Baseball’s back!

Seeing as my NCAA March Madness bracket is officially shot (actually, most people’s brackets are–out of almost 6 million ESPN brackets, only TWO picked the Final Four of Butler, VCU, Kentucky, and UConn), I’m now looking forward to … Baseball season!! Looking forward to the Mariners’ visit to Baltimore in May and the Dodgers’ visit …

Links of the Day, October 7

Happy birthday, Barcode! Also, baseball playoffs start today–go Dodgers! News One of the most wanted suspects in Rwanda’s 1994 genocide has been arrested. Obama’s Afghanistan strategy will not involve withdrawing troops. He’s also pursuing urban renewal. Pasadena Chief of Police Bernard Melekian steps down to take up a post in DC. Another ring is discovered …

Mariners, 85-77

Yesterday marked the end of regular season baseball, and the Seattle Mariners went 85-77, marking the biggest improvement from last year in the major leagues. After losing 101 games last year, let’s just say that expectations were fairly low. But rookie manager Don Wakamatsu did a phenomenal job in leading us back to respectability. Even …