I’m hitting the Friday-afternoon wall, and I’m concerned the “From the Wikipedia” post I prepped earlier might be a bit too dark for public consumption, so I’ll check out for the evening with this:
The offseason rumor mill is already churning, and nothing inspires reader e-mails as frequently as vague reports on the Internet and talk-radio [...]

Apparently Repoz at Baseball Think Factory found his way here and linked up my recent Newsday post. It has sparked an interesting discussion over there and I urge you to check it out.
First off, as commenter NaOH pointed out both there and here, I probably missed a big aspect of the reasoning behind the decision. [...]

If the Jets lose this week, I will be a very sad man.
Here’s me on the phone with Brian Bassett to discuss:

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C’mon, that’s an impressive “wounds” segue there.

I’ve beat up on John Harper a fair share in this space. I’ve never met the guy and it’s not anything personal, but I read the Daily News every morning and Harper often focuses his columns on (what I deem to be) unquantifiable nonsense.
But Harper published a column yesterday that has to be considered a [...]

Theo Epstein echoes your boy, me. Obviously I didn’t invent the idea, but it’s awesome to hear it from the mouth of an actual Major League GM.
Joe Janish gives a thorough rundown on Aroldis Chapman. The coolest thing about Chapman? He’s one of like 12 people who live in Andorra. I’ve always been fascinated by [...]