One-click shopping: Online spending during the holiday season set a record in 2010, hitting $32.6 billion, a 12% increase over the year before. comScore tracked online spending in November and December to come up with the rankings. The increase topped comScore’s earlier prediction of an 11% rise. Cyber Monday, the first Monday after Thanksgiving, was the biggest online retail day in history, accounting for more than $1 billion in sales.
Baseball’s best: Roberto Alomar and Bert Blyleven have been elected to baseball’s Hall of Fame. Alomar and Blyleven were chosen today by the Baseball Writers’ Association of America after narrow misses last year. Alomar was picked on 90% of the ballots. He was a 12-time All-Star and 10-time Gold Glove winner at second base. Blyleven was listed on more than 79% of the ballots; at least 75% is required for election. He won 287 games and ranks fifth on the career strikeout list. Sluggers Rafael Palmeiro, Jeff Bagwell and Mark McGwire all fell below the 50% mark.
