Barry Bonds' OPS is 1.900.

Forget steroids; I'm beginning to wonder if he's human.

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Ricky Fante is the best new singer I've heard since Kelly Clarkson. I'm also enjoying the heck out of Nellie McKay - I never "got" the fawning over Norah Jones, but there's more substance in the first song of Nellie's "Get Away From Me" than there is two albums of Norah.

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I'm about as obsessive over baseball as anyone I know, but I haven't made that full-on leap yet, what I call the "following the Dead on tour" phase. My friend calls it "face painter syndrome." I think that I'd know if I was. Baseball has the most intensive, yet non-obsessive fans I've ever seen.

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Memo to the fans: getting drunk really shouldn't be part of going to a game. It's getting pretty obnoxious at Wrigley and I know it's pretty bad elsewhere.

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Eli Manning won't be Ryan Leaf, but he's the wrong pick.

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I miss Napster. The old version. Actually, Audiogalaxy was better, but the spirit of Napster was pretty amazing.

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What in the heck did George W. spend $50 million bucks on in March?

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Who gets the credit for Adrian Beltre's sudden turnaround? I know it's very early, but Beltre and Aramis Ramirez are looking all the world like the All-World 3B many expected them to be.

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Dontrelle Willis has made some small changes to his mechanics, but his glove is still the key. It's in the wrong place and if it's not fixed, he's going to get worse - fatigue, not injury.

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Speaking of fatigue, I need to write more about it. Just found an amazing study with serious application to baseball.

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And speaking of fatigue ... I should get some sleep. XM Radio will probably require full rest once I get it in a couple days.