Instead of dropping a Lost Time mid-day on Fridays, I’m linking back to some entries you may have missed during the week.

+ After the USMNT’s loss to Brazil yesterday, E declares America is no longer on the upswing in soccer.

+ Shawn Johnson: not dead.

+ With both teams struggling, the Cubs-Sox series actually matters this year.

+ This guy at the Penguins rally should  have been in the UFL draft last night.

Quotable:

“MLB.tv, historically, has used credit card information to determine a customer’s address, and enforced the blackout policy accordingly. The problem with this system, apparently, is that Major League Baseball can’t determine your exact location at all times. Now that you can watch games while driving through the league’s territorial demarcations, there is the dangerous possibility of you catching a few minutes of a Reds game while trespassing through the team’s home territory. Think again, villain. The League will watch you from space, and if you pull any blackout-circumventing shenanigans, it will shut you down. Believe it.” – MLB To Watch You From Space, Determine Whether You Are Violating Blackout Policy