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Five Things I'm Fairly Certain We Can All Live Without

Watching Josh Hamilton tattoo the upper deck in Yankee Stadium reminds me that the MLB Home Run Derby is one of my favorite events to watch on TV -- I'd also add the Kentucky Derby, the old-school MTV Video Music Awards, Olympics and presidential debates to round off my Top 5 List. In that vein, here are five things that I can definitely live without (may seem a little random to some, but cover three of my favorite topics): 1. Metal, alloy, aluminum bats in youth baseball and softball. How many kids have to lose their eyes, their teeth and their lives before Little League International and the bat manufacturers do the right thing? 2. The DH in ALL of baseball -- that includes everything from the American League to summer youth leagues. Lame. 3. Pollsters who insist that you can reach young Americans under 30 using traditional RDD methods -- and no, you can't just "weight it." Times change, do your job. (How can you weight something that doesn't exist? Americans in their 20's who don't own a landline hold different views than those who do. Period.) 4. Twitter (at least 80% of the time). 5. Businesses who block Facebook, IM and other Web 2.0 social applications in offices. What's next? The telephone and water cooler? For the new generation of workers, Facebook and IM is the telephone and water cooler. What am I missing? More »

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