Of Megadeth & Mordor: Rick 'Rooster' Santorum's Weird Journey to Presidential Politics

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On the face of it, you might think there's not a lot weird about Rick Santorum. After all, the man seems fairly straight-laced.

But after a thorough Weird News Investigation, we've managed to dig up some dirt on ole Rick... like his college nickname and habits, a strange reference to "Lord of the Rings" when discussing the war in Iraq and even what appears to be some kind of soft spot for deceased North Korean dictator Kim Jong Il.

It's all true... and you can read all the weird details in my new gallery, The Weirdest Things You Never Knew About Rick Santorum.

Related Weird Politics

• The Weirdest Things You Never Knew About Mitt Romney
• The Weirdest Things You Never Knew About Newt Gingrich
• Weird Political News

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Funny Ball: Baseball's Strangest Moments

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With the A's and Mariners playing ball in Tokyo, baseball season is here... if a little early and in the middle of the night.

Like every other season, this one will have its share of memorable moments -- including more than a few that will be memorable for all the wrong reasons.

Like a 1988 game that Tommy John would like to forget because of his three errors.

These errors weren't just in one game... or one inning. Amazingly, he made them on the same play in the fourth inning.

With a runner on first, John bobbled an easy ground ball (error number one), and then threw the ball past Don Mattingly at first base (error number two). As the ball went into the outfield, the runner on first dashed around the bases and headed for home.

You see where this is going, right?

John took to cutoff throw and immediately hurled it into the opposing team's dugout instead of at the plate for error number three.

No wonder I try my best to forget everything about the late 1980s Yankees.

Like that tale? Then you'll love "The Baseball Hall of Shame: The Best of Blooperstown" by Bruce Nash and Allan Zullo, just published by Lyons Press.

Zullo said the John story is one of his favorites.

"Most of the Hall of Shamers we interviewed had such a great sense of humor and could poke fun at themselves," he said by email, and John "laughed his head off" when explaining the infamous play.

He even offered up an explanation worthy of a lefthander: "There was a thunderstorm coming and there were a lot of negative ions in the air, and since I was wearing a metal cup, it just glitched my mind."

For a few more cringe-worthy tales, visit my new gallery "The Baseball Hall of Shame" -- but if you're like me, you'll want to get the book.

And be sure to come back tomorrow for more.

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Two of the Strangest Home Runs You'll Ever Hear About

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They say baseball was a different game in the 19th century -- after all, you just don't see players being chased by horses these days.

But it happened in a game in 1892, when first baseman Cap Anson of the Chicago Cubs (then called the Colts) chased an errant throw from the shortstop into foul territory.

Back then, that's where the groundskeeper's horse, Sam, was kept so he could pull the lawnmower across the field -- and the groundskeeper had left Sam's gate open.

And Sam HATED Cap Anson.

So Anson stopped chasing the ball as Sam started chasing him, according to an outrageous story in Lyons Press' new book, "The Baseball Hall of Shame: The Best of Blooperstown" by Bruce Nash and Allan Zullo.

Meanwhile, the guy who hit the ball -- Tom Brown of the Louisville Colonels -- circled the bases and scored.

In a game a year earlier, Anson was on the other side of an equally bizarre home run: He hit a ball into a small gap between what was called "the doghouse" -- a small house that looked like a doghouse, where scoreboard numbers were kept -- and the outfield wall.

Outfielder "Big Ed" Delahanty tried to crawl into the doghouse to get to the ball but... well... Big Ed didn't exactly fit.

Big Ed was literally stuck in the doghouse as Anson circled the field.

"These events are so preposterous they don't seem real," said Nash by email. "But they are! And they happened in Major League games!"

Anson, by the way, went on to have more than 3,000 hits and was elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1939.

For more cringe-worthy tales and outrageous baseball moments -- including one involving an ostrich -- check out my new gallery, "The Baseball Hall of Shame, Part II." And don't forget to see part one, which you'll find right here.

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Homosexual Heroes: What If 'The Avengers' Were Gay?

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"The Avengers" is smashing the box office with the power of The Incredible Hulk using Thor's mighty hammer... and it's almost guaranteed that we'll be seeing "The Avengers II," "The Avengers III," "The Avenger IV" and more -- not to mention the inevitable "reboot" once the franchise starts to wear thin.

But could one of those reboots feature a completely different take on the team of superheroes?

