Spanning the Web


Taking you around the internet for your afternoon enjoyment.

1208884137A klutz and his baseball are soon parted: A fan caught a foul ball barehanded at yesterday’s Sox game only to drop it while gloating about his prize. Idiot. [Deadspin]


Disney makes more wishes come true: A Massachusetts couple is grateful employees of Walt Disney World dug through a dumpster’s worth of trash to find the rings they’d mistakenly thrown out while staying at the Wilderness Lodge hotel. [WBZ]

A blogger named Kennedy has fun with a columnist named Barnicle: Like the journalistic hydra he is, Mike Barnicle has shown up again, this time penning a piece for the Huffington Post. Dan Kennedy has some fun pointing out that there’s nothing new in Barnicle’s latest effort. [Media Nation]

Aaaaaaay: The Fonz Henry Winkler will be the guest conductor at the 23rd Annual TD Banknorth Pops by the Sea on August 3. [WCVB]

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