Heads Up: Foul Balls Off The Face Seem Painful.

3 July 2008, 3:30 PM. By Alejandro de la Cruz

Michael Barrett of the Colorado Rockies took a foul ball to the face last night during an at-bat. Just keep replaying the hell out of this video. [Fan IQ]
Lenny Kravitz has responded to allegations that he’s finger-picking Cynthia Rodriguez. Guitar metaphors are great. [Guanabee]

The Seattle SuperSonics will forever exist in the heart of the Emerald City, but it’s bye-bye for now. The city and owners agreed to release the team, and allow it’s progress to, ahem, Oklahoma City. That’s going to be a great market. [WSJ]
Is there going to be drama at the Nathan’s Hot Dog Eating contest tomorrow? [Gothamist]
Wayne Gretzky’s daughter will probably be hounded by blogs from here on out because of her looks. [The Big Lead]