Joe Phillips, a comic artist who has worked for both Marvel and DC and has even inked "The Avengers" himself has envisioned some of the world's most famous superheroes as proud crime-fighting homosexuals.

"It is there," he told The Huffington Post's David Moye. "Think about it: A guy develops the ability to do something incredible and the first thing he does is to wear something tight-fitting and colorful and tell the world, 'I'm going to fight crime'?"

See "The Avengers" as you've never seen them before in my new photo collection, "Homo Heroes: Could The Gay Avengers Be the Next to the Big Screen?"

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Of Megadeth & Mordor: Rick 'Rooster' Santorum's Weird Journey to Presidential Politics

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On the face of it, you might think there's not a lot weird about Rick Santorum. After all, the man seems fairly straight-laced.

But after a thorough Weird News Investigation, we've managed to dig up some dirt on ole Rick... like his college nickname and habits, a strange reference to "Lord of the Rings" when discussing the war in Iraq and even what appears to be some kind of soft spot for deceased North Korean dictator Kim Jong Il.

It's all true... and you can read all the weird details in my new gallery, The Weirdest Things You Never Knew About Rick Santorum.

Related Weird Politics

• The Weirdest Things You Never Knew About Mitt Romney
• The Weirdest Things You Never Knew About Newt Gingrich
• Weird Political News

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Funny Ball: Baseball's Strangest Moments

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With the A's and Mariners playing ball in Tokyo, baseball season is here... if a little early and in the middle of the night.

Like every other season, this one will have its share of memorable moments -- including more than a few that will be memorable for all the wrong reasons.

Like a 1988 game that Tommy John would like to forget because of his three errors.

These errors weren't just in one game... or one inning. Amazingly, he made them on the same play in the fourth inning.

With a runner on first, John bobbled an easy ground ball (error number one), and then threw the ball past Don Mattingly at first base (error number two). As the ball went into the outfield, the runner on first dashed around the bases and headed for home.

You see where this is going, right?

John took to cutoff throw and immediately hurled it into the opposing team's dugout instead of at the plate for error number three.

No wonder I try my best to forget everything about the late 1980s Yankees.

Like that tale? Then you'll love "The Baseball Hall of Shame: The Best of Blooperstown" by Bruce Nash and Allan Zullo, just published by Lyons Press.

Zullo said the John story is one of his favorites.

"Most of the Hall of Shamers we interviewed had such a great sense of humor and could poke fun at themselves," he said by email, and John "laughed his head off" when explaining the infamous play.

He even offered up an explanation worthy of a lefthander: "There was a thunderstorm coming and there were a lot of negative ions in the air, and since I was wearing a metal cup, it just glitched my mind."

For a few more cringe-worthy tales, visit my new gallery "The Baseball Hall of Shame" -- but if you're like me, you'll want to get the book.

And be sure to come back tomorrow for more.

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Two of the Strangest Home Runs You'll Ever Hear About

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They say baseball was a different game in the 19th century -- after all, you just don't see players being chased by horses these days.

But it happened in a game in 1892, when first baseman Cap Anson of the Chicago Cubs (then called the Colts) chased an errant throw from the shortstop into foul territory.

Back then, that's where the groundskeeper's horse, Sam, was kept so he could pull the lawnmower across the field -- and the groundskeeper had left Sam's gate open.

And Sam HATED Cap Anson.

So Anson stopped chasing the ball as Sam started chasing him, according to an outrageous story in Lyons Press' new book, "The Baseball Hall of Shame: The Best of Blooperstown" by Bruce Nash and Allan Zullo.

Meanwhile, the guy who hit the ball -- Tom Brown of the Louisville Colonels -- circled the bases and scored.

In a game a year earlier, Anson was on the other side of an equally bizarre home run: He hit a ball into a small gap between what was called "the doghouse" -- a small house that looked like a doghouse, where scoreboard numbers were kept -- and the outfield wall.

Outfielder "Big Ed" Delahanty tried to crawl into the doghouse to get to the ball but... well... Big Ed didn't exactly fit.

Big Ed was literally stuck in the doghouse as Anson circled the field.

"These events are so preposterous they don't seem real," said Nash by email. "But they are! And they happened in Major League games!"

Anson, by the way, went on to have more than 3,000 hits and was elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1939.

For more cringe-worthy tales and outrageous baseball moments -- including one involving an ostrich -- check out my new gallery, "The Baseball Hall of Shame, Part II." And don't forget to see part one, which you'll find right here.

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