Showing posts with label dodgers. Show all posts
Showing posts with label dodgers. Show all posts

Link roundup

1. Long article about Dodgers owners Frank and Jamie McCourt and their divorce proceedings. Here's how Frank managed to buy the Dodgers:
In 2004, Frank used that Boston parking lot to buy the Dodgers from Murdoch's News Corp., which was losing an estimated $30 million to $60 million a year on the team and was desperate to sell. McCourt secured a staggering $421 million in loans to make the deal, including one for $200 million from News Corp. itself, using the parking lot, then worth $125 million, as collateral. When McCourt failed to fully repay the loan by 2006, News Corp. took the property and resold it for $203.7 million.
2. Really negative review of Motorola's Droid X.

3. Read this story about a man who cheated to win on The Price Is Right and decide whether you believe his version of events. It's full of interesting trivia about the show such as:
The Price Is Right pays out of pocket for most of the prizes that it gives away, and the prize budget is fixed. If it's been giving away too many cars especially, it'll pull out some of the harder pricing games, Range Game or That's Too Much, to balance the books. They're not rigged, but they rely on the natural tendency of most contestants to guess somewhere in the middle. In the first instance, contestants almost always stop the game too early; in the second, they almost always stop it too late. The further the producers push the prices toward the extremes of possibility, the less likely someone will win.
*Buy baseball bobbleheads at eBay.

Link roundup

1. Tiny parking lot in Japan.

2. Monty Python and the Holy Grail Black Knight paper toy.

3. The Dodgers senior vice president for public affairs was paid $401,395 by the Dodgers Dream Foundation in 2007 at a time when the team charity's budget was only $1.6 million. Via.

*Previously: Lolcat bobblehead night.

*Buy bobbleheads at eBay.

Astro has seen better days


Astro of the Jetsons has seen better days. Why is he so down and out? Let's just say not everyone's happy for Astro Boy's recent success.


And here's a few more links:

1. If you have a good story (and photo) about a toy you received for the holidays, then enter this contest and win some toys.


2. Here's the story of why the Newsarama bloggers are leaving for destinations not yet determined. Be sure to read the comments, too. It's interesting to hear that there was drama involving the forums. I'm not a forum (or social media guy), so I never even noticed.


3. Dodgers owner suggests Dodgers won't sign high priced free agents because regular fans might be offended by them spending so much money on players. $125 tickets for spring training games apparently is not offensive. Via.


4. I'm sure the article's much less interesting than it sounds, but what if Earth's minerals have been evolving?


And finally:


Lobster Claw Harmonica on sale for $2. Via.

*At my custom toy site: Astro Boy (and Astro Man) Munnys.

*Buy Jetsons toys at eBay.