Hey, baseball fans! You may (or may not) have noticed that the 2009 MLB season began yesterday. And after the Red Sox had their first game delayed by rain, they will officially kick things off this afternoon against Tampa Bay.
To celebrate Opening Day, we put together a quick video with second baseman MVP Dustin Pedroia. We only had a few minutes to talk to him at a press event for MLB 09: The Show (the crazy new PlayStation game that he graces the cover of), so we made some small talk about his favorite sneakers, car shopping for his wife and more. Watch the video below…
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Karmaloop, Gabriel Urist, and Crooks and Castles are doing a limited 50 piece run of this Platinum Medusa chain. Sounds like a late-night design fun-fest to us. What up Boston x L.A. x NYC. Check here for pre-order and countdown info, but you’re going to have to email them to get full images. [Karmaloop]
Speaking of Boston, the BoSox just unveiled some new uniforms today. Get your New Era on! [MLB]
The French artist Andre teams up with two companies we’ve never heard of to make a griptape-free skateboard. Maybe it helps with your balance. [Colette]
Oh Jeez. Hikmet at Solebox and Puma are going nuts. Pass the ecstasy and try these light-up laced runners on for size. [Hypebeast]
This is awesome. Cannondale Stealth concept bike. Holy crap. [High Snobiety]
Kaws, you weirdo. These pillows are going to scare the kids. [Slam x Hype]
If you live under a rock (or just don’t follow baseball), we’ve got news for you: Yankee Stadium is closing this weekend. We’ve got a few Yankee fans on staff (although they’ve been strangely quiet recently), and they’ll probably remember the place as the site of father-son outings or some such cheesy shit.
For the rest of us though, the Stadium was just a place to get drunk on $10 beers and, even better, watch troglodytes (Yankee and Red Sox fans alike) get really drunk on $10 beers and do incredibly dumb shit. In honor of said cavemen, we present the 5 funniest YouTube moments in the history of ‘The House That Ruth Built’…
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