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May 18, 2010 11:24am

We Are LeBron - A Break Originals Video (via break)

Don’t all signs point to a LeBron exit, though? Doesn’t this point to a LeBron exit?

Or:

They could get the Cuyahoga County Commissioner Peter Lawson Jones but they couldn’t get State Comptroller Atkins?
May 17, 2010 12:54pm

Trade Chip

Dave Cameron:

[José Bautista] won’t keep this up all year, but he will be an interesting trade chip for the Blue Jays. He’s capable of playing all four corner positions, makes just $2.4 million this year and is arbitration eligible at the end of the season, so he’s not strictly a rent-a-player. Come July, when Toronto’s efforts to keep up with Tampa Bay and New York have fallen short, don’t be surprised if Bautista is one of the more coveted guys on the market.

OR! The Jays could make me happy and keep José Bautista and not trade him to the Yankees like they did with my first favourite Blue Jay, that other right-fielder with a strong arm, mediocre hitting with some pop, Jesse Barfield. Re-sign J-BAU!

May 17, 2010 12:46pm

Imaginary Conversations with American Apparel Models

Or how about our Chalupa Supreme, with our famous crunchy, chewy Chalupa shell—

debbie_04

—I’m going to have to ask you to leave.

May 16, 2010 3:55pm

daily seinfeld...

I hope it doesn’t turn into a “why we think Seinfeld is great” blog. Just show why.
May 14, 2010 11:40am
[Flash 9 is required to listen to audio.]

vanmega:

Carpet - Don’t Be Weird [mp3]

Hey, it’s Friday.  Why not dance at your desk?

Carpet sent me his a new DJ set and it’s rather good.  Where I like to chop and edit and dissect and mix rapidly when I DJ, Carpet likes to play out the jams through, fully/completely.  The result: you get a full hour of good time grooves.  Download away.  Here’s the set list, in case you’re picky and don’t trust me…

That’s what I’m talking about, he said in his best impression of Kip Dynamite.
May 14, 2010 11:37am
vanmega: Kon + Amir Present: The 50 Greatest Hip-Hop Samples Of All Time This is great and, more importantly, really well curated.  I’m spending my afternoon listening to old jams.  YES! A response.

vanmega:

Kon + Amir Present: The 50 Greatest Hip-Hop Samples Of All Time

This is great and, more importantly, really well curated.  I’m spending my afternoon listening to old jams.  YES!

A response.
May 13, 2010 9:29pm

WSJ profile of Dodgers announcer Vin Scully

From last year.
May 12, 2010 5:32pm

All 27 outs from Dallas Braden's perfect game

Yes yes, not a nobody anymore, take that A-Rod, 209, etc. etc. Here’s a link to all 27 outs of the game. Added bonus, forgotten in the frenzy: ump rings up a batter before strike 3. Which happened to Posada last year too.
May 6, 2010 3:18pm
“ [Oakland A’s pitcher Dallas Braden] doesn’t make too many headlines with his results on the field, which was Alex Rodriguez and Joe Posnanski’s point: it’s a silly rule, and anyway Braden doesn’t have the stature to enforce it. The latter is a bit ad hominem, but the former seems reasonable. It probably is a silly rule. ¶ Then again, it’s a silly league, in which grown men put on matching shirts, pants and shoes and get paid millions of dollars to play a children’s game. So, to some extent, all the rules are arbitrary. ” -

Dallas Braden Attacks Alex Rodriguez Again. Is Baseball’s “Code” Really Still Relevant? by FanGraphs’ Alex Remington. 

FanGraphs is a silly blog about a silly league. I only ever read the articles about Blue Jays players and about baseball in general. Any more and I’m overwhelmed. This article pointed to The Baseball Codes by Jason Turbow with Michael Duca, which is no doubt a silly book. Which I’ve ordered from the library.
May 5, 2010 12:41pm
“ Gazing around the crowd (mostly 20-30 year olds in the outfield where I sat), I could only think about how they became the beer-swilling, profanity-laced, hardcore season-ticket holders they are today. For most, I imagine it stemmed from little leagues, playing catch with dad, but most importantly, the childhood games they attended. Maybe they remember the games, but what they really cherish is that memory, where they could get lost in the larger-than-life athletes in the field, the ice cream and hot dogs in the stands, and the ecstatic drive home. That’s what kept baseball in their hearts. And last night, the Shane Victorino grand slam was probably engraved in the mind of some 8-year-old as one of the greatest moments in his life. But if nothing that exciting had happened, then the build-a-bear probably helped too. Because when all’s said and done, the Phillies and MLB are not just selling a sport and a game, they are selling these irreplaceable memories that inevitably become part of our daily rituals. ” -

kev.in.distress: Baseball, a modern day ritual

 
May 5, 2010 12:35pm

Grizzly Memories

Cecily’s physiotherapist’s worked as the trainer for the Vancouver Grizzlies.
May 5, 2010 12:26pm

Stealing Home: A trip to Major League Baseball's 30 ballparks

Yes, dammit, I’m aware of this series, and subscribed immediately. Summary RSS feeds make the gwai lo cry, though. So maybe I’ll wait until the book comes out?
May 5, 2010 12:14pm

What makes baseball great: radar guns

Jerry and Alan, the radio team covering the Blue Jays, just talked about the variance in “accuracy” of radar guns at Major League Ballparks. They claimed that the radar gun in Baltimore would sometimes show 100 mph for Oriole pitchers just so they, the pitchers, could see themselves throwing 100 mph. File that under home field advantage.

May 4, 2010 3:23pm
brownpau: “They don’t think it be like it is, but it do.” - Oscar Gamble, New York Yankees (It really do, you know.)

brownpau:

“They don’t think it be like it is, but it do.” - Oscar Gamble, New York Yankees

(It really do, you know.)
May 3, 2010 1:01pm

The High Fivin’ White Guys Manther miss the Seattle Supersonics.

dlbrows:

Missin’ The Supersonics (via)
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