drbeeper

Evolution sucks!!! – threadspotting

Baseball Sudoku – 5 4 3 2 1
Going under the needle
– espn

2003 : ListsOfBests
2005 : fontBROWSER

Twilight Singers

Powder Burns

The Subtle Knife – nymag
(via sautewednesday)

Hog Heaven – loc
Celebrating 100 Years of the Harley-Davidson

Baseball Sudoku – 4 3 2 1 – espn
Aggressiveness on the Basepaths Isn’t a Winning Strategy – kitsapsun
Sabermetrics Evolves From Its Conversions – courant
“Lying has left the sports page for the front page and both are worse off.”

Illegal immigration is not going away. – jcarroll
That may be a good thing or a bad thing, but it doesn’t matter: It’s a real thing.

Other Music

World Cup Calendar

Gratins from the garden – sfgate
With this sweet or savory dish, almost anything goes

When Units Collide – straightdope threadspotting

An ugly possibility– mivins
… clinging to demonstrably false economic precepts is understandable when you benefit from them, but at some point reality does intervene.

Oklahoma’s indie gusher – denverpost
Flaming Lips top surprising roster of talent
Edgar and The Indies – newsweek
Thanks to an aggressive distribution strategy, Warner Music dominates the hottest segment of the industry.
GBV : Broadcaster House [torrent]

(via largeheartedboy)

Web-based Backup Solutions: Which One Is Right for You? – informit

Jose Canseco: Unabashed as Ever – latimes
Baseball Is a Game of Numbers, but Whose Numbers Are They? – nytimes
Tactical Crisis Calls Torre Up to the Plate – nysun
FansOnBonds
(via BBPrimer)

States starry-eyed over spaceports – cnn
(via FutureBrief)

Placenta stew? – straightdope

2002	2005

Everyone has secrets. – jcarroll
So someone somewhere has an overflowing in-box

The A.V. Club inteviews Neko Case – theonion
Afghan Whigs – 1965 – stylus
Neil Young – Living with War [stream]

Standards of the day hindered Babe Ruth – mberardino
Giants will fall off map without Bonds – krosenthal
Endangered Species: The Three-Base Hit – hbtimes

The Bicycle Ride
Albert Hofmann: LSD – My Problem Child

2002 : Frequently Evaded Questions

2006 Chron 200 – sfgate

All of a sudden, philosophical arguments I wish I weren’t having. – jcarroll
I remember when we were one of the more highly regarded nations on the planet…

Republicans wake a sleeping giant – mivins
And there was the Giant, out on the streets in the millions.

Part II: Enron Field Meets Dilbert: – mgmtbybaseball
Corporate Naming Rights for Management Flubs

“Statistical Analysis” v. “Sabermetrics“ – walklikeasabermetrician
Red Sox get what they asked for: a weaker offense – tverducci
(via BBPrimer)

My Life Above Pottery Barn – sfgate
Forget tract homes and gated living. The new American dream is a condo right inside the mall

FBI secretly sought data on 3,501 people in í05 – msnbc

Culture Clash at the ‘New’ FBI – cq

The so-called lobby reform bill – mivins
…calling this an “ethics bill’ requires brass bravura.

That train left the station 30 years ago. – jcarroll
What’s next? Free orgasms?

Progressive Collaboration – meshsf
Joey Burns of Calexico on his band’s boundless frontiers.

Rose pales by contrast – timesunion
The Only Game in Town: Q&A With Fay Vincent – baseballanalysts
(via BBPrimer)

Beyond “D’oh!” – theonion AVclub

Simpsons Quotes For Everyday Use

The Cronin Papers – maurybrown
The Mays/Chapman Incident
Branch Rickey, Expansion Cities Call, Piersall, and President Kennedy
Hornsbyís Gambling, Landis, and the St. Louis Cardinals
Red Barber Letter, Hodges Offer, Eckert List, McHale Approval, Topping Selects Houk

DoubleDrat (via dratfink)

Red Sox’ Bane – mgmtbybaseball
Diffusion from Softball to Baseball, There’s Method to This Maddon
&nbsp To Combat Ortiz, Just Add Outfielders – mchass nytimes