October 1, 2010
Link-O-Rama
• Many times the word "irony" gets misused. This is not one of those times.
• Fan Graphs crunched some numbers on Kenny Powers' career stats and calculated his Wins Above Replacement despite the fact that he "f***ing hates computers, all kinds."
• I hope she asks for the kidney back.
• If your sibling is significantly better looking than you, don't appear in front of cameras while wearing the exact same clothes.
• I'll be co-hosting "Twins Wrap" on 1500-ESPN again tonight with Joe Anderson, starting 40 minutes after the last out.
• If you're into schadenfreude, click here.
• On a related note, Ozzie Guillen will be back with the White Sox next season.
• It's tough to blame a guy too much for having crazy goals when he's already dating Rihanna.
• In a "worlds colliding" discovery, Jin from Lost diagnosed Kramer with gonorrhea on Seinfeld:
Also in the scene: Brian Posehn.
• One of my favorite stand-up comedians, Greg Giraldo, died Wednesday. September was an awful month for the comedy world, with the great Robert Schimmel also passing away.
• After a Fred Lynn-like rookie season doing FSN's weather updates during Twins games, Kate Bilo has taken a new job in Philadelphia. She'll be missed.
• Pittsburgh fired ex-Twins catcher Matt Walbeck after he won Double-A manager of the year.
• More than 40 percent of AOL's revenue still comes from people using their service through a dial-up connection, which is the most shocking thing I've heard since ... well, since I stopped using AOL's dial-up service like 10 years ago.
• Doc Rivers' son Austin Rivers is the top-ranked high school basketball player in the country and yesterday he committed to Duke. It surely had nothing to do with this.
• Phew, good to know that whole thing is finally settled. We're cool again, Germany.
• MLB.com has a mesmerizing video showing all 54 of Jose Bautista's homers in two minutes.
• Here's something to think about next time you read an article quoting "an unnamed scout."
• If you're unfamiliar with the brilliance of Karl Pilkington, this video is a good place to start:
And there's more where that came from.
• My main man Drew Silva wrote a lengthy article about the Cy Young award and everything that comes with it this season.
• On one hand, this is pretty cool. On the other hand, I have 20 of the real thing in my garage.
• YoYo Donuts and Coffee Bar opened recently and has really good donuts, which is bad news for fatso baseball bloggers who live a couple blocks away. I'm already into the place for $9.
• Friend of AG.com Ted Berg wrote a very touching, personal piece about life and baseball that you should probably read.
• If you're a student and a blogger, you can get a $10,000 scholarship.
• Here are some highlights from my NBCSports.com blogging this week:
- The Big Three could start 17 of 19 playoff games for the Phillies
- Pirates clinch MLB's worst record and next year's No. 1 pick
- Mariners "not thinking about changing the general manager at all"
- Pedro Feliciano becomes fifth pitcher in MLB history to make 90 appearances
- Matt Murton threatening to break Ichiro Suzuki's hit record in Japan
- "Setup man of the decade" Scot Shields pondering retirement
- Japanese outfielder Hitoshi Tamura "exploring" move to MLB
- Elvis Andrus is doing Vince Coleman-like things
- Rickey Henderson wants to be on the A's coaching staff
• Finally, this week's AG.com-approved music video is Sara Bareilles performing a live version of "King of Anything" on The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson:
