Baseball team to wear Spongebob jerseys; Redskins claim entire population of world watched training camp


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Welcome to From Left Field! Here's the some of the most sharable fun things that happened in the world of sports.

1. Minor league baseball team to wear Spongebob Squarepants jerseys

And they are glorious. Next Friday, Aug. 7, the Norfolk Tides, the AAA affiliate of the Baltimore Orioles, will have Spongebob night, where they'll wear these tremendous uniforms.

We'll let the Tides explain what they have planned:

"During the game the Tides will have a silent auction for the jerseys with the proceeds going to the United Way of South Hampton Roads. Winning fans will get the jerseys off the players back immediately after the game.

Costumed characters (SpongeBob SquarePants and Patrick) will be on hand during the game to interact with fans on the concourse. Throughout the game there will be SpongeBob themed music and video clips played as well as SpongeBob trivia. After the game will be a post-game fireworks extravaganza."

This is so much better than Caucasian Heritage Night.

2. Redskins claim 7.8 billion people followed their training camp

The Washington Redskins were very interested in making their three-week training camp's move to Richmond, Virginia, seem like a good idea. So the team released a 13-page report on the success of its new program, hiring two media monitoring services to help it compile the numbers.

Unfortunately, the numbers don't make sense. The report found that there were "7,845,460,401 unique visitors of print/online coverage of the 2014 Bon Secours Washington Redskins Training Camp from July 24-Aug. 12" last year.

Earth's population is only about 7,260,000,000, according to Census Bureau estimates. And certainly not all of those were watching Redskins football.

That mistake wouldn't be so bad, if they didn't use it as the basis for a number of other, more damaging claims about the impact of a training camp move. The Redskins are currently pretending that the media coverage is worth $76 million to the city of Richmond. It is not.

This is just another in a long line of Washington Redskins ownership failures, but never did I imagine that they'd go to these lengths to make the situation seem great.

3. Somehow, Chiefs safety Eric Berry came out of chemotherapy bigger

Less than eight months ago, Chiefs safety Eric Berry was diagnosed with Hodgkin's lymphoma. Now, he's been cleared to practice with the team as it prepares for the 2015 NFL season. It's an incredible turnaround.

But that's not all: Berry actually kept working out during his chemotherapy, so he actually finished a pound heavier than when he started! I didn't think that was possible.

Berry opted to have IVs during each chemotherapy in order for him to work out during the process. He came out of chemo a pound heavier. — Pete Sweeney (@pgsween) July 29, 2015

4\. Royals team up for a 4-6-3 pirouette play ============================================

Omar Infante and Alcides Escobar combined for this incredible play in the bottom of the ninth in a one-run game to keep the bases empty. It's an incredible glove throw by Infante, and Escobar's turn and fire is also great. Just watch.

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