Posted Monday March 11, 2013, About: Will Steinbrenners push for Alfonso Soriano?

Soriano for Arod heads up? If their contracts go with them intact, I'd take that in a heartbeat.

Let's see, $18 million to hit 32 HRs and 108 RBIs (for the CUBS no less)

OR

$28 million to shoot up, break down anyway and then **** about it?

Looks like a no-brainer, but even the Cubs aren't that stupid...

Posted Friday February 15, 2013, About: David Ortiz: MLB players are dumbest in sports

He who smelt it, dealt it...

Posted Sunday February 03, 2013, About: Curt Schilling: Who cares if teammate is gay?

Randy Johnson won four Cy Youngs between age 35 and 38, the last two being the best seasons of his career. He was runner up again at age 40...

Chris Carpenter was below league average and injury-riddled before becoming an elite ace with St. Louis in his 30s...then he missed two more seasons and came back to a runner up Cy Young finish as well.

Not saying I think Schilling belongs in the Hall, but the knee-jerk PED links to any late career success is unwarranted. Even Nolan Ryan was better from age 40-44 than he had been in the previous five years...

Posted Saturday February 02, 2013, About: Curt Schilling: Who cares if teammate is gay?

Someone's lobbying for the gay vote on the next Hall of Fame ballot...

Posted Wednesday January 02, 2013, About: Holland eyes Cy Young, Hall of Fame future

Derek, try my easy three-step HOF program:

Step 1: Become more well-known than 1980s relief pitcher Al Holland (which is who the name "Holland" in the headline first brought to mind)

Step 2: Win 300 games or 3 Cy Youngs (one ain't cutting it)

Step 3: Do it with out steroids (Seriously.)

Posted Sunday December 16, 2012, About: Rivera offers bold return claim

Yeah, I figured I come in here to read something like, "Rivera promises 50-save season" or "Rivera guarantees another World Championship."

This was about as bold as me ordering the fish tacos for lunch...

Posted Tuesday December 11, 2012, About: Twins sitting on next Mike Trout?

Hmmm...I wonder where the Twins keep getting all that money?

Posted Tuesday November 06, 2012, About: Wainwright open to long-term deal soon

Really tough to give him elite money ($18M+) being two years remove from an elite season--he was actually below league average in his first year back. I'd like to see something similar to Yadi's deal--5 at $75M--but I think it's going to take 6 at $90M+.

If he puts together 16+ wins, 200 Ks and an ERA around 3.00 this year, he could go into the offseason as the top free agent behind Cano and Lincecum--each will pull nine figures if they hit the market.

Posted Saturday November 03, 2012, About: Cubs prospect injured by high five

Joel Zumaya missed the 2006 ALCS after playing too much Guitar Hero.

I think the entire 2004 Yankees team dislocated their shoulders patting themselves on the back after going up 3-0 in the ALCS...

Posted Thursday November 01, 2012, About: Toughest offseason GM job

Yes. Those fans don't expect their teams to make the playoffs more than every few years...or make it to the World Series more than once a generation.

Posted Thursday November 01, 2012, About: A dynasty grows in San Francisco

So this is the new definition of a dynasty--two titles seperated by a missed postseason? When a full third of the teams now make the playoffs?

Use to be you had to win three straight (98-00 Yankees, 72-74 A's), or at least get there (88-90 A's, 76-78 Yankees, 69-71 O's) before anyone started throwing the term around...

Posted Monday October 29, 2012, About: Rivera's wavering a ploy?

Yup...saw this on YouTube before they took it down...

Posted Monday October 29, 2012, About: Mets may target Cabrera

Should alleviate the pressure of becoming a Met, THEN becoming a disgrace...

Posted Wednesday October 24, 2012, About: Phils could inquire about A-Rod

They're already eating it...just a matter of whether they get something for it or not.

Posted Wednesday October 24, 2012, About: Lohse open to significant change of scenery

Yes, but he has less fingers than Antonio Alfonseca...

Posted Monday October 15, 2012, About: Matheny's bad habit

May I suggest "A League of Their Own"?

I hear there's a good line in there about crying and baseball...

Posted Thursday October 11, 2012, About: Nats players grumbling over Strasburg

They haven't been outmanaged, they've been flat out outplayed. Managers don't figure much into blowouts...

Posted Thursday October 11, 2012, About: Nats players grumbling over Strasburg

To have Strasburg available through September and into one full playoff round without upping his innings, the Nats would have had to push back roughly his first seven starts--during which the went 6-1. It's possible they wouldn't have even won the division if he hadn't pitched early in the season...

Posted Wednesday October 10, 2012, About: Nats players grumbling over Strasburg

EVERY out they made cost them a chance to win, as did every out they failed to get against the Cardinals.

According to WPA (Win Percentage Added) stats at Baseball-Reference.com, there were at least 14 plays in that game that had a bigger influence on the likely outcome that the infield fly call, which only raised the Cardinals already overwhelming chances of winning from 87% to 91%.

Posted Tuesday October 02, 2012, About: Competition for Hunter from Dallas?

Semantics? Neither do the Dallas Cowboys. Nor do the Miami Marlins or Dolphins play in Miami...nor the New York Giants, Jets or Islanders in New York...nor the Tampa Bay Rays in Tampa...nor the Angels in LA, the Redskins in Washington, or the Pistons in Detroit.

The Rangers represent a metro area, not a suburb--without Dallas-Ft. Worth, they would still be the Washington Senators.

Posted Thursday September 20, 2012, About: Scioscia admits Angels need help

Don't forget the Dodgers...