drbeeper

Oakland redefines rebuilding, latest on A-Rod and notes around camps – jheyman
Some young arms could crack A’s rotation – bolney
A’s leaning on veteran bats, young arms – jcrasnick
Three young pitchers vie for A’s rotation – sfgate
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Inside The Numbers – 2008 Cal Regular Season – californiagoldenblogs

Eduardo volley = holy shiznit

  Big Music Will Surrender, But Not Until At Least 2011 – washingtonpost
  On the record: Dean & Britta – timeoutCHI
  Interview: Bob Mould – thedailyswarm
  How the music industry crashed and burned: A chat with Steve Knopper Part I  Part II – hitsville
  Music can take the pain away, study finds – nowpublic
  Phucked Phish Phans – thesmokinggun
  He Put The Bomp
  The Whigs
  The War On Drugs
Bob Log III @ The Casbah, San Diego 01-07-09

Who’s On First
Rays trainer went above and beyond for Baldelli – krosenthal
Unlevel playing field – chicagotribune
Bowden’s fifth tool was hubris – cincinnati
Errors Cast Doubt on a Baseball Memoir – nytimes
SB Interview: John Coppolella, ATL Dir. of Baseball of Admin. – squawkingbaseball
Who has the best outfield defense? – actasports
Johnson Has Lost a Little Off His Fastball but Not His Reputation – nytimes
True Or False, Rickey? – espn
Beane counter has competition – bklapisch
With Fremont out, A’s should turn to Portland – rneyer
High Marks – sfgate
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Spring football Q&A: California coach Jeff Tedford – espn

Q.& A. With Ivan Gazidis of Arsenal – goal nytimes

Sports Porkulus – sportseconomist

  Hilary Rosenñsheís baaaack! – hitsville
  Ben Kweller dons the cowboy hat for ‘Changing Horses’ – post-gazette
  Josh Freese
  Q&A With Dean & Britta – magnet
  In search of the click track – musicmachinery
  Ticketonomics – billboardbiz
Human Highway – The Sound

Beer -> Goggles – defectiveyeti
Making Kids Crazy About Food – motherlode nytimes
Put a Lid on It – nytimes
How Much Water Does Pasta Really Need? – nytimes

10 Dirty Tricks Wall Street Con Artists Will Pull to Keep the Rip-offs Going – alternet

Asylum Street Spankers – Leafblower [gvid]
From Seattle to the Stone Age – exclaim!
The Orange Peels

Spring Training Primer – si
Nats Ownership Encouraging Investigation Of Bowden – washingtonpost
At Citi Field, Swinging for the (Higher) Fences – nytimes
Best free agent contracts in MLB history – page2
Deal Or No Deal – tboswell
As usual, offseason busy time for Boras – jcrasnick

Three soccer clubs in trouble – sportseconomist

Chewing the fat on peanut butter – sfgate

Search Harpers Index

Wild Thing: Neko Case, A Singer – nytimes
The Diplomats of Solid Sound
Lemon Jelly
Ernest Ranglin
Josh Rouse – 1972
Broken Spindles
The Kleptones

The No-Stats All-Star – mlewis nytimes
Contracts for basketball players: the principal-agent problem in a team sport – marketdesign
Village Christian star carries memories of his war-torn Sudanese homeland – latimes

A-Rod should sue sinister system that snagged him – gdoyel
MLB Power Rankings – foxsports
MLB may amend Type A free agent rules – krosenthal
Old and New Money(Ball): Walks versus Defense – drivelinemechanics
Manny’s agent: ‘A choice of winning or losing’ for Dodgers – usatoday
How often does a leadoff man come up with no one on base? – actasports
Scott Boras Able To Get Manny Ramirez $20 Billion In Economic Stimulus Money – theonion
Tim Lincecum v. Tom Verducci – bugsandcranks
‘Oil Can’ Boyd looking for comeback at age 49 – foxsports
MLBDepthCharts
Enthusiastic Harden expects more work – chicagocubs
Hampton EKG shows ‘glitch’ – mlb
Chin Music

  Circus Contraption
  The Drones
  Bad merger coverage – hitsville
  Five arguments against the Live Nation/Ticketmaster merger – hitsville
  White Stripes – Let’s Build A Home
White Stripes – I Want To Be The Boy To Warm Your Mother’s Heart

The ‘Base’ Metaphor Explained

Spanking the Future – mmorford
Are you in sufficient awe of just what the hell you can do with that thing?

Rep. Ackerman on Madoff Fraud

  Head Of AEG Live On LiveNation-Ticketmaster Deal – forbes via hitsville
  Black–Eyed Snakes
  The Budos Band
The Undertones – Teenage Kicks

Clubs are scared of Manny – mkriegel
Injury Tool – fantasypitchfx
Baseball contracts can be off the wall – latimes
Last clean player, please bring the flag – kkaufman
Yankees should probably just leave Jeter at short – rneyer
Pitching Perspectives with Rick Peterson: Understanding the Epidemic of Youth Pitching Injuries – fullcountpitch
How will Girardi’s style change in ’09? – sny
The New New New New Barry Zito – baybridgebaseball

The Old Wisdom – jcarroll
It’s so much easier to understand politics if you’ve been to junior high.

Are We Going to Buy the Bezzle? – bmiller dailykos

Pitch sequence: High fastball then curveball – hbtimes
Confusion, or collusion, in free-agent market? – latimes
Theo Epstein interview – boston

The Radishes – Sophia EP
Shakin’ in my Boots: A TX Rock-n-Roll Collection
Billboardís analysis of the Ticketmaster/Live Nation merger – hitsville
Satriani Lawyers Plan to Serve Coldplay Lawsuit at the Grammys – motherjones

AN Visits with MLB.com’s Mychael Urban Part I  Part II – athleticsnation
Dodgers have options, but Manny may not – krosenthal
Who will be the next Rays? – tverducci
Positions of interest among AL teams – bolney

The retroactive Super Bowl running diary – thesportsguy
What do recruiting rankings mean anyway? – scout
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EMI death watch? – hitsville
Did Apple really lose the iTunes pricing war? – hitsville
Elvis Presley – First Time Birmingham – blogstoned
Estrus 100% Apeshit Rock Sampler
Norton Records – Rolling Stones singles

Aging Gracefully: With Salt and Patience, an Iowa Couple Makes World-Class Prosciutto – nytimes