The Links: The Channel 4 News Team Fights Back

The NFL's franchise tag is not a good thing (I Want to be a Sports Agent)

Coming up with a better way to measure the value of middle relievers (The DiaTribe)

For the record, the Red Sox are something like 8-1 when I attend games at Fenway Park (Pyle of List)

It's almost like somebody took Bill James or Rob Neyer reprogrammed him to like hockey instead of baseball (On the Forecheck)

Ah, Red Sox fans - we ARE a crazy bunch (Red Sox Super Fan)

I loved Hot Pockets until the day my microwave started to die and only heated my Three Cheese Chicken Quesadillas halfway through. Hot Pockets are amazing; Lukewarm Pockets, not so much (Why Don't We Get Drunk and Blog?)

This dark tale of international intrigue is probably not entirely true...but you just never know (The Extrapolater)

Roger Goodell is on his way to a sobering realization (Kissing Suzy Kolber)

Planning on reading John Feinstein's latest book? Don't bother (We are the Postmen)

Wait a minute - didn't Marco just move to Boston? And isn't he a Yankees fan? (With Leather)

I can overlook a lot of things in this world, but failing to pay for Girl Scout cookies? Advantage: RUTS (Run Up The Score)

The Lowell Spinners never have a shortage of great marketing ideas (Lion in Oil)