Great New Yorker article. Mainly about the history of Dogfish Head, but there's plenty of other ineresting stuff to be found. Apparently the brewmaster at Orval likes Budweiser. Who knew?

He's been nominated for a $10,000 college scholarship for some of his work at USS Mariner. If you're a fan of his writing (and if you aren't, what the heck is wrong with you?) click the link above to read the full story or click here to go straight to the poll.

Sky's note: I'm bumping this to the front page. We don't pimp stuff like this very often, but when a baseball analyst you respect and have learned from has the chance to win $10,000, well, count me in.

Jeff at Lookout Landing points out how terrible Manny Ramirez's contract is going to be, the continued inability to understand value relative to position and the unhealthy obsession with offense at the expense of defense.

So does Michael Young, so I'm not sure if it really matters. Still.