Best. Chart. Ever.

[Youk Of The Nation]

August 2 -- In an interview on "60 Minutes," Jason Giambi says he has not read "Game of Shadows" because he "has no interest in that junk," but mostly "because I can't read."

[Optimist]

[TheRivernator]

September 4 -- Manny Ramirez stands awestruck in left field and refuses to move for nearly an hour after his eye catches something sparkly in the Fenway crowd

[Youk Of The Nation]

May 4 -- Jeff Bagwell holds a press conference to announce that he feels healthy enough to return to action, but the event ends abruptly when Astros owner Drayton McClane suddenly appears on stage and chops off Bagwell's right arm with a brutal axe blow to the shoulder.

 

April 6 -- Roger Clemens holds a joint press conference with Brett Favre just to let everyone know that they're still deciding on whether to retire. The suspense becomes too much for everyone to bear, and the nation erupts into mass chaos and anarchy.

 

April 8 -- Angels starter Bartolo Colon is thrown out of a game against the Yankees after umpires find a foreign substance on the ball. Colon later explains that the substance was merely gravy that had stuck to his fingers while he was eating a turkey leg between innings.

 

April 13 -- Straight-talking, tell-it-like-it-is Curt Schilling calls out Curt Schilling for being out of shape again.

 

April 16 -- In a game against the Cardinals, Cincinnati Reds slugger Adam Dunn becomes the first player in major league history to somehow find a way to strike out five times in just four at-bats.

 

April 19 -- Mets third baseman David Wright makes a fairly routine catch of a pop fly hit over his head in a loss to the Braves, but because he plays for a New York team it is called one of the greatest catches in baseball history.

 

 

April 20 -- Nationals general manager Jim Bowden signs Roger Clemens to a one-year contract, but promptly suspends him when Clemens refuses to play left field.

 

 

April 21 -- The Phillies re-sign Ugueth Urbina to a 10-year, $150 million contract after Urbina threatens to set general manager Pat Gillick on fire.

[TheRivernator]

September 8 -- Another Randy Johnson love child comes forward and sues the pitcher for giving him his looks

[CrespoBlows]

April 6 -- Roger Clemens holds a joint press conference with Brett Favre just to let everyone know that they're still deciding on whether to retire. The suspense becomes too much for everyone to bear, and the nation erupts into mass chaos and anarchy.

 

lol. this didnt happen POWER POWNED

[TheRivernator]

September 24 -- Manny Ramirez tells Coco Crisp that he thought he looked better last year when he wasn't so tan and had long hair and a beard. Crisp informs Ramirez that he is not Johnny Damon and that Damon hasn't been on the team all season, after which Ramirez just stares blankly for a few seconds and then walks away.

[CrespoBlows]

Countdown.

[Goalstopper]

May 2 -- Red Sox outfielder Manny Ramirez forces Major League Baseball to again amend its policy on electronic devices on the field after he plays an entire game in left with a boombox on his shoulder

 

May 5 -- Asked by a reporter about steroids use, Yankees outfielder Gary Sheffield points and yells: "Hey! Look over there! I think I see Barry Bonds! Look!" and then runs out of the room.

 

September 6 -- Dodgers manager Grady Little reverts to old habits by leaving starting pitcher Brett Tomko in until the eighth inning which, in Tomko's case, is eight innings too long.

 

September 15 -- Before the beginning of a home series against the Red Sox, the Yankees unveil a plaque in Monument Park that honors their 2004 squad as the first team in major league history to blow a 3-0 series lead in the playoffs.

 

Victory is sweet

 

June 1 -- The Dodgers lose ever-brittle J.D. Drew and Nomar Garciaparra to injuries sustained while washing Jeff Kent's truck.

 

April 3 -- The Mets beat the Nationals 19-4 in their home opener, thanks to a record eight inside-the-park home runs. Washington's Alfonso Soriano gets the start in left field for the Nationals, but stands beside second baseman Jose Vidro the entire game, leaving a gaping hole in the outfield.