Wednesday's writings can be found on SportsByBrooks.com, where you can read up on:

• From Thrillist: The Potty Putter
• 100 greatest finishes in college football history
• Hockey's top 25 cyber athletes of all time
• So you can't set opponents on fire in wrestling?
• Final Four tickets sell for below face value
• Second baseman likes large knob on his bat
• Ranking: MLB's richest players ever
• Beer hats! Beer hats! Beer hats!
• Bonds says he has bigger problems than steroid probe
• ... and more

I'm always looking for links to wacky or interesting sports sites and news, so if you come across any, please e-mail them to me.

I'D LIKE TO REPORT A SPORTS-RELATED CRIME: Listen to this injustice. My MurphGuide.com softball team is ordering new jerseys, and my request for Donnie Baseball's No. 23 was denied, because the number was already asked for BY A METS FAN! Yes, a Mets fan will be wearing No. 23 in a New York softball league. Something that should be illegal and punishable by up to five years in prison AND several public readings of The Worst Team Money Could Buy: The Collapse of the New York Mets, Bob Klapish's book on the 1992 Mutts. I'm only half-kidding when I say I'm gonna lose sleep over this. Why not choose Nos. 16, 17, 18 or any other tribute to famous Mets cokeheads?

AS FOR THE YANKS: That 4-3 loss was one you saw coming the whole night. We left seven runners on base with two outs, while the A's left just one. Just seemed like we were never gonna get that big baseknock. Moose gave up only five hits, but two were solo homers, things that sometimes happen even when you're on. In the ninth we bring in Scott Proctor, who may as well have carried a white flag with him. Leadoff walk and you could have turned the TVs off there. It's the first reminder that it's a long season. We've outplayed the A's badly and yet we're both 1-1. On the plus side, we drew another six walks. You put 15 runners on base and you'd better outscore a team that manages just five hits against your starter. But whatever. If Robinson Cano isn't the easiest three-pitch strikeout in the world, I don't know who is. Only 160 more wins to go.