MLB Announces Acceptable 2007 World Series Matchups I missed this Onion article when it ran back in May, but looks like MLB got its wish that “any underdog team from the National League is acceptable as long as they play against the Yankees or Red Sox.”
Since they broke the Curse Of Relief Pitcher Curtis Leskanic, here are a few Sox-related headlines from America’s finest news source: Red Sox Get World Series Out Of The Way Colorado Rockies: ‘What The F*ck Just Happened?’
This is more of a note to self: Hex Color Picker is a useful tool that adds a web color picker to the Mac’s built-in color pickers. The best feature is the magnifying glass which lets you choose any color on the screen to get the hex value (very useful to find the color on …
Everybody already knows it, but it’d be odd if I didn’t at least mention it: the Red Sox won the World Series. Obviously, I’m very happy about that! The only bad thing about the sweep is that my Sox-fan sister-in-law was in Spain for work the past week and missed every game.
Strangely interesting and almost hypnotic: a photo series of people and their breakfasts. Not exactly breakfasts of champions for some. And what’s with the guy who has coffee and two mini Reese’s peanut butter cups? (via kottke)
Well, those last two games went better than I expected. Short recap (and funny shot of Indians GM Mark Shapiro and his wife) at Surving Grady: With All Due Respect to Ryan Garko, Champagne Tastes Much Sweeter at Home.
Daring Fireball has recently been on a tear singing (and linking to) the praises of the Canon 50mm f/1.8 lens, and I couldn’t agree more. For about $80 (“the best deal in photography“) you get a great lens — though with less-than-great construction — that is a lot of fun to use and a great …
15 Things Kurt Vonnegut Said Better Than Anyone Else Ever Has Or Will (Onion AV Club)
If you’re a jerk, here’s an ecard you can send to your Yankee fan friends: (Hopefully this same ecard won’t be needed for Sox fans…)
Uni Watch is a blog all about sports uniforms, and often has some interesting articles. (It’s where I learned about baseball’s “futuristic” uniforms…glad I missed those games.) Anyway, there’s a pretty good one about hidden elements in sports logos (inspired by a discussion of the FedEx logo’s negative space arrow). In it they mention the …