drbeeper

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 the Sox to play by the numbers – thephoenix
Don Drysdale Scouting Report by Branch Rickey – baseballdigestdaily
Lenny Still Hittin’ – nypost

  MySpace and Record Companies Create Music Site – nytimes
  The Whigs – Mission Control lyrics
Son Lux – Break
Spoon – Peace Like A River [p simon]

NY Jets Draft Blunders

Spoonbread gets a seasonal makeover, California style – sfgate

MS Excel tip: Extracting numbers from alphanumeric strings

2006 : Improving Your Memory
2002 : Hokey Spokes

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 stories to watch – jkeri
Opening Day results can offer insight and confusion – krosenthal
Somebody’s Gonna Be Wrong – vegaswatch
An Interview with ESPN.com Baseball Writer Keith Law – thebiglead
Ethier wins left-field job – ladodgers
Athletics Opening Day outlook – oaklandathletics
Jack Cust eats fastballs for lunch – hbtimes

20 Questions – Jim White – popmatters
Apples in Stereo – Electronic Projects for Musicians [stream]

2005 : Museum of Hoaxes
2003 : The Curious Case of Sidd Finch

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 – $148  OAK – $206  SFG – $183

Plenty of surprise starters set for Opening Day – prodgers
Mariners’ Ichiro wants to make the play, not look good doing it – seattletimes
Brian Cashman answers your questions – lohud
It’s time – globesports
Gameday returns bigger, better – mlb
Time to come clean: We’re hooked on Harden again – insidebayarea
With lots of ground to cover, California is land of center fielders – sfgate

She and Him – Volume One [stream]
Quiet Life – Act Natural [dl]
Jim White’s Transnormal Skiperoo combines backwoods and space age aesthetics – sfgate

Loans and Leadership – pkrugman

Infants in the pool – a dive into controversy – sfgate

Robot reports for security duty in Atlanta – latimes

Goo Goo Ga Ga Gourmet! – sfgate
Kids’ menus grow up – sfgate
Just Grate – nytimes
Do fancy glasses improve the flavor of wine? – straightdope

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DrB 2008 MLB predictions:
AL West	Angels(93 wins)	OAK 2nd (86w), heat beats TEX, SEA a bust
AL Central	Tigers (101)	Weak division, CHI and CLE only decent-to-OK
AL East	Red Sox (95)	NYY could add a P to help, TOR & TAM good teams
NL West	Dodgers (89)	ARI & COL also contenders
NL Central	Cubs (94)	MIL will be in to the end, CIN OK
NL East	Braves (95)	PHI will be tough, NYM wilt and fade

  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 prefrontal cortex“ – seattletimes
Wood over Marmol: Cubs will regret it – suntimes
National League Over/Unders – squawkingbaseball
Prospectus Answers, Part I – joeposnanski
AJ Hinch blog: D-Backs on Deck
Interview with Voros McCracken – brockforbroglio
Updating baseball’s unwritten rules – sdeveney
Projecting the Yanks’ staff – sny.tv
Forst says injury concerns a big reason for A’s moves – jkeri
Scouting Fautino de los Santos – Video Breakdown –
Who would you rather haveó Hunter, Rowand or Swisher? – actasports

Jim White – Transnormal Skiperoo [dl]
Young Republic – 12 Tales From Winter City [dl]
Langhorne Slim [dl]
More teenagers ignoring CDs, report says – latimes

The Scholarship Divide

Maddux on Brink of Reaching Truly Rarefied Air – tmarchman
Q & A: Baseball Guru Bill James – time
A’s aren’t doing it by the book – tringolsby

  Honeycut: Rocking out sonically – sfgate
Black Keys – I Got Mine
Why? – Dumb Hummer

Deified and Demagogued – defectiveyeti – morningnews
Every nerd remembers his first time.

Do low-flush toilets actually save water? – straightdope

The great homeowner equity depression – Salon
&nbsp One in Ten – creditslips

Whistle-Blower: Feds Have a Backdoor Into Wireless Carrier – wired
&nbsp affidavit

Hedge Funds Reel From Margin Calls Even on Treasuries – bloomberg

Bush says feds can open mail without warrant – seattletimes
(via IP)

2003	2005	2006
	A’s Top20 molly	Bonds=Steroids molly

Gary Gygax, Game Pioneer, Dies at 69

CarlSpackler.com

Emptying the spring-training notebook: – krosenthal
A’s new outfielder honed his skills – at Wheaton? – sfgate
Future Shock: Organizational rankings: Pt2 Pt1 – bbprospectus

  WFMU’s Beware of the Blog
  The Truth About The Jon Spencer Blues Explosion– jimderogatis [orig Penthouse]
  The Music Never Stops For Man of Mystery – sfgate
JSBX – Bellbottoms
JSBX on French TV
JSBX – Flavor
JSBX – Afro
JSBX – Live in London Pt1 Pt2 Pt3
SSM – Deja Vu
The Waifs – SunDirtWater

Yes, MSG, The Secret Behind the Savor – nytimes
How to be a foodie without breaking the bank – sfgate

The Secret to Raising Smart Kids – sciam

The Rate of Return on Sports Franchises – sportseconomist

Gaslight Justice League

Q&A With Greg Maddux – golfdigest

Police reports on Spiezio describe bizarre night – stltoday

Santanaís Changeup: Hitters Never See It Coming – nytimes

Interview: Jeff Moorad – General Partner & CEO, D-Backs – bizofbaseball

A mystery: Why won’t anyone sign Bonds? – nbcsports

 Undressing in public – Kristin Hersh interview – scotlandonsunday

 The live music talk – sethgodin

 Make your own music server – chicagotribune

The Black Cab Sessions. Chapter Thirty-one: Spoon
Beeper

Hot Buns! The vaguely lewd new Holiday Inn Express ads. – slate