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This has been a week Metallica will definitely remember for quite some time to come. After receiving a whole lot of love at the 2013 Revolver Golden Gods ceremony Thursday night in Los Angeles, the band headed back to the Bay Area on Friday (May 3) to join their local World Series-winning San Francisco Giants in some very special pre-game festivities.

Friday night was 'Metallica Night' at AT&T Park in San Francisco. The Giants gave away Metallica trucker hats and invited members of the Bay Area metal band to throw out the ceremonial first pitch prior to the scheduled game against the Los Angeles Dodgers. Ea...

It's a big week for Metallica, who will follow their Revolver Golden Gods honor Thursday night (May 2) with a little love from their hometown San Francisco Giants on Friday (May 3). The band members will get to throw out the first pitch before Friday's game and perform the National Anthem for the audience, but even before the fun on the field, the group connected with one of their favorite Giants

For the third consecutive year, the Washington State Cougars will play in Pasco at Gesa Stadium for the Cougar Diamond Classic. In 2011 the Cougs faced the University of Washington Huskies, in 2012 they faced the University of Portland Pilots and in 2013 both the Huskies and Pilots will be apart of the Cougar Diamond Classic.

Take me out to the ballgame. Take your wallet out while you’re there, too.

The New York Yankees may have found a new way to affirm their status as baseball's Evil Empire. According to a Blue Jays fan, guards employed by the Yankees had two Jays fans removed from Friday night's Yankees-Blue Jays game at Rogers Centre in Toronto after the fans heckled members of the Yankees' bullpen...

Major League Baseball superfan Zack Hample has balls — 6,516 of them. In fact, Hample claims to have gotten a baseball at 880 consecutive games which he has attended. Hample, who wrote "How to Snag Major League Baseballs" in 1999, added to his collection on Thursday night when he caught two home run balls during the Arizona Diamondbacks' extra-inning win over the New York Yankees at Yank

There is a reason some leagues use a 10-run 'mercy rule,' and this is it. Licking Heights High School of Pataskala, Ohio beat Harvest Prep of Winchester, Ohio, 65-0, earlier this month. The game was called after Licking Heights plated a jaw-dropping 31 runs in the third inning...

Take that, Ben Revere! A Pittsburgh Pirates fan came to PNC Park on Monday ready to grab a souvenir. Judging by the size of his glove, he was committed to leaving the ballpark with a ball or else. Well, when Clint Barmes hit a foul popup in the fourth inning, the fan settled under it with his big glove and made the catch, as you can see in the video above...

Last night, there wasn't a lot for Mariners fans to cheer for until the Bottom of the 8th inning when Justin Smoak hit a pop up out of play behind home plate. A fan managed to not only catch the foul ball, but he caught it using his cup of beer!

This is no way to win a woman's heart (or protect her face).

By the end of the weekend, we will have a Final Four field. And we will also have kicked off a new baseball season.