Shameless Corporate Sponsorship

The Chicago White Sox have signed a 3-year deal with 7-11 to start its home games at 7:11pm. What will be sponsored next?

MD Tries to Lure Southwest

According to The Baltimore Sun, the State of Maryland has been trying to convince Southwest Airlines to move its 3,000 person headquarters to the state from its current Dallas, TX location. Apparently an obscure 1970s law prevents Southwest from flying from Dallas' Love Field to any place outside of a 7 state radius, and Texas has refused to overturn this law. Maryland has already built a new wing at BWI Airport for Southwest. If Southwest moved to Maryland, would they have to call themselves Mideast?

Kids and Expensive Artwork Don't Always Mix

A 12 year old stuck a piece of chewing gum on a painting worth $1.5 million. I wonder what the piece of gum would fetch on Ebay?

Team Sells Player for Meat- and Gets the Better Part of the Deal

A Romanian soccer team sold one of its players for 33 lbs of meat, and got the better part of the deal when the player promptly decided to retire. So now the other team has no player and no food. I wonder what type of meat it was?

Arbitration Update

Orioles 1, Rodrigo Lopez 0

The arbitration ruling is in, and the Orioles get their first win of the season by defeating their own starting pitcher, Rodrigo Lopez, in salary arbitration. This makes Orioles lead counsel Russell Smouse 6-0 in arbitration cases, and the Orioles are now 8-1 since Peter Angelos took over the team. Can Smouse pitch?