It's not official yet, but the careers of Mariano Rivera and Andy Pettitte, much like the former Yankee Stadium, will come to a close on a note as anticlimatic as can be. For only the second time in the wild-card era, the New York Yankees will not make the postseason.

The Oakland Athletics look to be surging toward the American League West division crown for a second consecutive season. Unfortunately, that quest was interrupted on Saturday when the Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum flooded with sewage during a rain delay.

This is not how you high-five.

I get it, you're excited, but never target the hot dog hand!

What a waste of a perfectly good dog. I hope she got him another one! 

The poor bystander got the brunt of the mess on his shirt. 

When Mariano Rivera retires after the 2013 MLB season, his cutter will also leave the sport forever. All active players who have been victimized by it will rejoice, knowing that they've outlasted a near-unhittable pitch.

How does it compare to baseball's filthiest offerings ever? That's what we'll be ranking in the following slides.

The Colorado Rockies are willing to listen on possible trades involving Troy Tulowitzki and Carlos Gonzalez.

According to John Harper of the New York Daily News, one executive close to the Rockies said the team will seriously consider offers for the pair in an effort to rebuild.

Cincinnati Reds fans are getting a glimpse of one of the team's top prospects, but most of the team's top prospects are still a few years away from making an impact with the team.

A few recent draft picks have shot up the team's prospect rankings. The team has a lot of talented arms in the system, so fans should be excited as the pitchers work their way through the system.

In the bottom of the first inning against Houston, Cincinnati Reds second baseman Brandon Phillips pulled a cruel, cruel trick on Astros shortstop Jonathan Villar when he forced him to slide directly into his butt while protecting second base.

As if his head placement wasn't embarrassing enough, Villar was called out on the play.

Hat tip to SB Nation for the GIF. 

What was to be a wild 162-game romp that would take six months to complete is now down to a handful of games that will be played in less than a fortnight.

The Houston Astros dance roughly as well as they play baseball. 

Looming at 99 losses on the season, you can probably guess how these guys did on the dance floor. Of course, we are just giving MLB's answer to the Bad News Bears a hard time. 

It’s a case of Wally Pipp, redux—in an indirect sort of way.

Jhonny Peralta got a headache and Jose Iglesias took his job.

Kind of.