Friday LinkFrogging – 7/23/10

Screw you JMS!  Well kids, if its late July the geeks are convening in sunny Southern California. That's right, its Comic-Con weekend in San Diego.  And while we at the 'Geek were able to secure press credentials for the mecca of all geekdom, due to timing issues we were unable to get there. That doesn't …

Obama v. McCain: The Truth is Out There

"We are in the bottom of the ninth. "Much like the 1969 'Miracle Mets,' Barack Obama stands on the precipice of history. Barring an error of Bill Buckneresque proportions, Senator Obama will very likely be the winner of the seemingly perpetual 2008 presidential election. The Senator from Illinois- home of the Cubs, the White Sox …

A Great Week for Playa’ Haters

Growing up in Michigan and having lived most of my life since in Houston, I learned a few things early that have stuck with me. College football in California sucks. So does college football in Florida. This is a Michigan-Texas common ground. Sometimes it hasn't actually bourne true. But it's still some good common ground. …

Hate the White Sox

‘My name is Stephe, and I’m a Kansas City Royals fan.’ ‘Hello, Stephe.’ ‘Um, yeah, it’s been like forever since we’ve played meaningful games in, gosh, I don’t know, July, so it’s been pretty tough on us.’ ‘Uh-huh.’ ‘Yup.’ ‘We’ve been there brother.’ And so it goes when you’re a small-market fan. Year in and …

Reimagining Major League Baseball – Take 2

A while back I wrote a lengthy post about my idea to realign Major League Baseball along geographical lines.  My idea was to group teams in a way that made sense based solely on their physical location (ie both New York teams in the same division). Shortly after that, Stephe and I started talking about how …