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April 4, 2009

Yankees win final tune-up at new stadium

Per the New Jersey Star-Ledger, Mark Teixeira hit two home runs as the New York Yankees defeated the Chicago Cubs 10-1 in the Yankees' final exhibition game at the new Yankee Stadium. The first regular season game at the stadium will take place April 16 when New York faces the Cleveland Indians.

Twitterers at the game posted TwitPics, tweeted about the game, and gave their opinions of the new stadium.

mikelectic http://twitpic.com/2tjww Yankees vs cubs -- behind home base 04 Apr 2009 from TwitterBerry

TheRealAdrianC At the new Yankee Stadium. 8-1 Yankees in the 5th. Tex 2 home runs and 5 rbis. Beast! 04 Apr 2009 from TwitterBerry

davidsess Yankees pnwed the Cubs 10-1. Four home runs, good fries, and lots of wind. 04 Apr 2009 from web

chesterleung Just got from the Yankees game. Had a great time watching a bunch in home runs :-) 04 Apr 2009 from txt

DLatino 1st take; new Yankees Stadium is great, and like Ball Park/Arlington, Nats Park, PNC, Citizens Bank, Coors. Old mojo was special. Gone now? 04 Apr 2009 from txt

michaelrad Enjoyed true Yankee game exp in new stadium w @mikegermano (u have redic seats- thx u) @AngryGirlfriend & @daverad http://twitpic.com/2u1hd 04 Apr 2009 from TwitterFon

April 2, 2009

Former QB Vick to work construction after prison

Per CNN, the lawyer of Michael Vick said Thursday that the suspended NFL quarterback plans to work for a construction company in Newport News, Va., immediately following his 23-month sentence, which ends in July. Vick's lawyer stressed that Vick is interested in returning to the NFL after his release and expects Vick to be re-instated by the NFL by the upcoming season.

The Twitter world reacted to the news:

MSM5467 Ok, some good news: Michael Vick has a new job! Construction work at $10 an hour. Neighborhood dogs, enjoy the payback! 03 Apr 2009 from web

syancyfox5 Also @ 10 Michael Vick says he has a construction job lined up when he get out & will use $$$ to pay off his debts! .... Yeah right. #fox5 03 Apr 2009 from TweetDeck

kgpayne13 Harboring animosity toward Michael Vick. Would someone please unleash a pack of wild dogs on his a**! 03 Apr 2009 from web

shinb0 Michael Vick - from 10 years for 130 million with 37 million in bonuses to $10/hr construction job = GG 03 Apr 2009 from web

mfeldman59 Michael VIck's new career will be in Construction, not Football......http://tinyurl.com/cqtc7b 03 Apr 2009 from TweetDeck

Sosnovsky As a Falcons fan, the Michael Vick saga is interesting to follow. Hard to believe that it happened two years ago. http://tinyurl.com/csfynz 03 Apr 2009 from web

March 29, 2009

Beckham sets England appearance record

Per the Associated Press, David Beckham made history Saturday by competing in his 109th match for England in a 4-0 win over Slovakia. Beckham now holds the English record for appearances by a non-goalkeeper and looks to break the all-time record held by goalkeeper Peter Shilton at 125 appearances.

Twitterers in the United Kingdom quickly reacted to the news.

AndyTheRoo (Sunderland, U.K.) thinks that it's utter bollocks how David Beckham could pass Peter Shilton's appearance record by only playing injury-time for England. 28 Mar 2009 from web

bobbyc3 (London, U.K.) David Beckham wins his 109th cap for England. He is a hard working player, truly deserves it. Hope he scores this half! 28 Mar 2009 from web

grahamburglar (Manchester, U.K.) Congratulations David Beckham, and love the new England shirt. retro-a-go-go... 28 Mar 2009 from web

jimmydove (U.K.) Thinks David Beckham is god pure and simple! 28 Mar 2009 from TwitterFon

SammyPiller (London, U.K.) Just watched David Beckham become England's most-capped outfield player of all time. 28 Mar 2009 from ShoZu

March 27, 2009

Olympic torch relay scrapped

Per Sky News Australia, the International Olympic Committee (IOC) has decided to end the practice of international Olympic torch relays.

The Associated Press reports the decision was taken at an IOC meeting in Denver, after protests in several locations during the pre-Beijing Olympics torch relay last year.

Twitterers from Hawaii to New Zealand - and Olympic cities like Athens and Munich weigh in:

schwefl (Munich, Germany) no more runs for the olympic torch over the world, that might be the first good decision the ioc made since years. 27 Mar 2009 from TwitterFox

norock (Milton Keynes, England) Olympic Committee decide to stop doing torch relays after the China protests. Rather than being more careful who gets chosen to host. 27 Mar 2009 from EventBox

TravisDST (Hawaii, USA) Apparently the International Olympic Committee is banning torch relays because of the incidents in last year's. http://ow.ly/1wvI 27 Mar 2009 from web

stratosathens (Athens, Greece) No more international torch relay during the Olympic Games. It started with Athens and it ended with Beijing. #sportacccord 27 Mar 2009 from web

vanrose (Oamaru, New Zealand) Completely forgot that I told everyone I was going to take up a sport and compete in the London Olympic Games. Really must get onto that. 27 Mar 2009 from web

March 24, 2009

Japan outlasts Korea to win World Baseball Classic

Per SI.com, Ichiro Suzuki hit a two-run single in the top of the 10th inning to lift Japan over its rivals 5-3 in the World Baseball Classic finals. This came after Korea forced extra innings with a run in the bottom of the 9th with two outs.

Hundreds of twitterers followed along during the game. It only took seconds for reaction to spill in once the score went final.

The first to tweet the result was @mikeplugh.

@mikeplugh (Akita City, Japan ): Wow! Japan does it AGAIN!! Congrats! #kingsofbaseball #wbc #champions #yakyu

Here's some tweets from Japanese supporters: