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Selfish Carlos Beltran yada yada yada. From Kyle.
Eno Sarris takes time away from bashing Ruben Tejada to praise SABR-savior Sandy Alderson. All snark aside, a series of good points here. With role players it’s always hard to tell how much was shrewd general-managing and how much was luck, but Alderson seems to have optimized the 25-man roster this year.
PopSci has a good, lengthy feature on a guy trying to cure aging. This sort of sounds like it’s how a dystopian future novel starts. In fact…
After the great Josh Thole Catastrophe, I feared the way Mets fans would treat new prospect Zack Wheeler on Twitter after his unspectacular first start in the system. But alas. Nearly every @ mention of the young man is supportive (or self-promoting). We’re growing up! Wheeler, in turn, replied to almost everyone. A big social-media hugfest.
Nassau County voters rejected a referendum to invest taxpayer money in a $400 million overhaul of Nassau Coliseum and its environs. We’ll see what the Islanders do from here, I suppose, and on one hand it’s sad to think this could end with the club leaving for greener pastures. But as the son of a Nassau Community College professor dealing with the fallout from rampant budget cuts, I find it hard to get too broken up about the fate of a woefully mismanaged hockey team that can’t draw well in such a densely populated area.
Scouting NY takes a remarkably thorough look at the fate all of the restaurants, bars and clubs mentioned in American Psycho. Via James K.
A burglar broke into Alex Trebek’s hotel room while he was sleeping in the buff, so he took matters into his own hands. Unfortunately, he ruptured his Achilles. This time.
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