Yankee Stadium has banned the iPad from its confines, citing its previously announced nixing of laptops as the reason for doing so. The most surprising aspect of this development? Commenters on the geek-"news" site Mashable are actually being sort of reasonable about the whole thing! "If you want to be THAT person with the iPad at a game, go right ahead," said one person; "What about leaving a bit internet and enjoying real life?!" exclaimed another. Could we be seeing the initial stages of early-adopter technology fatigue? Or are the contrarian impulses of commenter culture having their circuits blown by this development? [Pic via]

Here's something you don't hear every day: There's a great story about Jews in the sports section. In what might come as less of a surprise, it's about the lead bond lawyer for the financing of Yankee stadium, who happens to be a Jew. His name is Jonathan Ballan. As the Times reports, Ballan "reserved the stadium for his son's bar mitzvah on Saturday, June 5. In addition to providing lounges, the Yankees promised to give the Ballan party access to the stadium's giant scoreboard in center field for 30 minutes." (No word on whether Jay-Z and Alecia Keys will perform "Empire State of Mind" and "Hava Nagilla," [...]