Women and Baseball

Why doesn’t MLB.com go after more women? Women and baseball go together like whipped cream and strawberries, but for some reason broadcasters rarely play up the sexy. That’s a big financial mistake. Look around at any baseball game, my friends. How many women do you see? At Dodgers games it’s about a 50/50 split–or at least a hell of a lot closer to it than than at a football or hockey game. That’s because of love of the sport, and HOT MEN. Ask Alyssa Milano: girlfriend knows her baseball.

Are there any unsexy men who play baseball? Yes, unfortunately there are, but we don’t have time to dwell on those. We’ll let The Phoenix do it for us (best calls-though not baseball related—#85 and #47 with #5 taking honorable mention.) There are just too many baseball hotties to worry about to bring out the few that don’t make the cut.

Fellow female fans, I need your help. As a loyal Dodger watcher, I really only know my boys in blue. Of course, a random cutie on the opposing team will always catch my eye, but I can’t pretend to be an expert outside my own bailiwick. Let’s expand our knowledge of this sport. Send me in a roster rundown of your favorite team (photos are a plus) and I’ll put it up in all its leering glory.

And now, gratuitous sexy eye candy of the day, Dodgers catcher Russell Martin:




I wish I could have found a picture of him snapped in mid-lunge, taking the box seat railing like it was a playground monkeybar yesterday afternoon, but the only good shot I’ve found is locked up tighter than Grady’s ass on the Dodgers site and nobody’s even posted a clip on YouTube. Check out the clip on www.dodgers.com or just wait for the end of year “greatest moments” shows.