The Major League Baseball postseason is so close you can smell it. The Tampa Bay Rays are surprising everyone by holding on to the American League East lead, while the Chicago Cubs and their fans are growing more and more confident as they close in on clinching the National League Central.
Here are some baseball related links that are worth reading on other sites:

Bugs and Cranks takes a look at the walk-up music for Tampa Bay’s Evan Longoria after he cranked three homers yesterday.
Knuckle Curve has the video of the guy that caught home run balls in back-to-back nights at …read more

Today on the Thursday 10, I am going to post the top 10 current players I’d like to see become managers one day. And no, there will be no catchers on this list, because that would just be too realistic. On with the list!
10. Randy Johnson – The Big Unit – What a site it would be for Randy Johnson to walk out to trade lineup cards and go over ground rules. The 6-10 lefty would make for great television to see him running out to argue a call with an umpire.
9. Scott Rolen – One can …read more