It's become a cliche that the internet is called the "Information Superhighway," but like most cliches, there's a lot of truth to it, which is why it became a cliche in the first place.

For example, you want to find out the latest on Roger Clemens and the steroids controversy? A quick entry of "Clemens steroids" into the Google search bar yields approximately 451,000 results. There's everything from blog entries on the subject - I assume my pearls of wisdom are in there somewhere, but I'm way too lazy to scroll through 451,000 subject headings just to confirm it - to gravely serious scholarly articles, to satirical pieces in online magazines like Deadspin.

Or what about the hilarious although potentially dangerous misadventures of Astros outfielder Hunter Pence, who walked through a glass door last week while relaxing in his hot tub - well, not while relaxing in the hot tub, technically, but right after. Type "Hunter Pence glass" into the Google search engine (easily the most important research advancement since the invention of Cliffs Notes), and in .14 seconds you have at your fingertips roughly 33,700 web entries dedicated to that very subject, or more information than even Pence's own mother cares to have on her athletically inclined but clutzy son.

I tell you this as a lead-in to a cool web site I discovered after turning down an umarked ramp off the info superhighway. While considering writing a post on news that the Florida Marlins will be holding a "casting call" for "Plus-Sized Male Cheerleaders" they will be featuring during Friday and Saturday home games this year (and they wonder why they have trouble drawing fans), I was searching for a copy of the Marlins logo.

The post on the "Plus-Sized Male Cheerleaders" is not going to be written, at least not by me. The whole notion of a squad of fat men acting as cheerleaders for a losing baseball team is disquieting to me on a level I don't even really understand and besides, it sounds like the plot for another Will Ferrell movie, which I won't be a party to foisting on the American public, not even in my own small, maybe even tiny or microscopic way.

But anyway, back to the website. The address is www.sportslogos.net and it features exactly what you would expect: current and past logos for teams from nine different sports categories including rugby, lacrosse and the Olympics, as well as the major American sports.

The crown jewel of the website, however, is baseball logos. These are broken down by leagues, including the obvious National and American leagues, but also Pioneer League, Southern League, Canadian Baseball League, and nineteen others.






What is this, you ask? Why, the logo of the Traverse City Beach Bums of the Pioneer League, of course.







Here's another logo that grabs your attention right away. It's either Mark McGwire chopping wood to get ready for a long winter or the logo of the Southern Illinois Miners of the Frontier League.






Here's another one of my favorites. This is the logo of the Pacific Coast League's Las Vegas 51's and not, as you probably assumed, Gump Worsley's original goalie mask. Don't feel bad, I made the same initial assumption.


This is the logo of the California League's Modesto Nuts. How would you like to storm the field wearing that little gem on your cap? Just guessing here, but could the team's motto be, "This is what happens when you don't wear your cup"?

According to the website's home page, they feature displays of 8,438 sports logos, as well as an additional 1095 sports uniforms and "historical items." If you're into sports and you're looking for an interesting way to spend a few minutes, or if you've finally finished scrolling through all the Sports Illustrated Swimsuit model pics, check out the site; you won't be disappointed.