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TheForce.Net (Free subscription) | 17/11/2009
Are you enjoying Clone Wars season 2?Yes, I watch weekly.I'm 50/50.No, waiting for live action series.SW Theme For LG Arena PhonesPosted By on November 17, 2009Good news for fellow Star Wars fans who are using an LG Arena KM900 cell phone: Looks like a new Star Wars theme is available to download for customizing this particular phone model."This theme includes wallpapers based on movie posters...
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TheForce.Net (Free subscription) | 15/11/2009
Are you enjoying Clone Wars season 2?Yes, I watch weekly.I'm 50/50.No, waiting for live action series.FCTV Presents "Episode Four And A Half"Posted By on November 15, 2009 "The Clone Wars" moves very fast from episode to episode. You really have to pay attention to the announcer at the beginning to ensure you know what's going on before the next installment. Sometimes, even that...
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Over the Monster (Free subscription) | 18/10/2009
More photos » by Charles Krupa - AP He didn't fail! Browse more photos » Apparently, the world has moved on from the Red Sox . Here's all I could find today: Eric Walker And "Moneyball" - The Joy of Sox Moneyball is supposed to be running baseball like a business, or so I thought. The goal of business isn't to win some award at whatever cost, it's to make the largest profit. Looking...
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The Joy of Sox (Free subscription) | 17/10/2009
Deadspin has a two - part article from Eric Walker, the man who brought progressive baseball analysis to Billy Beane and the Oakland A's. Walker, from his 1982 book, The Sinister First Baseman and Other Observations : In baseball, some numbers are known, some are not, and the meaning of most of them can be debated. But there's one number everyone knows and agrees with: three. Three outs and you're...
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MOUTHPIECE Blog (Free subscription) | 07/10/2009
Lost Time Is Not Found Again is what the MPS blog crew has been reading today. Maybe. + Your 2009 Chicago all-flop team. See which Cubs and Sox made the cut! {Zoner Sports.} + Michael Crabtree finally signs with the 49ers. {FanHouse.} + Braylon Edwards got traded to the Jets. Now LeBron definitely isn’t going to New York. [...]
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MacMegasite - News for Mac Geeks (Free subscription) | 29/09/2009
DALLAS September 25, 2009 iBall Games of Soarion Mobile Entertainment announces the release of Pro Beach Volleyball, a power-packed game for the iPhoneTM and iPod® touch. The game captures the energy, speed and athleticism of professional beach volleyball and is now available in Apple's iTunes Store for $1.99. Pro Beach Volleyball is a condensed version of a full real-life game played...
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Boston Globe (Free subscription) | 16/09/2009
A Maine prosecutor has pleaded guilty to a druken driving charge and will serve his sentence doing public service work.
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Brazos Sports (Free subscription) | 05/09/2009
IOLA -- Seven turnovers and missed opportunities led to Iola's first loss of the season. The Bulldogs (1-1) threw five interceptions and lost two fumbles. Trailing 12-8 late in the fourth quarter, the Iola defense forced a third-and-10 try for Bartle ...
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Baseball Analysts (Free subscription) | 21/04/2009
There's been a lot of talk on this site about park effects, as Eric Walker and Sky Andrecheck just this week delved into home-field advantage, precision, and accuracy. My idea is that not all park effects are uniform. For example, I believe that Mike Lowell and Dustin Pedroia are largely aided by the Green Monster, to a greater extent than most hitters and Johnny Damon's home run production has been...
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Dallas Morning News (Free subscription) | 05/04/2009
STILLWATER, Okla. – Oklahoma State pitchers allowed just four hits in the Cowboys' 7-1 Big 12 Conference victory over Texas on Saturday. The Longhorns (19-8, 5-6 Big 12) led 1-0 in the fourth inning after Tant Shepherd's double to center field, but Texas wouldn't score again. Dean Green's lead-off homer in the bottom of the inning tied the game and Eric Walker's two-run homer put the Cowboys...
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Walk Like a Sabermetrician (Free subscription) | 09/03/2009
This is just a quick hit post, but it’s something that pops up from time to time and I wanted to record my thoughts here for posterity’s sake. Sometimes you will see total bases per hit proposed as a measure of power. Eric Walker of High Boskage calls it Power Factor. Another common measure of power used is isolated power, in use since the days of Branch Rickey and Allan Roth and possibly...
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wears the trousers magazine (Free subscription) | 14/02/2009
Jessica Grace The Bastard Left Me EP free exclusive download Alternative Valentines listening for anyone done wrong by a lover. From full-blown misanthropes to first-time dumpees, there’s something for everyone on this exclusive EP from Wears The Trousers favourite Jessica Grace. Nine songs of heartbreak, bile and revenge, eight of which are previously unreleased demos that you can’t [...]...
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Roar Lions Roar (Free subscription) | 11/02/2009
Eric Walker is #62 on the far left An alert reader has directed me to the great news that a star offensive lineman from Arlington, Texas named Eric Walker has committed to Columbia. You can read ESPN's glowing review of Eric's abilities here. That web page also includes a nice part of Walker's recruiting video. Here's a little video of Eric in a library, as he was named a scholar-athlete of the week...
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TBO > Sports (Free subscription) | 23/12/2008
With three losses in the month of December alone, the Bucs are suddenly locked in a tailspin of historic proportions.