MrRain422

The moved Kent to second base from third base, which is an even harder position.

I'd be surprised if it's not a bit.

It has to be a bit.

How does acknowledgement that a poor shortstop or thirdbaseman might get moved to second base agreement that second base is an easier position than first base? All it shows is that he believes second base is an easier position than third base or shortstop. Give me one example, please, of a player being moved from first base to second base because of lack of defensive skills, and not to make room in the line up for someone else who is an even worse fielder who needs to play first base.

It takes a whole lot more skill to play second base than first. Not really sure where the dispute is.

I was just feeding your addiction.

No you don't.

Sort of. That's pretty different from what people almost always mean when they use the word "intangibles" in a baseball context though.

If he hadn't gotten hurt for the last month of the season, I think that Quentin would have ran away with it.

Abortions for some, miniature American flags for others.

Tom Daschle to be Sec. of Health and Human Services.

I would have almost no problem whatsoever with the MVP award being based solely on numbers, if only people understood the proper way to interpret those numbers.

Why is it interesting?

Coco Crisp to KC.

In '87 it probably should have gone to Alan Trammell -- he had a better year than either Bell or Puckett, and played a tough position well.

I don't like Bill Walton.

To be serious though, the last one before Pedroia was Mo Vaughn in 1995, which is a pretty good example of what he's talking about, as Albert Belle, Frank Thomas and Tim Salmon would have all been better choices.

Earlier today. Are you even paying attention?

Here is a local TV report on it. Appears to be for real.

I know that, I'm just being unnecessarily nitpicky.

The AP just called it for Begich.

If I had a vote I think I probably would have voted for Mauer, but there were a handful of guys in the AL who were roughly equally worthy of the award, and Pedroia is among those guys. Wouldn't be my choice, but he's not a bad one.

Sure, but the writers don't know about those "intangibles" any more than most of the fans do. Most writers only really cover one team. What's the criteria here? Players likely to be the best over what period of time? Or is it all guys under a certain age? Because if we're talking about player I'd most like on my team over the next, say, two years, I'd still have A-Rod in my top 5 and Johan in my top 10, but if we're talking about over the next 10 years, then not so much.

Eric Holder will be Obama's attorney general.

They're one of the few bands that have really excited me much in the past few years, though I prefer Wild Mountain Nation to Furr. I saw them play with Fleet Foxes in Detroit back in the spring. Great show.