Sports Fact & Book Rec of the Day 7/24/2010

7/24/1999:
The world champion New York Yankees explode for 21 hits and 21 runs to demolish Cleveland, 21-1, at Yankee Stadium. Veteran Chili Davis, thoroughly enjoying the final season of his 19-year career, goes 5-for-6 with six RBIs in the rout. Cleveland will deliver some big-time payback to the Yankees, however, on September 1, 2004, when they embarrass New York, 22-0, also at Yankee Stadium, the most one-sided loss ever in the Yankees' meritorious history.

Birthday:
Walt Bellamy b. 1939
Julie Krone b. 1963
Karl Malone b. 1963
Barry Bonds b. 1964
Brian Blades b. 1965

Packers Fact:
Lambeau Field was named in honor of the Packers' founder and long-time coach three months after his death in 1965.

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Burn the Rope
The only way to rid yourself of the big bad boss is to burn the rope holding up the chandelier while he's standing underneath it.

WHERE’S THE REEF?

Apreeminent expert on corals and the Great Barrier Reef, J. E. N. Veron believes that most coral reefs will soon be bleached and dead—with ramifications throughout the food web—unless the present ecological trend toward a mass extinction, like others he describes, is averted. An impassioned and knowledgeable exposé.

A REEF IN TIME: THE GREAT BARRIER REEF FROM BEGINNING TO END, by J. E. N. Veron (Belknap Press, 2008)

SIERRA BLANCA NUT BROWN BEER

Sierra Blanca Brewing Co., Carrizozo, New Mexico

This very dark brown ale from beautiful New Mexico is topped by a pleasant layer of foam. Sweet malt and chocolate aroma with a buttery note is followed by a malty sweet flavor, with an interesting hazelnut edge that’s purely a result of dark malts and yeast. No sharp edges in the finish; on the whole exceptionally smooth and long on aftertaste. A big-tasting brown in the English style, with very little mention of hop character throughout.