This Week In Baseball... "Technology"

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Last night I watched the Red Sox-Yankees game on NESN.  I could have watched it on ESPN or listened to it on my SiriusXM radio.  If it wasn't blacked out I could have watched it on my MLB online package or maybe just listened to one of the three to four local radio stations.  If I had other stuff to do I could have watched a replay on NESN this morning or seen quick highlights as the lead on SportCenter.  At 9:00 last night my DVR automatically switched the channel because their was an overlap in recording.  You see, we DVR everything three to four minutes past the hour (thanks Lost!) in case it goes over.  Last night another show was starting on another channel not allowing me to watch the game for about four minutes.  Not to worry though, I was able to watch a live Gamecast doing play by play online so I didn't miss anything.

During the game Dennis Eckersley commented on the fact that Jonathan Papelbon used to be a starter.  That reminded me that after his first year closing he came to spring training prepping to be a starter but I couldn't remember when that was.  I checked baseball-reference.com and found my answer.  It was after the 2006 season for those who are curious.  I also wondered about the discrepancy between the Red Sox and Yankees team salaries this year since it seems like the Yankees spent a lot of money this winter.  I went online to USA Today, Yankees $201,449,189, Red Sox $121,745,999, big, but not as big as I thought.  I was able to find an update on Jerry Remys health, the lifetime stats of Ramiro Pena, the guy that I had never heard of until he pinch ran for ARod, why AJ Burnett has never appeared in the postseason (I didn't realize that he was injured for the Marlins World Series run), and listened to Susan Waldmans crazy Roger Clemens is in George Steinbrenners box rant.   Any information that I need is at my fingertips, I even found out that David Carradine could have been murdered by a secret ninja society.  

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