Defensive Indifference

Jon Stewart sums up the Willie Randolph situation just about perfectly.

Fist pound: 3 AM Calls [Baseball Musings]

ESPN’s Jayson Stark, who generally seems to be a relatively sane, rational human being, has picked the Atlanta Braves to win the World Series in 2008. Apparently this is the trendy ’sleeper’ pick for this season, and if you really want to go out on a limb, I guess the Braves are as good a […]

Pedro Martinez was forced to wait for a table for like 30 minutes at a posh Miami nightspot, while Star Jones … Star *Fucking* Jones cruised right by and got a table immediately. Oh the humanity.

Star Jones contributions to society are being a vapid cow on a man-hating show called “The View” and now, um, […]

And if you didn’t know that, it’s time to crawl out from under that rock. There’s pretty much no debate here, the Mets absolutely robbed the Twins. Here’s my take at AOL.
Rather than more analysis, here’s a link dump of other people’s work on the deal:

Nate Silver has the PECOTA for Santana. [Baseball Prospectus]
Friend of […]

Allow me to write the caption for the above photo, from the mind of Omar Minaya, Esq. (above right). “Hmmm, how can I trade one of the best prospects (Lastings Milledge, 22, left) in baseball for a 29 year-old half-way decent corner outfielder AND an over-the-hill catcher who’s a black hole offensively?”
Well, folks, he […]

Four years for Luis Castillo, Mets? Really? Four years for a guy who’s played more than 150 games twice in a 12-year career. Really?

Four years for a guy with a .358 slugging percentage? What in God’s name compelled Mike Lowell to take a three-year deal. He’s the goddamned World Series MVP and he plays almost […]