Kenny Powers Signs with Sox

The Mets were not the only team making noise with hirings and firings yesterday. The Red Sox picked up Kenny Powers off waivers from HBO. Not really, that's just Rod Beck.

But the dudes at BroBible put together an excellent look at 15 Kenny Power's moments in professional sports. Check it out here. In addition to Beck's mullet, highlights include cocaine with the Mets, blowing cash with Dykstra, teaching gym with "Sweet Lou", doing 'roids with a gross collection of MLB'ers that includes a lot of Yankees, and selling personal belongings with John Daly.

Statistic of the day: Drink up or die

Okay...I'm overselling this a little bit, but the story below (sourced by Newc, but obviously not posted by Newc) makes me feel warm.

From Yahoo! news:

A new paper in the journal Alcoholism: Clinical and Experimental Research suggests that - for reasons that aren't entirely clear - abstaining from alcohol does actually tend to increase one's risk of dying even when you exclude former drinkers. The most shocking part? Abstainers' mortality rates are higher than those of heavy drinkers.

Moderate drinking, which is defined as one to three drinks per day, is associated with the lowest mortality rates in alcohol studies. Moderate alcohol use (especially when the beverage of choice is red wine) is thought to improve heart health, circulation and sociability, which can be important because people who are isolated don't have as many family members and friends who can notice and help treat health problems.

Read the full piece here.