Cleaning out the inbox

Huge dumping of the inbox today in which we clear things out from the last few weeks.

We start with a link to an interview with one of my favorite broadcasters discussing his past history with my favorite game-Strat O Matic baseball.
Bob Costas discusses his playing the game and some of
his memories involving SOM.
Always a great read for me when Costas talks baseball,let alone SOM...

Bruce Hooley of ESPN Cleveland writes an entertaining and yet sad list of all the craziness that has happened to the Browns since 1999.
I have been through this stuff and yet reading it makes you wonder if fans of other teams see these types of events.

Former Ohio State head coach Jim Tressel is not just involved in administration in his job at Akron,he is in the classroom as an educator as well.
ESPN's article on Tressel in Akron can be found here.

Grantland hits with an author's look at the awkward Eminem interview with Brent Musberger and Kirk Herbstreit on an ABC telecast earlier this season.
These things are always so clearly forced for promotional purposes,but the take on Musberger is an interesting one.

As most of you should know Murderin' Ray Lewis holds the title of my least favorite athlete of the last 20 years,if not my entire lifetime,but the the shameless huckster never took much heat in Baltimore.
Lewis finally felt a little fire from Baltimore Sun TV critic Dave Zurawik,who discusses Lewis and his idiotic behavior on ESPN as well as some insight on how the Baltimore media including himself was so light on Ray Lewis and his ramblings...

Fox News is not known for its left leanings,but Kirsten Powers is one of their "Democratic Strategists " for the "fair and balanced" network.Powers discusses her move to evangelical christian in this article that she penned for Christianity Today.
No matter your stance on politics or religion,it is an interesting read....

Finally a goodbye to Evan Chambers.
Evan was an outfielder in the Pirates system and passed away in his sleep at the age of 24
Evan was also one of the nicer young men that I met in the graphing game.
Evan always had time to talk and sign along with a great attitude.
Our condolences to his family