Monday, March 18, 2024

"A Study In Scarlet Women" is $1.99 right now

at Amazon.

You'll probably finish it, and start the first page over again, because it's that good.

MLB baseball players took steps to try replace the union's deputy executive director tonight

ESPN:

The move by players came amid an offseason that has seen a billion-dollar decrease in spending by major league teams and the extended free agency of World Series standout Jordan Montgomery and reigning National League Cy Young Award winner Blake Snell

...

More than one-third of the $2.9 billion in free-agent spending this winter went to two players: a record $700 million for Shohei Ohtani -- $680 million of which is deferred for a decade -- and $325 million for Yoshinobu Yamamoto, both with the Los Angeles Dodgers. Two historic financial behemoths, the New York Yankees and Boston Red Sox, committed less than $50 million to free agents. Eight teams -- the Oakland, Baltimore, Washington, Tampa Bay, Minnesota, Miami, Cleveland and Colorado -- guaranteed less than $15 million.

Good images of tonight's SpaceX launch










And speaking of space photography:

Today's news and jokes





Funny article about "Jon Dowd," the imaginary character added to MVP Baseball 2005 when Barry Bonds refused to license his likeness

"My Favorite Baseball Player Never Existed."

Lego car mouth Kirby



*Figurine version up for preorder.

Sunday, March 17, 2024

The roller coaster Nemesis Reborn has a cool animated eye