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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?
Trade Chip
[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!
Imaginary Conversations with American Apparel Models
Or how about our Chalupa Supreme, with our famous crunchy, chewy Chalupa shell— —I’m going to have to ask you to leave.
daily seinfeld...
I hope it doesn’t turn into a “why we think Seinfeld is great” blog. Just show why.
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.
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!
WSJ profile of Dodgers announcer Vin Scully
From last year.
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.
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.
Grizzly Memories
Cecily’s physiotherapist’s worked as the trainer for the Vancouver Grizzlies.
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?
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.
“They don’t think it be like it is, but it do.” - Oscar Gamble, New York Yankees
(It really do, you know.)