Thanks for your thoughts.

I don't think it's the playoffs, because I'm seeing around the same number of hits since they've begun that I saw before they started.

The Ball fraud may have resulted in a spike, but 1/4 billion hits doesn't seem at all likely.

I suppose the number of Google servers on line is a possibility, but the differential seems to be in the wrong direction.

The new Great Equalizer is the SEND button.

In Memory of Harv: Those who can make you believe absurdities can make you commit atrocities. ~Voltaire