Cole Hamels. Josh Beckett. Chris Carpenter. These three hurlers have more in common than being damn good. They've all won a World Series before, and they've each done some heavy postseason lifting. But more than that, they've each carried the burden of being a team's number one starter in a run to a Title. I may be of an old school mentality, but because the postseason is are often decided by which team... Read more

The physics of mechanical sound are truly amazing. Sinusoidal waves, existing in a timeline of four parameters. First, the "attack", the sound is created, it's amplitude rising to a set value depending on, well, what made the sound, the frequency, and how much power is behind it (somewhere, Tim "The Toolman" Taylor just let out a faint grunt). Next, the "decay", a period of time when the sound fades just slightly... Read more