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Bill James would be proud—or would he?

It went through much debate in the Lunch Links discussion but it was determined that Japanese bellybutton festivals are not a sport. Here is all the rest.

·Getting sabermetric on this Manny-to-Florida deal.

·Translations of USA Basketball's roster into Chinese.

·Might we have a Quincy Carter spotting?

·Stephen Gostkowski claims he can still make the long kicks.

·New Cuban baseball defections.

·Awkward elevator rides with Brian Cashman.

·The hilarity that results from amateur dunking.

·Ancient Olympians were kind of geeky, apparently. Oh wait &hellip

·WVU's new coach is likened to Ned Flanders. Could be a rough season:

·It isn't so much that the English race lawnmowers—it's that they're 12 hour races.

·Remember those bully cheerleaders and the scandal they caused in their suburban Dallas high school? Well, the Lifetime movie about their lives isn't all that great.

·Minor league team crams 100 promotions into one game.

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