Keith Olbermann. (Getty Images)One of sports broadcasting's most notable voices is returning to the airwaves, as Keith Olbermann will be hosting TBS's baseball postseason studio show this October.

In recent years, Olbermann has largely stayed away from sports broadcasting, focusing more on definitively political broadcasts. But Olbermann — who, along with Dan Patrick, formed the late, lamented "The Big Show" at ESPN (TV sports' equivalent of Led Zeppelin) — has always kept an eye on the sports pages.

"I do this anyway," Olbermann said on a conference call, speaking of his sportscasting. "Last postseason I did this in my home to the TV by myself."

Olbermann will work with Dennis Eckersley on TBS' studio show. He had previously worked in a similar capacity for both NBC and Fox in the late 1990s, and his pre-ESPN sports career began at CNN. However, this current arrangement will not include any appearances on that network.

While one of the most provocative figures in television news, Olbermann is also one of the most

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Now a drug story of the non-performance-enhancing ilk: Cleveland Indians closer Chris Perez is under investigation after authorities seized a package of marijuana allegedly mailed to his rental home in Rocky River, Ohio.

At a Wednesday afternoon press conference, some of which you can see via Cleveland TV station WKYC, Rocky River Police Chief Kelly Stillman described a multi-agency bust at the rental home of Perez and his wife.

Local police, U.S. postal inspectors, and a narcotics unit searched the home Tuesday, after the package was delivered Monday. Radio station WTAM reports a "significant amount" of marijuana was seized. Charges have not been filed against Perez, but that doesn't mean they won't eventually.

Here's what Stillman said about the investigation:

"It's a very high profile sports figure in our community. In fairness to the Perez family and to the sports teams of Ohio and to the Rocky River Police Department, we're doing this as we would in any other fashion. We're not doing anything different. We're not trying to make this any bigger than it is. ... If charges are forthcoming, I'll be the first to let you folks know. "

The Indians acknowledged the incident, but didn't say a heck of a lot. Here's manager Terry Francona, via MLB.com's Jordan Bastian and Zack Meisel:

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Despite the reappearance of George Brett in uniform — and not as a slugging hero but instead as the team's batting coach — being a Kansas City Royals fan is a hardscrabble existence. The Royals continue to underachieve under the watch of GM Dayton Moore and manager Ned Yost, and watching the team lose can get emotional — even for the hardest-core of Kansas City baseball fans.

Like the gentleman in the photo wearing the hipster glasses, country tank top and tiny Royals sundae helmet. Is he wiping a tear for the OPS of Mike Moustakas? And what kind of ice cream did he just have? These are questions Moore and the Royals braintrust must be answerable for.

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Nelson Cruz might be a wanted man by the overzealous drug lords of Major League Baseball, but that doesn't mean he will stop making every effort for the Texas Rangers. During a blowout loss Tuesday night on which the Rangers found themselves the wrong end, Cruz pursued a fly ball by Boston Red Sox slugger Mike Carp that cleared the right-field bullpen fence at Fenway Park for a home run. And that's not all that cleared the fence:

As Yogi Berra famously said about baseball, it ain't over 'til it's over. And even then, sometimes it still ain't over yet.

Did you know that ballplayers can be ejected from a game that already had ended? Umpire Tony Randazzo confirmed this quirk of the major league rulebook Tuesday night by "throwing out" Mike Aviles of the Cleveland Indians after he had flied out in the ninth inning to end a 4-3 victory for the New York Yankees.

Immediately after flying to right field for the last out, with fans filing out of Yankee Stadium and the home team forming a high-five victory line that included closer Mariano Rivera just a few feet away, Aviles said something argumentative to Randazzo as he jogged off the field. Randazzo quickly signaled that Aviles had been ejected from a game that was over. Randazzo emphasized the ejection by reaching into a pocket for a journal and writing utensil, presumably for his postgame report to the league.

After that report gets filed, both men might get into trouble — Aviles for making a scene by arguing and Randazzo for missing a call and not asking the other umpires for assistance.

Now this, my friends, is how to impress a stadium full of people and an audience watching at home when a bat comes flying your way at a baseball game.

The above GIF — courtesy of CSN Chicago — comes from Tuesday's Chicago White Sox-Seattle Mariners game. Kelly Shoppach of the Mariners lost grip of his bat during a strikeout and it flew into the crowd. What could often be a dangerous (or embarrassing) situation, instead becomes a great fan play.

(Getty Images)On Day 1 of fallout in this lastest chapter of the Biogenesis scandal, Major League Baseball Players Association president Michael Weiner has a message for you, the public: Don't judge.

Weiner issued a statement in response to Tuesday's ESPN report saying that MLB was circling the wagons, wanting to hand down suspensions to as many as 20 players connected to performance-enhancing drugs through the Biogenesis clinic. Clinic owner Tony Bosch is said to be cooperating with MLB, which means things might have gotten more grave for Alex Rodriguez, Ryan Braun and others who have been linked to Biogenesis.

The players association, however, says no decisions have been made about suspensions and is imploring baseball fans to wait until investigations are over before passing judgment. That shouldn't be a problem because we know our society is really good at not judging, right?

Anyhow, here's the MLBPA statement:

If anyone in Philadelphia asks John Mayberry what he's done for the Phillies lately, boy, does he have a sick burn ready for that poor soul.

After entering the game in the seventh inning Tuesday night, Mayberry unloaded for a tying home run in the 10th inning against Miami Marlins closer Steve Cishek. OK, fine. But what have you done for us even more lately? With two outs in the 11th, Mayberry sent everyone in Citizens Bank Park home happy (except for the Marlins, the dispassionate umpires and a handful of sociopaths with no feelings) with a walk-off grand slam.

He's the first Phillies player to win a game with a grand slam since Dale Murphy in 1991. And this, from the Elias Sports Bureau drawer: Mayberry is the first person in major league history to hit two extra-inning home runs with one being a game-ending grand slam. How about that?

''That was definitely one to remember,'' Mayberry said. ''It feels good, I'm not going to lie to you.''

Can you imagine if Mayberry said it felt bad? Everyone would think him strange. Anyway, Mayberry's slam against Edgar Olmos came after a sacrifice bunt by pinch-hitting pitcher Kyle Kendrick, an intentional walk to Freddy Galvis (???) and another walk to Erik Kratz.

Mayberry had struck out in his first at-bat back in the seventh inning, but that was just the Marlins falling into the Phillies' John Mayberry Extra Innings Trap, skipper Charlie Manuel said: