SF Giant's GM Brian Sabean

ForaTv's Channel - YouTube:

"All of the sudden, we're not the national pastime," says Brian Sabean, general manager of the San Francisco Giants. Sabean attributes the fall of baseball to a lack of scholarships for young players. With star athletes pursuing more lucrative deals in other sports, viewers follow them to the NFL and NBA, causing baseball ratings to plummet."

ForaTv's Channel - YouTube

ForaTv's Channel - YouTube:

"Elevation Partners managing director Roger McNamee predicts HTML5 will be a huge disruptive force for both web publishers and online advertisers. "HTML5 allows you to treat a web page as a brand new canvas, with no rules, no limits"

Hulu - American Experience: Robert E. Lee - Watch the full episode now.

Hulu - American Experience: Robert E. Lee - Watch the full episode now.: "The American Experience: Robert E. Lee"

Crows are really smart!

Fascinating

For Yankees’ Teixeira, Would-Be Hits Are Swallowed by a Shift - NYTimes.com

For Yankees’ Teixeira, Would-Be Hits Are Swallowed by a Shift - NYTimes.com:

"Long said the team’s research had shown that Teixeira was losing 15 to 20 points off his average because of would-be hits that were swallowed up by the shift, making it a primary reason for Teixeira’s declining average"

‪Aaron Burr's Challenge to Jefferson's America‬‏ - YouTube

Looks like a good book.

‪Aaron Burr's Challenge to Jefferson's America‬‏ - YouTube: "David O. Stewart takes a fascinating look at the young United States through the unlikely story of Aaron Burr, one of the most vilified and puzzling figures in our history"

The Body Odd - Crying shame: Tears don't make you feel any better, study shows

The Body Odd - Crying shame: Tears don't make you feel any better, study shows:

"Scientists ended up with 1,004 crying episodes to analyze: Their results showed that the average boo-hoo lasted eight minutes and took place in the living room, usually alone or with one other person present. Conflict, loss, or seeing others suffer were the most common triggers for tears.

For the majority of cases -- 61 percent of them -- sobbers reported no change in mood compared to how they felt before moisture streamed down their cheeks. Thirty percent experienced a better mood afterward and nine percent felt worse."