From today's NYAMBL e-newsletter: "The story of Week 7 was undoubtedly Team Curbed. The bad (and only?) boys of New York City real estate blogging handed Comedy Central 1 its first ever defeat in NYAMBL history, a stretch spanning 3 years and 33 games. Curbed's Kyle rolled a 209 to lead the 588-547 victory, one of the highest combined scores we've ever seen. The Curbed wrecking ball then demolished Comedy Central 2, knocking them down a notch in the standings." Photo evidence from last week's glory, above. Ra. #

Starting the week with a good, old-fashioned blog acquisition. #

Sometimes, hyperlocal journalism just make me want to light myself on fire. (Although? Forcing editors to sell their own ads? Kind of genius.) #

As usual, Fake Steve explains it all. #

Opening day at Fenway, and all is right with the world. [Photo via SoSH] #

Excitement: Videogum has launched. #

Words I never expected to type: TMZ is streaming live from outside the Curbed office. #

A reminder why, despite my occasional attempts to like them, the Mets just suck. #

Ah, so that's what Red Lasso is. #

YFSF: "Let me state this unequivocally: Not only did Pedro Martinez in 2000 post the best season by any player in Red Sox history, he posted the best pitching season ever in the history of baseball. His 1.74 ERA, stripped of all context, is still in the top 100. When considering the league-average ERA in 2000 was 5.07, the mind boggles. No hitter has ever bested the league-average OPS by 190 percent—no one’s really ever come close." [via Mnookin] #

Back, at last, from two and a half weeks on the West Coast, most spent hiding out in the hills of Los Angeles. Flickr photoset here.

And, just a few minutes ago, we took the newest Curbed Network site live: Racked LA. Like its sister site in New York, Racked LA focuses on the shopping and retail scene of the city, from the sidewalks up. This should be a fun one. Do check it out. #

Jeez. Leave the East Coast for two weeks and all hell breaks loose. #

Sweet sweet internet journalism! Carney: "Goldman Sachs didn't comment on this because they wouldn't anyway so we didn't call them." #

Okay, this may have been the highlight of the trip to LA. Even if this still makes me misty. #

New business opportunities abound. In related news, the Keith McNally character in Lush Life is named Harry Steele. Meme of the week, people. Get on board. #

Someone had babies! #

Peggy Noonan's WSJ columns on the campaign are absolutely unmissable. #

Verducci: "The Red Sox arranged a private workout for Ellsbury in San Diego, but rain forced them into a gym. Ellsbury saw a basketball on the floor, grabbed it and took off, leaping from near the free throw line and throwing down a vicious dunk. The scouts looked at one another in amazement. 'This guy is probably the most athletic guy in the country,' their report said." #

I'll admit it, this kind of choked me up a little. #

merekatz: the cover of the NY Times today is fun
lockloct: what's on it?
merekatz: a huge pic of fans dropping down paper and pens attached to string so they can get Okajima's autograph
merekatz: okajima has a huge smile on his face and is waving to everyone
lockloct: awww, nice
merekatz: it's lovely, really. I'm sure Yanks fans aren't pleased
lockloct: i love it
merekatz: me too! #

Jose Canseco: "The reason I didn't include A-Rod in my first book is that I hated the bastard. I hated him too much. I hated him so much in fact that if I'd included him in my first book, people would have questioned my motives." #

Something useful! As long as I'm spewing content today, here's the only crucial new thing I've discovered on the internet this year. #

1) Noted econoblogger and stalwart LESider Felix Salmon pays me off on our recent bet with lunch at Lure Fishbar. There's a bad pun here somewhere.



2) Sunday night dinner at David Chang's new East Village outpost, Momofuku Ko. Feel the love. See also Flickr pics, and the resy glory that started here and ended here. #

Above, inside the triplex penthouse at Palazzo Chupi. Arak posted more on his Flickr; see also Curbed's exhaustive coverage. Touring the place was an honor I hope to be worthy of, one day. #

Hey, look who's blogging! Time to crank the old LS.com back up. For today, anyway. #