Archive - Jul 7, 2008

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Esoteric bike-tech post, please move along

Road bike bottom bracket designs are starting to get esoteric, with world+dog using some form of external-bearing fun, and at least three incompatible new standards introduced in the last few years for putting those bearings back inside the bottom bracket: the already-abandoned Pinarello MoST, BB30, and Trek's magical Precision Fit Sockets (?!).

This blog never has baseball items, so you know that now that it contains one, it must be a doozy

First, I found this video, courtesy Jack Shedd, of an ambidextrous pitcher facing off against an ambidextrous batter in "A" minor-league baseball. It's actually quite funny, as the two each attempt to switch stances for advantage (if you don't know, switch hitters in baseball are rare; switch-pitchers barely exist at all).