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According to the police, a Texas woman lived in an apartment with her dead boyfriend for a week. Know why he didn't marry her? Cold feet. And speaking of cold, here we are at the World Series...baseball in November in the Northeast. Lots of folks in mortgage banking like numbers and statistics, so here is one question (totally un-mortgage related) that is interesting: how many baseballs does a major league team use per season? It turns out that, on average, a ball only lasts 3-4 pitches (foul balls, scuffs, home runs, end of inning, etc.). Each game consumes roughly 100 balls. So with 30 teams, 162 games, the approximate usage is 220,000 balls per year! The ones that don't end up on fan's shelves are used for batting practice, or by minor league teams. Most economists believe that...