Afternoon Baseball

It's past midweek, so it's a little late. But there's lots happening out there.

Tom Cruise is a midget -- It's always fun to see how much taller Katie Holmes is, although she looks terrible here. I know, she just had a kid. Still. By the way, "Thank You For Smoking" was excellent, and she's in it, although not pressed in her role.

Cosmetic surgery kills girl -- Seems to be a freak accident. But still, if the article's correct, it seems that this girl didn't feel like her life was going to be much without the surgery. That's a terrible thing.

The Brushback has a nice one-liner: "Cardinals Peaking At Right Time Again." Too much regular-season intensity from LaRussa and Bobby Cox has been a pet peeve of Bill Simmons for years, although I'm not sure that the Yankees or other playoff perennials are not intense. The second brief on this page is something The Onion used to do, for better or worse.

There was an idea floated a week or two ago (I think Drudge scared everyone with it) about standing-room seats on airplanes. The NYT ran with it and apparently did not fare so well.
However, the New Yorker came through with a brilliant cover, as usual. All on the link.

A nice little story of Bill Mueller and a blogger's memories of his dad.

Al Leiter visited the Yankee booth, verbally slapped Kay, and launched a discussion on Yankee broadcasters.

And finally, no link, but a friend of mine told me yesterday that a lawyer in the mayor's office in her city told her that flashing someone for a sandwich is not considered prostitution. Cause we've all been there. Food for thought, so to speak.

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