Morning Links

I haven't done morning links in a while.

- Frank J hits the nail on the head. When I saw the ad in question the idea of it being racist never occurred to me. I did question if the blond was pretty enough to be a Playboy Bunny though. (HT Baseball Crank)

- Halloween in Middle Earth (some of these are quite funny)

- Interesting - the real reason Stan Musial did not throw out the first pitch the other night. For the record - I don't like Joe Garagiola either.

- Happy Extermination Order Day:

"...the Mormons must be treated as enemies, and must be exterminated or driven from the State if necessary for the public peace—their outrages are beyond all description."

Missouri Executive Order 44 passed on this day in 1838. The law made it legal to kill Mormons in Missouri. The law was not repealed until 1976.

- Two years ago today - the Red Sox reached baseball Nirvana and I live blogged it.