My recent posts at ESPN.com:
* David Dahl’s new look
* Dee Gordon still can’t hit
* Braden Shipley showed a plus curveball
* Jose Abreu has a great swing
* Tom Gordon’s son, Nick, is a first-rounder
* This week’s Klawchat
And now, for the proper Saturday five:
- On the merger of Chiquita and Fyffes and what it means for the extinction of the Cavendish banana, from al-Jazeera.
- On “bossy pants,” gender roles, abortion restrictions, and too many other topics to list. It’s more thought-provoking than it is a piece likely to change anyone’s views, but maybe that’s what a good op ed column is supposed to do?
- Roger Goodell met with Sen. Maria Cantwell about the Washington team name – and kept it secret. Can’t have anyone thinking they might be aware that the nickname is a racial slur, right?
- Ohio earthquakes linked to fracking. But did Chillicothe feel the earth move?
- Italian scientists launch cannoli into the stratosphere. Because they could, I guess?