A Happy Birthday shout out
to my younger brother who’s older than he wants to be, a father of 3 and
another on the way…

Since he’s lives in England
he’s not a baseball fan, but he’s an English football fan, and he
supports Liverpool, which I guess is kind of like being a Yankee fan,
once upon a time they won most things, but now it’s just a dream.

The football fans in England
tend to sing a lot at games in support of their team, so for his
birthday here’s the fans of Liverpool, known locally as the Kop singing their long time anthem.

It is tough to imagine,
Anfield, home to the Liverpool Football Club has had a record attendance
of just under 62,000. Although the video gives you a good idea of what
it’s like, you would have to imagine over half of a sold out baseball
stadium singing in unison to understand the full effect of being at a
game.

Baseball
Update:

as of 2 pm eastern time on
the 21st of September 2009…

Cardinals magic
number is  4

Phillies magic number
is  6

Angels magic number
is 7

Dodgers magic number
is 8

Yankees magic number
is 9

Tigers magic number
is 11