Liking Mike

A blogger who calls himself Mike the Mad Biologist (by which he means angry, but hey, he's a biologist not a freakin' English teacher) and who lives over Boston way if I'm not mistaken suggests linking more to science articles on the network as a way to expose more readers to interesting science, “combat the Stupid,” and just maybe learn something interesting - or even useful.

Good idea. I like.

Mike's suggestion is to post five links a week, which sounds like a good idea to me, but to kick things off we'll start with a week of one-a-days. So, from someone who, himself, lives in Red Sox Nation (although is not particularly soxy, truth be told), here's a link to a nifty piece on “Red Sox magic”:

Pronin’s findings certainly hit close to home for Boston Red Sox fans (a.k.a. Red Sox Nation), of which at least two Situationists are full-fledged members. Just go back to 2004, when the Sox, by winning the World Series for the first time since 1918, reversed what many thought was an 86-year “curse” (resulting, of course, from the team selling the contractual rights to Babe Ruth to the New York Yankees in 1920). Many commentators attributed the victory in part to the “faith” of Sox fans–their faith in the team, their wishing, their believing–it all mattered in helping to break the curse.

Link: Red Sox Magic « The Situationist