Some interesting things I dug up on the world wide interweb:

-- New York Mets third baseman David Wright is on pace for the most peculiar statistical season in baseball history.

He is on pace to hit .353 with 10 homers, 48 doubles, 46 stolen bases, 30 times caught stealing, 100 walks and 166 strikeouts. No one has put up that strange combination of numbers in the same season before.

-- There are at least five former or current professional boxers with the nickname “The Beast,” including Butler’s own Brian Minto.

Minto should jazz his up a little. He should make it Brian “The Butler Beast,” or Brian “The Beast from Butler” Minto.

Still, nothing beats the all-time best boxing nickname brought to us by a West Virginian punching bag by the name of John “Macho Midget” Bailey.

-- Baltimore Orioles Nolan Reimold has as many home runs as David Ortiz and Magglio Ordonez combined.

-- Texas Rangers human breeze maker Chris Davis is on pace to strike out 244 times and draw a mere 36 base on balls. Rob Deer thinks that is ridiculous.

-- The Washington Natinals, er, Nationals are preparing for a reverse expansion draft: as many as 18 players on the Nats’ roster could be dealt before July 31.

-- As long as the Nats are around, the Pittsburgh Pirates look like the '27 Yankees.