LINKAGE: Badstreet, Atlanta, GA.

I noticed at the end of the Yankees/Braves game at Turner Field that the Yankees fans in abundance there started a roll call, albeit a crappy one. If Ted Turner was still alive, he wouldn’t tolerate that.

Enough premature obituaries, read these:

• Andy Phillips might be catching on overseas in Japan. He was a good Yankee (especially in 2006 when he went on a torrid stretch…) [The Japan Times]
• A little look at baseball and labor relations. [The Phoenix Pub]
• More fun with FAIL-coeur. (I read in the comments of PeteAbe’s blog people advocating this bumass over Swish. That’s why most comment sections are dangerous.)  [Tinypic via RAB] [creative Jock]
• Trouble in the OC. (Don’t call it that.) [Halos Heaven]
• If you pay for this, guess what: You’re a moron. (More on this later.)  [New York Times]

…Speaking of the Braves, I wonder if any Braves reliever/hitter ever entered the game to this:

(Because that would be simultaneously hilarious and badass.)