The Bruce Lee bobblehead has no fear...

This might arguably be the best promotion of the baseball season.

Courtesy of the San Francisco Giants, it will be Bruce Lee Tribute Night this upcoming Tuesday for their game against the Diamondbacks at AT&T Park.

Break out the tissues...

Videos of reunions of returning soldiers and their loved ones always are something special to see. This is one of the latest, featuring a soldier returning home from Afghanistan and providing a surprise for his mother, courtesy of the Greenville (NC) Drive, a Single A affiliate of the Boston Red Sox in the South Atlantic League.

Houston, we have a problem...

With the Cubs in rebuilding mode for at least this year and most likely through at least 2014, we here at Wait Til Next Century say we are going to miss the Houston Astros when Houston moves to the American League West next season. The 'Stros have stunk just enough to keep a very bad Cubs team (currently riding a six-game losing streak, which is one of many such streaks this year) out of last place. Last night, they provided yet another example of how bad things have been at Minute Maid Park:

Three Blind Mice...

Here's something you don't see every day: the DJ at a ballpark getting ejected from a game by the umpire.  This happened last night at the Cubs' minor league affiliate in Daytona Beach, Fla.