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Korean League Rankings #3

April 21st, 2008 · 3 Comments

I’ll explore this further as the season goes on but I’m starting to think the SK Wyvrens may be the best professional team in Asia. I know that’s a loaded statement, and one that deserves more than a sentence or two at the top of a weekly power rankings, but I believe it to be […]

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Tags: Baseball - Korea

Fowl Balls and Chicken Sh*thouse

April 21st, 2008 · 1 Comment

 
A couple of minor league teams in South Dakota, the Sioux Falls Canaries and Dakota Provisions, are teaming up to bring fans a new item at the concession stands — Fowl Balls.
But these aren’t any ordinary balls, these are testicles. Deep fried turkey testicles.
The press-release says turkey testicles are delicacies in Japan and China. For […]

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Tags: Baseball · Food

Update: Richard Quest Sacked

April 21st, 2008 · 2 Comments

And when I say “sacked,” I don’t mean the British vernacular for being fired. In case you missed it, the CNN International Reporter Richard Quest was arrested last week in Central Park for what amounted to a park curfew violation. However, further details have emerged.
Seemingly with glee from MSNBC:
A CNN journalist who was arrested in […]

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Tags: Tastemakers