It was the first pitch of the first game of the new baseball season. And it is gone. Oh, baseball, welcome back. We needed you.

+ Mental Floss: The Origins of All 30 MLB Team Names.

+ “In a paper published today in Scientific Reports, the team found that the only factor that seemed to make a difference to the type of sound generated was how much force is applied to the knuckle. What’s more, according to their models, bubbles in the joints don’t pop all the way. Instead, these pops are just partial, leaving some of tiny pockets of air intact.” Quartz: Scientists have spent 60 years agonizing over how our knuckles crack.

+ A study at UC Riverside found that recycled wastewater tasted better than tap water. (The key is to brand it artisanal.)