robinson has the ability to jump through glass doors. Watch the Vine that Robinson posted earlier today and judge for yourself:



H/T BI.

Jun 16, 2013

Luke Donald hits US Open volunteer in the head with bad tee shot (Video)



Luke Donald accidentally hit a US Open volunteer in the head with a stray tee shot on the 3rd hole of Sunday's final round of the US Open golf tournament.

Donald's drive off the tee went way left of the green and hit the standard bearer for the group in front of him, which included Billy Horschel and Jason Day. Fortunately the volunteer appeared to be OK, and Donald apologized and gave her a signed golf glove.

Unfortunately, the bad shot was a sign of things to come for Donald, who went on to hit 6-over par on the front nine in his final round.  However, Donald still finished tied for 8th overall and took home a check for $210,000, which isn't too shabby for four days of work.

H/T DBG.

Bench clearing brawl erupts between Dodgers and Cardinals minor leaguers (Video)



In triple-A minor league baseball action Saturday, an ugly bench clearing brawl erupted between the Albuquerque Isotopes (affiliate of the Los Angeles Dodgers) and Memphis RedBirds (affiliate of the St. Louis Cardinals).

It happened in the bottom of the fourth inning when RedBirds pitcher Maikel Cleto hit Isotopes batter Justin Sellers up high right after giving up a home run to Jeremy Moore. Eight players were ejected from the game, along with managers on both teams, with suspensions likely to follow.

Video via MILB.com. H/T BLS.

Tony Romo's pass hits Marcia Brady square in the nose (Video)

With the tendency of Dallas Cowboys quarterback Tony Romo to throw interceptions, it was inevitable that someone would mashup a video of one of Romo's INTs with Marcia Brady getting hit square in the nose with a football in that classic scene from "The Brady Bunch".

That moment has now arrived, and it is stupendous.



H/T OTB.

NCAA College World Series features misspelled dugout signs (Photo)

Someone in charge of making the signs above the dugouts for the NCAA College World Series in Omaha forgot to run a spellcheck before printing them out. That could have easily avoided the embarrassment of publicly displaying a sign featuring "college" spelled with three L's.



Wonder if it's the same person who misspelled 'baseball' for the Big 12 tournament sign last year.  For all the money the NCAA spends, you would figure that money would be spent making sure these inexcusable mistakes would never happen.

H/T Extra Mustard.

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Jun 15, 2013

Rays pitcher Alex Cobb hit in head by line drive, leaves on stretcher (Video)



Tampa Bay Rays pitcher Alex Cobb was hit in the head by a line drive and had to leave the game on a stretcher in the top of the fifth inning during Saturday's game at Tropicana Field.

Cobb was hit in the ear with the line drive off the bat of Kansas City Royals batter Eric Hosmer, and the game was delayed for 11 minutes while Cobb was tended to. Cobb reportedly has a concussion but is fortunate not to have been more seriously hurt. We wish Cobb a speedy recovery.

Video via MLB. H/T AP via ESPN.

Jaromir Jagr's favorite hockey player growing up was...Jaromir Jagr (Video)

Boston Bruins forward Jaromir Jagr revealed that his favorite hockey player growing up was himself during CBC's Hockey Night in Canada pregame coverage before Saturday night's Game 2 of the NHL Stanley Cup Finals. So much for being humble.



H/T Puck Daddy.

Breaking News: Colin Kaepernick owns lots of sneakers (Photo)

San Francisco 49ers quarterback Colin Kaepernick posted a photo on Instagram this week displaying his collection of sneakers. Not quite as many as Chris Paul or Rip Hamilton, but impressive nonetheless.

Photo via kaepernick7 / Instagram.

H/T NIS.

Andrew McCutchen dances back to second base, literally, after pickoff bluff (Video)



Pittsburgh Pirates center fielder Andrew McCutchen displayed some fancy feet as he danced back to second base, literally, after falling for a bluff of a pickoff move by Los Angeles Dodgers pitcher Stephen Fife during the third inning of Friday night's game at PNC Park.

McCutchen had reason to be feeling a little relaxed, as he had just knocked in two runs with a double in what would turn out to be a 3-0 Pirates victory.

Let's check out McCutchen's shuffle dance move in GIF form:


GIF via SBNation. Video via MLB.

Jun 14, 2013

Groundhog interrupts Phil Mickelson on fairway at US Open (Video)

Phil Mickelson was briefly delayed before taking his second shot on the 6th hole in Friday's second round of the US Open tournament when a groundhog ran across the fairway.



Mickelson hit for par on the hole and finished second overall at the end of the round, so the interruption by the groundhog was not a big distractoin.

Video via DunkCityFL. H/T FTW.

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