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Buffett speaks sooth It’s like, once a year, I get to sit in a boardroom with the rich guys and hear the truth. Cheap gas, bitter pills Does that sound like American behavior to you? – jcarroll   Record Store Day   Record Stores Fight to Be Long-Playing – nytimes   Into the Void: John […]

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Chinese Spy ‘Slept’ In U.S. for 2 Decades – washingtonpost A Good Name Dragged Down – washingtonpost Fee for All : Warner’s New Web Guru– portfolio USA 2008: The Great Depression – independent Obama’s Smart Speech: Did It Reveal Him To Be Too Intellectual To Be President? – jdean on findlaw Sony BMG Caught Pirating […]

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Billy’s Transactions – A Visual History – athleticsnation Way Inside – dglanville in nytimes The physics of baseball – crave The best and worst MLB promotions for 2008 – djgallo Baseballís Salem – spiked Schrodinger’s Bat: Defense and Pitch Classification – bbprospectus SF Giants Band Together To Score Run – theonion   Rock Criticism 101: […]

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A Letter To Herb Caen – whatimseeing Apr 03 would have been The Best Who Ever Did It’s 92nd birthday… via thesnitch China and fences and Nazis! – jcarroll Stay tuned for round two in the battle of the criminal kleptocracies. A 2008 Billy Beane Lesson in Adaptation – mgmtbybaseball It’s Not ‘Change’, It’s how […]

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Official Pregame Notes – mlb Pitching With Purpose – nytimes MLB To Have Four More Opening Days This Season – theonion President Bushís Tough Night at the Ballpark – nytimes Spring-training backers eye ‘amusements’ tax – azstarnet &nbsp via The Sports Economist Bill James Answers All Your Baseball Questions – freakonomics Stat Man: Bill James teaches […]

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Change Blindness – nytimes Blind to Change, Even as It Stares Us in the Face Professor Puts a Face on the Performance of Baseball Managers – nytimes &nbsp&nbsp Chernoff faces Goodbye March, Hello April – mlb Marlins’ $21 million payroll is insulting – sun-sentinel Mathematician Foresees Romps For MLB’s A.L. In 2008 – sciencedaily One hundred […]

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The Boys of Spring dglanville in nytimes Young stars have chance to lead game back – krosenthal Is Joe Torre Worth the Money? – wsj &nbsp graph via the sports economist Handing out the hardware before the season starts – krosenthal Team Marketing Report’s 2008 MLB Fan Cost Index – teammarketing &nbsp HOU – $215  TEX – […]

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That speech by that guy  people who are genuinely shocked … have just not been paying attention  text and video A walk in Gaytown  I hope those homosexuals at Bear Stearns are happy with themselves. – jcarroll   Power Pop Criminals   Aretha Franklinís Evening – nytimes Feist – I Feel It All Looking beyond […]

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  Preston School of Industry [dl]   Bob Mould gets personal – gay   Share the pain: Breakup songs to die for – sfgate   The Holy Kiss: High-volume blues and punk rock – sfgate Bat For Lashes – Whats a Girl To Do Galactic Dice – Green Groove Doctor: “Ichiro has a very fine […]

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