This morning I went and bought a ticket to watch the Nationals play the Red Sox in an exhibition and noticed a pretty neat feature: Mobile Phone Tickets. The gist is that you buy your ticket, get a text, and that text can be scanned for your entrance to the ballpark. Absolutely brilliant, but then I noticed that they charge $1.75 for this service. Why? ...

I think something was lost in translation when they borrowed this idea from the 80s. I’m on the fence about seeing it in theaters.

[caption id="" align=“aligncenter” width=“177” caption=“When will IBNttT have April Fools’ Day Jokes?”][/caption] Just like Ron Gilbert, I hereby declare this space an April Fools’ Day free zone. It really is my least favorite “holiday” I do believe I’m now one step closer to being a grumpy old man…

[caption id="" align=“aligncenter” width=“500” caption=“Since I didn’t talk about the NPB yesterday I didn’t get a chance to put up another picture of a baseball babe. Sorry Min, that won’t happen again.”][/caption] 1 April NPB Hanshin Tigers at Hiroshima Carp. Appears to have been rained out. The Carp remain at 1-4-0 in last in the Central League. Rakuten Golden Eagles (2) at Chiba Lotte Marines (3). The Eagles are now 2-6-0 and in fifth place in the Pacific League. ...

This is it! The final season of Lost! With so few episodes left, surely the producers behind Lost are dishing out answers like crazy, right? Well, kind of. Some pretty significant questions have been answered, like who/what the smoke monster is and what the significance of the numbers is, but the big ones probably won’t really be answered until we get to the finale. Why is the Man in Black imprisoned on the island? Who is Jacob, really? ...

I really love Hayley William’s voice. I have no strong feelings toward Lady Gaga’s music, but I tend to enjoy it. Hope you enjoy this cover by Williams of “Bad Romance”

A bizarre Calbee commercial.

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[caption id="" align=“aligncenter” width=“500” caption=“Two straight wins at Mazda Stadium by the Tigers. When will the Carp stop the bleeding?!”][/caption] 31 March Hanshin Tigers (6) at Hiroshima Carp (4). The Carp are now 1-4-0 and in last place. Rakuten Golden Eagles (13) at Chiba Lotte Marines (4). The Eagles are now 2-5-0 and in fifth place. The bats seem to have awakened for Rakuten. Hiroshima gets closer, but still lags behind Hanshin. ...

Another year, another season! 2010 looks to be another good one. The Marlins don’t look like they’re about to run away with their division, but the Rays have a fighting chance this year. I’m getting ahead of myself, so let’s back up and go through this division by division like we do every year. AL East After a (glorious) season where the Yankees didn’t make it to the playoffs for once, the Bronx Bombers came back with a vengeance and took it all. The Yanks may have lost Damon and Matsui, but they’re still in a strong position in the AL East and look poised to make the playoffs in the division. Players are getting older on that team and the pitching isn’t as strong as they’d like, but, barring some kind of major injury, I stand by that prediction. ...