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Video Picks: Rays Nation, Painful Baseball Injuries, Joe Buck, Baron Davis

There’s a new sheriff in town in the AL East. I tell ya, Tampa Bay fans are getting a wee bit cocky about their squad’s lead over Boston in the division; as you’ll see, someone called “The Cowbell Kid” declared Red Sox Nation to be dead at a recent Rays game:

This is all a little difficult to comprehend: The Rays have…fans? Tropicana Field is…packed? People in Tampa are feeling…excited about the Rays? Tampa is…leading the AL East race?

In other baseball news, FanIQ points us to one of the most horrific injuries I’ve ever seen during a MLB game. Take a look at this video of the unfortunate soul that is Arizona Diamondbacks catcher Chris Snyder:

Gah! Well, on Tuesday the Diamondbacks placed Snyder on the DL with a “left testicular fracture,” and the catcher is slated to undergo surgery today. If there’s a worse injury than “fractured testicle,” I’d like to hear it.

Elsewhere, Awful Announcing is a little ticked over an interview Joe Buck did with ESPN Radio’s Colin Cowherd (who we interviewed a little while back); here’s the clip from the interview that’s inspired quite a bit of discussion around the blogosphere today:

To summarize: Joe Buck, FOX’s top football and baseball announcer, frequent voice of the Super Bowl and World Series, spends “barely any” time watching sports. I understand his complaints about the pacing of baseball, the time commitment, etc. — but dude, you’re arguably the biggest play-by-play guy in the business. You can’t be bothered to watch a game every now and then?

Finally, when Clippers fans are writing songs for Baron Davis, you know basketball fans in Los Angeles are getting excited about Boom Dizzle’s impending arrival to the Staples Center:

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