EricL

Tejada deal ahead of the Mitchell Report

01:32 PM ET 12.12

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If you were the Astros GM or a GM of any team, why the hell would you do a trade or sign a free agent today when the Mitchell report is coming out tomorrow?I will go on record as predicting that Tejada is named in the report and that is why Baltimore traded him today.Ironically, Pettite signed his contract today and he and Clemens have been linked to a guy who has been in trouble for distributing "performance enhancing drugs" to baseball players. I am a huge Pettite fan so this is tough to write. ** (this is added the day of the Mitchell report but before names released) - I…

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Overpaying for Santana

12:52 PM ET 11.28

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There is no need for the Yanks to overpay (with prospects) for Santana due to the fact that Dan Haren, Joe Blanton and Dontrelle Willis are out there for the taking.Yanks need a top of the rotation stopper which is Santana. None of the aforementioned 3 are that guy. But what is also means is: Why would the Red Sox give their best prospects when they have a stopper in Beckett?Why would the Angels ship off their best prospects for Santana when they need them to trade for a bat?The Mets need more than 1 pitcher so they add one of the other 3 and keep Humber & Pelfrey and…

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BCS Title Game

11:03 AM ET 11.26

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As of this writing Missouri and West Virginia are #1 & #2 in the BCS rankings. If Missouri does not beat Oklahoma in the Big 12 Championship this Saturday then Ohio State moves into the #2 spot and if both Missouri and West Virginia fall, then #4 Georgia gets to play for the national championship.The similarities for Ohion State and Georgia? They don't play anyone this week so they can't lose! This gives them a better chance to play for the national championship since they don't have to play in their own conference championship games.This underlies my belief that there has to…

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