Mosaics are nuts. I find it fascinating that people can create large images while focusing on the seemingly insignificant little parts. Mosaics where the ingredients are individual pictures rather than colored squares or something are even nuttier.

Take this Barry Bonds rookie card poster for example. You could give me a million pieces of colored squares and have me put it together like a puzzle and I'd fail within ten minutes. But this place via here had it done with too many tiny little pictures. And Bonds came out looking like Bonds. As a Pirate fan and former baseball card collector, I'd recognize that card anywhere.

Good thing they decided to use Bonds' rookie card and not one from his last years in San Fransisco. They'd need plenty more little pictures to adequately capture the swelling of his head.

The Internet is overflowing with pictures of mini ponies with other animals of a similar size. Well, this horse is obviously smaller than his dog counterpart, but you get what I mean.

Pens lost. [The Pensblog]

Saints won. [Fanhouse]

Anchorwoman in Chicago looks like a vampire. [Zoner Sports]

The Big 10 did work in the Super Bowl. [Midwest Sports Fans]

Some decent SB commercials. [Detroit 4 Lyfe]

A Barry Bonds story in which he looks like the good guy. [Deadspin]

Earlier this week, we looked at the lingering effects of MLB players who crossed picket lines during the 1994/95 baseball strike. These scab players, who were young guys and minor leaguers that took a chance to prove themselves on a larger stage by joining replacement rosters, are now forever banned from entering the MLBPA. As such, they cannot receive official licensing money, which prohibits their likenesses from appearing in MLB-licensed video games.

Both MLB 2K10 and MLB 10 The Show will release on March 2.

Brendan Donnelly, who just signed a 1 year deal with the Pirates, is one of the 5 remaining scab players still in baseball. He will not be playable in either of those video games, and will likely be replaced by some generic name/face.

MSNBC's Keith Olbermann, who covered the strike while at ESPN, had some choice words for the video game blog that initially brought up the issue with the 5 remaining scab players. In short, video game blog wants the MLBPA to erase the last memory of the nightmare strike by allowing these members into the union and video games. Olbermann disagrees, citing that the players knew the inevitable consequences.

People naturally conflict, which makes up 99% of sports (my own statistic). If we didn't have differing opinions and the need to make our opinions heard, we wouldn't write blogs, insult rival fans at games, complain to coworkers that their ideas/teams are no match for our ideas/teams.

So I was prepared to let Olbermann slide, until he threw in a low blow to the new Pirates pitcher at the end of his article:

"If you feel your video game is incomplete without Brendan Donnelly, you may be a little too into video games."

Really, Keith? A blog 100% about the intricacies of video games wouldn't be obsessed with minor details of an obviously-adjusted roster in a major sports release? Sure, they didn't cover the actual strike for the largest sports network in the world, but they have every right to inquire about these oddities. Besides, is keeping Brendan Donnelly out of the union and video games really bettering the MLBPA's image in some way? Will letting him in destroy the very fabric of labor negotiations?

So chill, Olbermann. And grow back the mustache.

Another mini pony with a cat. Just like yesterday. Small animals stick together.

Nice jab at the PG jabbing at the Pirates. [Bucs Dugout, via via]

Help Sean think of more Pittsburgh sports blogs. [Sean's Ramblings]

Freddy Garcia drunk at Soxfest. [Chicago Sports Mob]

Grady Sizemore is sorry. [Babes Love Baseball]

Biggest fanatics of Super Bowl XLIV. [Gunaxin]

Watch my buds at GSF take on Matt Stafford. [Global Sports Fraternity]

Four words. Behind. The. Scenes. Footage.

And you better believe that this look into the making of the night terror-inducing Super Bowl ad contains a live midget as well as Troy in full-on Green Man charades. TruTV decided to make sure you remember their Super Bowl investment by scorching these evil images into your brain. Try and think of something else to get your mind off anything to do with this ad...you can't.

Apologies (?) for the horrible quality of the image above. Nabbing a screenshot of Green Man Troy with midget Troy is harder than finding Bigfoot.

Behind the scenes video below. Watch it with the lights on.

Wild painting. But if rich people think it's good, I'll buy it. One art, please!

Winter is long. [WHYGAVS?]

NBC is still a joke. [The Pensblog]

Matt Stafford has great hair. [Detroit 4 Lyfe]

A bank with a basketball court. [Not Qualified To Comment]

Recession got you down? Enjoy these sweet rhymes. [Steady Burn]

BWB radio. [Blogs With Balls]

This comes from Brad at This Is Getting Old. He says that:

"I got this T-shirt in June of 2008 after the Bucs played the Yankees. Some lady was selling them for $5 on the Clemente Bridge. It's a picture of Maz hitting the most famous home run in World Series history."

The Clemente Bridge is an underrated spot for unlicensed/generic gear. So is beneath the overpasses near Heinz and PNC, if you can maneuver around the homeless begging for change. Not all unlicensed merch comes from the Strip District and World of Values, people.

Notice that the shirt doesn't mention the Pirates beating the Yankees at all. Oh it mention's Bill Mazeroski beating the NYY, but only goes so far as to use the Pirate's nickname.

I usually have a problem with most unlicensed merchandise, as they're mostly tacky and cheap. No problems whatsoever with this one, though. It's simple, commemorates one of the most important plays in World Series history and does so with only a picture and few words. Props to Brad for spotting an unlicensed winner and going for it. 5 dollars well spent.

If you have any unlicensed Pittsburgh sports gear, or awesome generic sports gear from any team, This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it and I'll post them.

This comes from Doug. Not really a full-on live miniature pony, but eh...what do I care?

Old school Smizik. [The Pensblog]

Mr. failed explosion electrocution guy. [Zoner Sports]

How to avoid becoming a fat dad. [Great Moments In Christory]

Some long snapper tried to make it on American Idol. [Hugging Harold Reynolds]

JaMarcus Russell has too much jewelry. [NESW Sports]

Gary Bettman's gmail was hacked. [Down Goes Brown]

Thanks to Penshead for sending this over.

If Jerome is from Detroit, then why isn't he hawking Little Caesar's rather than grocery store staple DiGiorno? Also, I looked at the DiGiorno wiki page to get some details about the brand, and stumbled across the most bizarre info relating to any product. How does this get included in the wiki page, but not any actual company information:

"Some Digiorno Pizzas use mechanically separated chicken as a meat ingredient in its pepperoni, while others use more traditional ingredients."

Worst. Wikipedia page. Ever.

Thanks to both Steve and Steve for sending this in. Y'all really need to get new names.

It's some Norwegian mini pony. There's plenty of pictures at that link, so expect to see some of them on PSAMP in the future.

That nightmare-mini-Troy commercial was impeccably timed. [OFTOT]

Pens won. [The Pensblog]

101 reasons to love Groundhog Day. [FlickSided]

Rudy Gay hit the X button too soon. [Detroit 4 Lyfe]

The hottest women of Super Bowl media day. [Guyism]

Some golfer is annoying. [With Leather]