1...that Bunchy Carter founded the Southern California chapter of the Black Panther Party? 2...that Adult attention-deficit disorder (AADD) affects an estimated 30% of people who suffered from Attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) in their childhood? 3...that from 1926 to 1940, the Union Minière du Haut Katanga had a virtual monopoly of the world uranium market? 4...that on March 4, 1839, William F. Harnden became the first person to send an express freight shipment by rail? 

Take me out to the ball game! Fresh off breaking the Curse of the Bambino, the Red Sox take on the Big Unit at Yankee Stadium tonight as baseball opens its new season. While fans of these hated teams enjoy the rivalry, many others will be thinking "A plague on both your houses."

"You look forward to it like a birthday party when you're a kid. You think something wonderful is going to happen." -- Joe DiMaggio, on Opening Day

sabermetrics: the search for objective knowledge about baseball

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