Duck-Billed Catechist

Some of it is pretty goofy. I heard that Dallas has the lowest committed payroll or something to that effect because Jerry's hurting a bit. How much of that thing was publicly financed?

Clearly the national league is at least somewhat inferior right now. Just look at the interleague records every year. The Cardinals' line was that Smoltz was tipping his pitches, though.

I have no answers to your question, but this might help: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jewel_(supermarket)

Must be his sparkling personality.

I guess that Crow can wait all the way till the next draft to sign.

I hope that Crow and Strasburg sign. There ain't no guarantees in life, boys. Baseball is not a great sport for holdouts.

I doubt it. He said that he's been friends with Vick since Vick was in high school and he was pushing for the Eagles to give Vick a chance. Uh...not really. Vick was not a great passer when he left the league and has been in prison for a long while.

You people are not carbon neutral. Or something.

It's probably good for Porcello to get thrown out of a game every once in a while. One less chance for Jim Leyland to blow out his arm.

Dolphins also get demerits for renaming their stadium for a season. Wtf--Jimmy Buffet and Anheuser Busch. Get outta here.

The Blue Jays are reportedly going to let the White Sox have Alex Rios' contract (accepted waiver claim without negotiating a trade). I wonder how this will shake out. A lot of people think he is over paid. This statistical write-up suggests he's a good value: http://www.hardballtimes.com/main/blog_article/why-should-i-care-about-alex-rios/ I'm excited for the White Sox to have a plus defender, at least. Quentin-Podsednik-Dye must be the worst defensive outfield in the bigs.

Along those lines, the White Sox are 27-19 against teams that are over .500 on the year and 29-33 against teams currently sitting at .500 or less.

Very nice.

Were you really banned for 2 years? Was this in 2003 or something? Was I in a coma?

The worth of it is really confusing. I wonder if that's just the amount he's won in some competition. Edit: yeah http://www.whitemarlinopen.com/

Everyone in this thread is banned@! Pack your bags!

The Obama administartion was tapping into the good will that Bill Clinton had in North Korea.

Not entirely monochrome, but not all that far off.

Nice burro.

Good pickup though, eh?

Chicago radio stations are saying Clayton Richard, Aaron Poreda, Adam Russell, and Dexter Carter. I think Dexter Carter is going to be a stud. The Padres could get 32 starting pitchers out of this deal by 2010. Peavy will reportedly be ready by late August. Edit: I was thinking of Carter's former teammate, Dan Hudson. Dex's secondary stuff will probably not be ready by next year, but he has spent a lot of this year leading the minor leagues in Ks. Double edit: It's official per the White Sox' official facebook page.

White Sox reportedly trade for Peavy again per Jon Heyman's twitter lol wut

Red Sox reportedly get Victor Martinez:

They're paying less, though.

Yes'm.