July 2010
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June 2010
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How Mariano Rivera Dominates Hitters. →
Yankee or not, this is an excellent feature on Mariano’s pitches from the New York Times. Great stuff.
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“The littlest man in uniform has three bombs, and the Red Sox lead it thirteen to...”
– Rockies broadcaster Drew Goodman, on Dustin Pedroia (via mightyflynn)
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WatchThe moment.
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"AMERICA: F--K YEAH!!! A HISTORIC WIN." →
It is always irrational to get happy and sad and disappointed and ecstatic over strangers playing a game over which we have no influence, but such is the magic of sports that it does this to us. Did I really just write “magic of sports”? I did. I’m sorry. I’m emotional. And I don’t know how else to describe it. I shouldn’t care and yet I couldn’t care...
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WatchSong For The Moment
“Darling, It’s Alright” by Francis and the Lights
Wanted to put this special video SFTM up for a few reasons:
A.) The singer sounds uncannily like Peter Gabriel, which (to me) is a good thing. I think the song itself would fit right in with anything on Us or So (again, a good thing).
B.) The video is a “single-take live performance, edited with...
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Perkins out for Game 7 with torn MCL, PCL →
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Now it's time to win.
Brazil, the most successful footballing nation on earth, plays mesmerizing, skillful, and emotional football. They also took part in the most famous final—perhaps the most famous game—ever played. In 1950, in the huge, newly opened Maracana Stadium, in Rio, the Saint Peter’s of the Beautiful Game, roughly 210,000 people—still the record for attendance at a sporting event—came to watch Brazil...
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My Wife Has An Awesome Job, Part III.
Me: Hey.
The Wife: Hi.
Me: How's work?
The Wife: Okay. Cyndi Lauper asked when I was due.
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Londinium.
After a week of sifting and editing, I whittled down the photos and video we took in London down to a more manageable batch. From the pubs of Islington to the castle in Windsor to the familiar streets of Tooting, they’re all here. (My phone, unfortunately, is not.)
For my old flatmates of Tooting Broadway (and Frants, our predecessor), there’s plenty to look at. Ol’...
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Target Anxiety: The Penalty Shootout Reconsidered →
The beautiful cruelty of the World Cup is that it is held every four years, and four years is a purgatory of a time to wait for reincarnation. Every game assumes an unreasonable importance, which is what makes it such fun.
Great article discussing the World Cup, Soccer, Penalties, and the psychology behind the sport.
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“I just felt like a beast… I just couldn’t be denied.”
– Glen “Big Baby” Davis
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Tatooine Has World Cup Fever. →
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9 On 9: The Legend of Rondo. →
Just in time for Game 3.
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WatchI have been having a ridiculously enjoyable time playing Red Dead Redemption — last night was the first time I was able to ride around with friends (a posse, if you wish) and explore the landscape while encountering bandits, mountain lions, and having shootouts with fellow players from around the US. It’s a great game.
This is all to say that the folks behind the game had John...
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Our History of World Cup Futility. →
I think I’m coming down with something. Feeling… feverish.
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“Just do what you do best.”
– Red Auerbach
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With Flowers And My Love.
Going through some of the many, many photos I took over our week in London, and figured I’d put these two up early because I thought they were interesting. We were headed down to get some breakfast at a place along the canal in Islington and I was taking some photos of the more interesting graffiti/street art. I noticed this stencil across the way and immediately thought it might be a...