Sometimes, it seems like the Starbucks growth pattern really is this bad, doesn't it?

Texas Rangers All-Star Michael Young became the 10th-fastest MLB player to reach the 1,000-hit milestone, cranking off a single in the fifth inning yesterday. Last year's AL batting champ continues to impress, and remains one of our favorite Rangers.

I should also note that while my little phisch will see a game on the tube and remark, "Baseball!", he's not to the point where he knows players' names.

LSU athletics director Skip Bertman was inducted in to the College Baseball Hall of Fame. Topping Bertman's impressive accomplishments are the five NCAA championships he led the LSU Tigers to, making them the dominate team of the 1990s.

I can still remember where I was and what I was doing when the Tigers won the first championship in '91. I was at my hometown church, in the gymnasium, buffing the floors, while my bride-to-be was cleaning the kitchen. Starting in high school, I took on the janitorial duties there as a part-time job, and the once-a-month gym floor buffing happened to take place the weekend of the College World Series finals.

Congratulations, Coach, and Geaux Tigers!

Johnny Cash's Johnny Cash's American V: A Hundred Highways is scheduled for release in July. This album comprises the absolute last recordings Cash made before his death, part of his collaboration with Rick Rubin. [Wave of the phin to Prosthesis.]

Now all of my fellow Star Wars fans can decorate their walls with their favorite images from the movies. [Wave of the phin to Firewheel Design.]

Professional baseball is coming to Israel, with plans to apply to be in the 2009 World Baseball Classic. The history of baseball in the land of the Bible is astounding. [Via Newsvine.]