I’m sure there are some baseball fans who visit this site, and if you collected baseball cards like I did…you’ll find this amazing and eventually “on-topic” for a politics site…

But there is an economic angle to this…
Topps needs to augment reality because baseball cards are struggling in the Internet age. Today’s collectors, most of whom [...]

It’s official.
Humans can fly.

I’m still catching my breath.

Barack Obama is doing a fine job preparing for his presidency, but one move stands above the rest in terms of its clarity and commonsense appeal. Obama is right to support a BCS playoff for college football.
Now, you might think I support Obama on this matter merely because I’m a Texan and Texas is getting [...]

The ailing Citigroup is being fairly targeted for their spendthrift ways.
From NY Times:
In 2006, Citigroup signed a 20-year, $400 million contract to name the Mets’ new stadium in Queens Citi Field. As recently as last week, the troubled financial-services conglomerate said it had no intention of backing out of the deal for the new stadium [...]

My cartoon was linked to post from the NYTimes
(Click on Bob McCarty) NYTIMES link

I really don’t know what to say to this. It’s wrong for so many reasons, not the least of which is the suggestion that shoes can help you jump a car (WTF?).

Yes, Kobe says “do not try this at home,” but come on people…what does Nike take us for? Behind every piece of advertising is [...]

Heh…
In a move that’s sure to be seen as controversial, Hillary has contacted the NCAA Board of Directors to argue that Memphis is actually better qualified to be National Champion.
Ms. Clinton stated that Memphis, while losing the game, had actually shown more ability to act like a National Champion on Day One. She argued that [...]

20 years to day they won in ‘88.
Awesome.

And trust me, this isn’t one of those videos where you’ll think, “Wait, are they really booing?” Sure, you’ll hear some cheers, but the boo birds are overwhelming.

The times we live in…

Germany itself isn’t going to boycott the entire thing, but she won’t be showing up.
And she’s not the only one…
The disclosure that Germany is to stay away from the games’ opening ceremonies in August could encourage President Nicolas Sarkozy of France to join in a gesture of defiance and complicate Gordon Brown’s determination to attend [...]

The lighting of the Olympic flame in Greece was disrupted today by human rights protestors. We can only hope to see more peaceful demonstrations against China as the torch travels to Beijing.
If the Chinese are going to use the games as an opportunity to present themselves as a global power, the rest of us have [...]

Portraying Hillary as a busty kissing bandit? Was Upper Deck even thinking? Oh, you better believe they were, and they wanted bloggers to be part of their strategy. More on that later.
First, the card…
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So how do I know about this? Well, a PR flack sent it my way, and although I ignore 99% of [...]

Yeah, he probably juiced at one time or another, but you try to hit a Randy Johnson fastball 400 feet.
First, a story about number 756.

Then, a story about how he get there.

And who caught the ball? A guy from New York?

Congrats Barry!

What’s sad is that following seems to be yet another example of China being China. They make no apologies for the crazy stuff that they do, and we keep buying their crap because they can make things for us cheaply.
So where’s it gonna stop?
From Press Esc:
The Chinese authorities are forcibly evicting 1.5 million people from [...]

A buddy of mine bought a pack of Topps Opening Day baseball cards the other day and found a couple of celebrities in the Derek Jeter card who probably weren’t there when the photo was taken.
Find Bush and Mickey Mantle in the pic.

Weird, eh?
And of course they know about it, but still…
“We saw it [...]

Apparently it was the plane of Yankee’s pitcher, Corey Lidle.
From NY Times:
Corey Lidle, a pitcher for the New York Yankees, was killed today when his small private plane crashed into a residential high-rise building on New York City’s Upper East Side, igniting several apartments before pieces of the aircraft crashed to the ground, a high [...]