Widely reviled former slugger Barry Bonds will pay to send Bryan Stow’s two young children to college.
Barry Bonds does something awesome beyond just hitting home runs at an unbelievable rate
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Wilpon says Mets are ‘bleeding cash’
Well that doesn’t sound good. I’ll wait for the rest of the Sports Illustrated story, I suppose. So far I can’t imagine the Mets are all that pleased with the outcome of Fred Wilpon’s media blitz.
Jose Canseco would marry Lady Gaga
Jose Canseco took to Twitter to profess his love for Lady Gaga.
Oh my Asdrubal
Asdrubal Cabrera made one of the most ridiculous plays you’ll ever see. How awesome is baseball?
Awesome
A 14-year-old fan on Twitter suggested Brandon Phillips come watch his youth-league team play. So he did.
Mothership to anchor in DC
The Smithsonian has landed P-Funk’s Mothership — the second iteration, at least — for the forthcoming National Museum of African American History and Culture.
Burger taste-off
A Hamburger Today pits Five Guys, In-N-Out and Shake Shack burgers against each other to determine which is the best fast-food burger. It’s a noble effort, but there’s just no way it’s decisive: Saying a burger is best because of the way it tastes eight hours after it was ordered is like saying Jamie Moyer is better than Pedro Martinez. Some things just age differently.
Microsoft Bing, you move me
Remember when I said I updated the Embarrassing Photos of Cole Hamels archive with a photo that wasn’t that embarrassing? Well, thanks to the wonders of Microsoft Bing’s image search, I dug up a few photos that are plenty embarrassing. Go check ’em out.
British parakeets proliferating
Over the last 10 years, there has been an explosion in the population of parakeets in England to the point where the once-popular pet is becoming a pest. Researchers can’t figure out why conditions became ripe for parakeets to start mating so rapidly. I assume it had something to do with Jamiroquai.
Albert Pujols plays third
First everyone chalked it up to Tony La Russa being Tony La Russa, but it turned out Pujols volunteered.
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