I haven't dipped into my blogging topic slushpile in a while, which is a list of links that I might or might not get around to blogging about:
* Remembering the Phantom Pickoff: I'm not a huge baseball fan, but this is pretty funny -- former Chicago Cub and Wichita State first baseman Phil Stephenson was inducted into the College Baseball Hall of Fame this week. [That's not the funny part.]
So why is the Miami Herald writing about it? In a 1982 College World Series game against the University of Miami, Stephenson got burned by one of the most famous trick plays in baseball history -- the Phantom Pickoff, where the pitcher fakes an overthrow pickoff attempt to first, the runner takes off for second base, the pitcher throws to second, and the runner feels really, really dumb.
Check out the video in the article. (It also features a lot of mustaches.)
This play is used in the 1994 movie 'Little Big League' (though the goofs page notes that it would have resulted in a balk call in the bigs).
* Our Team - AOL People Connection: Jason put this together this week -- it's a bunch of photos, blurbs and AIM Pages profile links for everyone on the AOL People Connection team. Just to put some faces to names.
* USA Today Reporter Index: In a similar fashion, USA Today (which recently revamped its home page with a bunch of community and social news features) has a directory of reporters; each listing has a canned search that brings up the articles they've done.
Also, an intrepid few also have links to their public profiles, which are the same profiles the rest of the USA Today community users have; each profile has a bio and thumbnail, as well as tabs where you can leave messages and see photos they've posted.
A nice touch is that you can see the comments that each user has posted (with a link to where it was posted), which is pretty slick.
* Loganberry Books: Stump the Bookseller!: Trying to track down a children's book from your past, but only remember vague bits and pieces of the plot? If you've exhausted your search-fu, Loganberry Books, a used bookstore in Cleveland, has a service where, for two bucks a pop, you can submit your book recollections, and they'll try to figure out what book it is.
Looking through the archives, I rediscovered The Space Ship Under the Apple Tree, Eleanor Cameroon's Mushroom Planet books, and the Danny Dunn series.
(Maybe you can tell I read a lot of YA -- Young Adult -- Sci-Fi as a kid.)
Their posted annual success rate goes from 62%, 74% and 53% since 2003, so youse pays your money and youse takes your chances, but hey, it's two bucks.
* Rock the Vote? Stack the Vote! Some folks in the DC area have set up an ongoing Best DC Blog competition, which is pretty much an excuse for cliquery, petty sniping and major blog drama.
Well, a friend of mine is up for Best DC Blog by the Sexiest Female Blogger -- she's a neuroscientist and photographer; check out her entry about it then please vote for her if you feel she's deserving (voting is open until 10 PM EDT Saturday).
Thanks -- Joe
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Well, I read this too late to vote, but I'll enjoy checking out her blog:)
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