On February 1st, the best website in the history of the galaxy will celebrate its third birthday. If you’ve read my site regularly, you know that I often sing the praises of Baseball-Reference.com and you may even know that I designed the site’s Babe Ruth banner that gets seen millions (yes, millions) of times a month. But you might not know much about the man behind B-Ref, Sean Forman. Doctor (yes, Doctor) Forman’s an assistant professor of mathematics and computer science at St. Joseph’s University who runs B-Ref in his spare time, and he covers the site’s expenses by selling sponsorships of individual pages (I sponsor eight myself). Philadelphia’s weekly City Paper has a worthwhile article on Dr. Forman and his labor of love. Go read the piece and then buy yourself a player to celebrate.