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Black Sox - World Series Footage

This is, according to Deadspin, the only known surviving footage of the 1919 World Series that was thrown by the White Sox (Black Sox). This footage was "part of a cache of newsreels from the Canadian Yukon that were at one point used to fill in a swimming pool that was being converted into a hockey rink. The newsreels were discovered in 1978, and sat in an archive until this year, when a White Sox fan working on a documentary about the lost films stumbled on them. Good luck for him, and better luck for us." (via)

Pretty cool. Watch a piece of history.


Music Monday | The National Anthem

This is how you sing the National Anthem without making it about you. It's classy. I give you Zooey Deschanel respectfully and beautifully singing "The Star-Spangled Banner" before a World Series game. For more beautiful singing, check out here albums with M. Ward -- She & Him: Volume 1 ($5) & Volume 2 ($5.99). And just out today for only $5...A Very She & Him Christmas.