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Chris Davis: Homer-Crusher, Ear-Penetrator
J.J. Hardy mashed a three-run homer last night to lead the O's to an 8-5 win over the Blue Jays in Baltimore, with Chris Davis and Adam Jones adding round-trippers as well. The latter pair got into some hijinks on the way back to the dugout after Hardy's bomb, with Davis giving Jones a textbook wet ...

HOLY SHIT GIANT BABY
Meet Addyson Gale Cessna. She was born Thursday morning at a hospital about 40 miles from Pittsburgh. That right there is 13 pounds, 12 ounces, and 25 inches of baby....

Why Your Children's Television Program Sucks: <em>Thomas & Friends</em>
A look at the awful children’s programming you’re forced to endure before you can finally kick the kids out of the TV room to watch sports for eight hours. Image by Jim Cooke....


And Say Children, What Does It All Mean?
The Little Flower reads the comics....


Andray Blatche Doesn't Give A Fuck About Toll Roads
I guess this is the kind of thing you can get away with when the Washington Wizards are still paying you $7.4 million to not play for them....

The Evolution of Bicycles
From Gizmodo: 100 Years of Tour de France Bikes mapping the evolution of cycling....

The Streetwalker of New York
Check out this New Yorker "Talk of the Town" item (May 1, 1943) by Joseph Mitchell....

Police: Chad Gaudin Groped A Woman On A Gurney In An ER
Giants reliever Chad Gaudin is charged with one count of open and gross lewdness, after an incident at a Las Vegas emergency room way back in January. It's a bizarre story that has somehow been kept quiet for six months....

An Interview With That Guy Who Ruined Serena's Wimbledon And Wrote A Book About Navy Pilots With Call Signs Like Crapper and Steamer
Stephen Rodrick is one of our finest magazine writers and this spring he published a compelling memoir about this father, The Magical Stranger. Check out book excerpts in the New York Times; Slate, and a nice long one in Men's Journal. And visit The Magical Stranger website. ...

Hey The Cubs, Heads Up!
Alberto Callaspo popped a foul ball toward the Cubs' bullpen in the top of the ninth. Things got a little chaotic. The ball was not caught....

This Giants Security Guard Keeps Getting In The Way
Poor guy. He's just down there in the left field corner doing his job. A job that involves standing around all night, staying alert, and trying to keep his antennae up in case some asshole throws something or interferes with play or behaves like a drunken lout. Now he's got to figure out what the he...


A.J. Burnett Is A Menace To Rosin Bags Everywhere
He did it back on Opening Day in Pittsburgh, and he did it again during the fourth inning yesterday afternoon in Chicago, in his first start since he came off the DL. Grounds crews around MLB are hereby advised to be on the alert....



