New Year, new post!

Storming into 2007... without much to say. But we're going to say it, goddammit. Cleaning out the old notebook. (I'm procrastinating, obviously.)

Brad Halsey was traded by the Yankees to the Diamondbacks in January, 2005 as part of the package the Yanks gave up for Randy Johnson. Halsey was then traded to Oakland for Juan Cruz in March, 2006. On May 20, 2006, Halsey gave up a home run to Barry Bonds. The home run was the 714th of Bonds' career, tying him with Babe Ruth for second on the all time list. (Bonds, obviously, has since passed Ruth.) The question I wrote was, "How did Brad Halsey end up with the A's?" and the date is May 20. Presumably, that's why we were talking about it.

Next up, MC Hammer! MC Hammer dropped the MC before he released "Too Legit to Quit" in 1991. The video is another reason to thank youtube. (You'll also notice that the tag in the corner for the video says "Hammer", not MC Hammer.

Rudy Seanez pitched for the Red Sox in 2003, before returning in 2006.

I'm not going to watch the video over and over again trying to figure out what the hook is, but for some reason (presumably at the Harpoon Fest in the Spring), we tried to figure out what the hook to Coolio's seminal "Sumpin' New (1, 2, 3, 4)" was. All I know is that Coolio sucks.

Finally, more from youtube. Goddamn that Britney is funny. Watch her talk about time travel, her sore jaw and more! This has made the rounds on the internet already, but shoot I love it. "Stop looking through the peephole!"

That's all for now. We'll try and do the more frequently this year.