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Now regardless of whether you're a sports fan or not, if you missed it the other night, this is one of those things that you have to admit, you don't see that everyday.

As Derek Jeter returns from a recent calf injury chases his 3,000th hit, Major League Baseball Productions is following the New York Yankees captain for 'Derek Jeter 3K,' a one-hour special which will air on HBO within a few weeks after the slugger reaches the historic milestone. He will be only the the 28th major leaguer -- and the very first Yankee -- to do so.

Could ‘Moneyball’ be Brad Pitt’s ticket to the Oscars? On Thursday, Columbia released the trailer for the highly anticipated adaptation of Michael Lewis’ ‘Moneyball: The Art of Winning an Unfair Game,’ in which Pitt plays Oakland A’s GM Billy Beane, a man who used sabermetric principles to boost his team’s winning record on a tight budget.

With a foul ball heading toward him, and his daughter in his arms, a man at a Los Angeles Dodger's game had to make a split-second choice He decided to drop his daughter and go for the catch. While this may have been a justifiable decision if he had been able to snag the ball, he dropped that, too. Luckily, the daughter was uninjured, and any abandonment issues can be worked out later in therapy.

Major League Baseball Hall of Famer Harmon Killebrew died Tuesday at his Scottsdale, Arizona home after battling esophageal cancer, reports ESPN.com. He was 74. Killebrew was diagnosed with the cancer six months ago. Nicknamed "The Killer," Killebrew, who played from 1954-1975, was an 11-time All-Star who won the American League MVP Award in 1969. With him anchoring the lineup, the Twins

Well, not only is baseball now in full swing, but it's also Cinco De Mayo, which translates to margaritas and Mexican beer for me, so, like all good things, you've got to combine them, right?  Just don't end up like the guy in this video if you're drinking at a game.

With the season opener just two days away, I found an article highlighting the Top 20 walk-up songs that get baseball players pumped. Honestly, some of the songs are downright terrible. A couple of the players chose songs from pop stars Justin Bieber and Miley Cyrus (really?!), but after reading their reasoning, the song choices make sense. Still, I would cringe if I had to hear those songs before

Carlos Santana will be honored with the MLB Beacon of Change Award during baseball’s 2011 Civil Rights Game Week.

The boys of summer are done hibernating: MLB spring training is in full swing, so to speak, down Florida (and Arizona) way.

Ever seen the one where Matt LeBlanc play baseball (with a chimpanzee)? Or how about the basketball player who dresses in drag so he can play in the WNBA. Maybe someday, we’ll be able to explain how these horrible sports movie concepts made it onto the big screen (and people actually paid money to watch them).

The Texas Rangers public relations department says Josh Hamilton has been hospitalized with pneumonia.

After a couple of weeks on the Yankees-Rangers seesaw, Cliff Lee shocked the baseball world by signing a five-year, $120 million deal with the Philadelphia Phillies on Monday.