By now, you have figured out my wife and I are big Huston Street fans. Today, he showed that even without his best stuff, he can be effective. He pitched two innings and gave up a homerun to Damien Miller, but got out of a jam in the seventh with two men in scoring position. Street never lost his cool and showed he has the heart to go with that great arm.

Young Prince Fielder, the son of former slugger Cecil Fielder, is a large man with a quick bat. Here the Milwaukee Brewer firstbaseman of the future hits a single off of our hero, A's rookie pitcher Huston Street.

After the actual race, the Sausages climb through the stands and hobnob with the fans.

Is there a future for consumer-created content or is it mere folly? Also, how does Yahoo! 360, the company's new community-based content-sharing platform, fit into this scheme.

Live from Maryvale Park, the Spring Training home of the Milwaukee Brewers, the 7th Inning Sausage Races. It's just like the ones at Miller Park, but without visiting players swatting at the Sausages with their bats.

This clip shows the races as described by the PA announcer.

This from Paidcontent.Org. Sports fans' interest in minor league sports--especially baseball--will drive many future media opportunities. For example, I have been a huge fan of Arizona Fall League baseball for many seasons. It's a league that features the top up and coming stars of the game (including most Rookies of the Year). Offering those games (September-November) would not only be a nice revenue-geneator (we can leave business models aside for now), but offer sports-hungry fans some great additional content.

The Ontario Hockey League and Interactive Netcasting Systems Inc. have started a three-year program to stream thousands of hours of OHL hockey. Games are free for the rest of this regular season with PPV playoffs at $8.95 a game. No details yet on packages for next season. Some 60 percent of the games will be broadcast-quality regional OHL broadcasts; the remainder will use a "scout feed" combining visuals from the press box camera and the live audio from a team radio broadcast. The service will go beyond live games, providing highlights and game clips for consumers and hockey professionals