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Manny: “If I Die Tonight, I Die as a Champion!”

The Boston Red Sox are champions for the 2nd time in my lifetime, the New England Patriots and BC Football are both 8-0, the Celtics have one of the most promising lineups in recent memory, and my alma mater RIT Tigers hockey team upset Cornell 4-1 in front of a 5000+ crowd. I don’t have [...]


Baseball: Does Salary Have an Impact on Performance?

Ben Fry, PhD., has updated his “Salary vs. Performance” visualization for the 2007 season. The visualization compares how much money each team spends on their roster (i.e. total of all salaries for every player on their team) with their performance to date. Teams in blue are getting their money’s worth, whereas teams in the red [...]


Google Adds MyMaps

Yesterday, Google added a feature called MyMaps to Google Maps, which lets you create your own markers and share your map with anyone. I created one with all of the locations of the Cape Cod Baseball League (just like the field locator on CodBall). The guys over at Techlife found one made by “B. MacMillan” [...]


D1 Tigers Top Atlantic Hockey

I never really liked hockey until I went to my first RIT Tigers men’s hockey game. The Ritter Ice Arena seats 2100 max, and it was amazing to see the Corner Crew in action and be so close to the ice.
Now, the Tigers are in their second year of D1 hockey in the Atlantic Hockey [...]


Where do the Super Bowl Losers’ T-Shirts and Hats Go?

The Chicago Bears are Super Bowl XLI champions this year, in Ethiopia. Every year, 288 T-shirts and hats are made for both teams in the Super Bowl. The loser’s apparel is sent off to a developing nation, usually in Africa.
Both team’s Super Bowl apparel this year were carefully guarded behind a locked door at Dolphin [...]


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