Leftovers: Sign Sammy!

• With Aaron Rowand probably out for the rest of the season, it’s time for the Phillies to sign a proven home run hitter. A proven bat-corker. An over-the-hill slugger. That’s right: They need to sign Sammy Sosa. That, my friends, would be the only signing that could make this oh-so-strange Phillies season even stranger. [Beerleaguer]

• The weird-but-awesome Calder sculpture on the Parkway has fled the coup to New York City. Hipsters move to the Sixth Borough; art moves to one of the original five. I’m not sure this is a fair trade. [Changing Skyline]

• Drexel University was named the ugliest in the nation. For its buildings — not its students. (Penn would take that crown.) [NBC 10]

• When two male characters kiss on The Simpsons, Bucks County Courier Times columnist J.D. Mullane doesn’t know what to tell his four-year-old son! The horror, the horror! [BCCT]

• Atlantic City’s Steel Pier is being converted into condos. Each room will feature its own diving horse and slot machine. [NBC 10]