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Notes On The Concussion Crisis: CTEM And The New Lou Gehrig Connection
If you haven't read Jonah Lehrer's article on concussions, and the teenage brain over at Grantland, I suggest you do so. It's a fascinating scientific exploration of why brain trauma is so critical in teenagers: the teenage brain is itself experiencing a critical period. It's like throwing a banana...
Today in Sports History: April 2nd
(Gehrig, Ruth and Jackie Mitchell. Photo courtesy of Wide World Photos) 4/02/1931 - Teenage girl K's Ruth and Gehrig In a now-historic exhibition game, the New York Yankees face off against the minor league Chattanooga Lookouts. Pitching in relief for the Lookouts is 17 year-old Jackie Mitchell,...
Today in Sports History: April 16th
4/16/1929 - Yankees and Indians introduce numbers On the opening day of the 1929 season, the New York Yankees and Cleveland Indians walk out with numbers on the back of their jerseys. Though teams had experimented with numbers in the past (the Indians in 1916, the Cardinals in 1923), they had...
Could today be Derek Jeter's historic day?
Could today be the day Derek Jeter surpasses Lou Gehrig as the New York Yankees' all-time hits leader. Jeter needs just four more hits to surpass the legendary first baseman. There are Jeter appreciation posts all over the place today. NJ.com NY Daily News John Sterling's thoughts I can't say...
Graph of the Afternoon: Ruth, Gehrig, Williams, Aaron, Musial
I'm very, very excited by what we can do now with Sean Smith's updated WAR database. The top 300 player index hasn't been updated yet, but I don't need the index to know who 5 of the best players of all time were. For our first look into the golden age of baseball, I picked the top 5 players...
The Cubs Channel Monty Python's "Complete Waste Of Time" In 11-2 Loss To Brewers
In 1994, the Monty Python troupe released "Complete Waste of Time", described on Wikipedia as: a collection of minigames, screen savers, desktop wallpaper and icons for Mac OS, DOS and Windows. You could have spent two hours and 36 minutes with it this afternoon and had much more fun than the...
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