Bobby Valentine’s return to managing stateside will be an interesting storyline all year. Taking over for a team coming off an epic collapse, surrounded by embellished stories of an Animal House type clubhouse, the new Red Sox manager is walking into a tough situation. If he can get Carl Crawford playing up to his contract and get the staff to dispel the awful reputations they deservedly earned during the late season collapse, he’ll be a coach of the year candidate for sure. Until then, here are Tri-State Sports Guys’ co-host Mike D’s top 5 managers in the game today…

Right now, the best little leaguers from around the country are competing for tiny stardom in the 2011 Little League World Series. Which got us thinking, what major league players cut their teeth swinging bats in the LLWS? Turns out, there’s quite a few. Here are the 10 best MLB players that got their first taste of baseball stardom in the Little League World Series.

In today’s world, there’s an app for pretty much anything. And within these ‘anything’ categories, there are hundreds of individual apps to choose from. What should you buy? What should you try out? COED sorts out the best from the rest in our Apps of the Week feature. This week, we focus on things that will help you become a baseball legend. Swing batta batta swing!

July 15th marks the anniversary of the Philadelphia Phillies losing their record 10,000th game, which at the time was the most in MLB history. A quick check of the books shows that despite their recent streak of consecutive division titles and playoff appearances they still hold that top spot for losingest pro baseball team of all-time. Of course, losingest can be taken in a variety of ways – could mean most losses or it could mean worst win/loss percentage. So, we’ve taken both into consideration when running down the losingest teams of all-time, past and present. Check out the full rundown after the jump.

On July 3rd, Major League Baseball announced the rosters for the 2011 MLB All Star Teams.  On July 4th, America celebrated our Independence Day. On July 5th, everyone realized the lack of beautiful women in professional baseball. While hot cheerleaders have been a staple of the NFL and NBA for decades, MLB’s first cheerleading team was apparently the Marlin Mermaids in 2003. Step it up, MLB! In the hopes of getting teams to realize how important these ladies are, we’ve compiled the following list of sexy all-star spirit leaders. Check it out after the jump.

On May 27th Steve was lucky enough to attend the Phillies vs Mets game at Citi Field with 25-year-old Brian Kingrey of Hammond, La. Who is Brian Kingrey you ask? He is this year’s $1 million winner of the annual MLB 2K11 Perfect Game Challenge. The guy never played a baseball video game in his life and pitched a Perfect Game with Roy Halladay on the All-Star level within two hours of unwrapping the game. I’m not a video game judge but I’m pretty sure this makes him the best MLB2K11 player on Earth. I got to play an inning against Brian who was pitching with Halladay and with two outs and the odds against me I ripped a double in the gap. I’m pretty sure that makes me the best MLB2K11 hitter in America. Check out pics from my trip after the jump.

There is no sugar coating it, Major League Baseball on television is boring. Actually attending a ballgame is not that much more exciting except for a few of us out there, I am one of them. I love baseball. I do, however, think there needs to be a few changes to improve the overall viewer-ship of the sport and the most obvious is the uniforms. If the world claims b… Click to read more

March 31st is Opening Day for Major League Baseball. There are 6 games on the docket with the Tigers-Yankees and Braves-Nationals games kick starting what is sure to be another sensational steroid-less season. Many believe the Braves will beat out the Phils while the Yanks will be locked into another heated divisional race. Judging from her multiple promo appearances related to our national pastime we have to assume Sports Illustrated / Victoria’s Secret supermodel Marisa Miller is a huge baseball fan. So, we’re celebrating MLB’s Opening Day with a photo gallery of her enthusiastic support that will make you wanna go ’round the horn.

The 2011 MLB season starts Thursday, March 31 at 1 p.m.  Before C.C. Sabathia throws out the first pitch of the season on ESPN, take some time to get your bets in on the outcome of the World Series in October.  A small wager now can pay off big time and it adds excitement to watching your team all year. See favorites, value picks, long shots, and one trendy team to stay away from after the jump!

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The Texas Rangers are on the brink of elimination as they head into Game 5 of the 2010 World Series tonight. While watching the games up to this point, there are certain characteristics and idiosyncrasies we picked up from each team’s respective hometown. If you’re not a Rangers or Giants fan, who do you route for? More importantly, if you had the choice to be in the winner’s city after clinching their World Series Championship, which would you choose? Dallas or San Fran? COED gives you the lowdown on which city is better.

I was watching ESPN Goal Line when they showed a highlight of the Army interception and lateral for a touchdown. Being hungover, I didn’t fully realize they had camo uni’s until they cut to a close up. Personally, I think they’re awesome. More teams need to do this. I’m looking at you, Cincinnati Bengals.

If there’s one thing we love most about every sport, it’s cheerleaders. And believe it or not, baseball actually has cheerleaders! Don’t believe us? Well, just take a gander at these smokin’ hot gals, and you’ll have a whole new reason for singing “Take Me Out to the Ball Game”. And speaking of smokin’, did you watch our video of World Series star Tim Lincecum talking about his Marijuana usage?

A couple weeks ago, we brought you the hottest WAGs of the League Championship Series. Now that the teams for the World Series are confirmed, we revisit the trophy wives, road beef, better halves, and mistresses of the Texas Rangers and San Francisco Giants. We honestly have no idea how these guys can think about baseball with this eye candy trick or treating all over the place. And, if we’re Ian Kinsler, we’re wifing up Amber Leigh Hartman like yesterday.

COED readers vehemently boycotted Campus Socialite’s DOTW, Josh Hamilton. He didn’t register ONE SINGLE VOTE! Last week’s winner, The Sitch, beat out a woman who makes fun of a dying 7 year old girl. We’re in the final homestretch, folks. 3 weeks down. 2 to go. Speaking of 2′s, we only have 2 dooshers doing battle this round.