• Detroit pitcher Doug Fister will start against Madison Bumgarner in game 2 tonight. The right hander grew up rooting for the Giants. [Chron] [CBS5]

• From Catcher's Crouch to Dugout's Top Step, the touching story of two gravelly-voiced GMs. [NYT]

• The "heightened sensitivity" blues — one woman's angertorial regarding the progressive party in San Francisco. [SFBG]

• Musical slides and taking the city's pulse: Hacking the streetscape at the Urban Prototyping Festival. [Wired]

• Yelp buys Qype — which is like Yelp, but for Europeans — for $50 million. [CNET]