They might. But they almost certainly won’t.

My apologies. The hot-stove season is getting to my head.

I’ve just been made aware of this wonderful news:

Apparently IFC is showing two episodes of Arrested Development every Tuesday night.
DVR set.
Arrested Development, if you’re unfamiliar, is the best thing that’s ever been on TV. I know the popular thing among people with good taste is to say it’s The Wire, and I absolutely loved The [...]

The NL MVP Award voting is back, and Albert Pujols is the deserving winner.
One interesting note:
Someone thought Miguel Tejada was the eighth most valuable player in the National League last year.
Huh?
If you wanted to argue Tejada was the eighth most valuable shortstop in the National League last year you’d have a strong case.
Tejada posted a [...]

Reading about Stanford runningback, Heisman hopeful and MLB prospect Toby Gerhart in the Times last week made me think about Bo Jackson, for obvious reasons.
I was six years old when Bo Jackson first joined the Raiders, but I was head over heels for baseball by then and starting to grasp football, so I recognized that [...]

Here’s what the Mets’ new uniforms will look like, courtesy of Matt Cerrone:

Color me underwhelmed. If they are going to go old-school, why include the black dropshadow, as Cerrone points out?
Also, and moreover, I’m just not a huge fan of making new things intended to look old.
And why choose to honor one era in the [...]

I have spent — maybe wasted — thousands upon thousands of words advocating for the Mets to give a Major League opportunity to one of any number of Triple-A mashers with nothing left to prove in the Minors.
And nearly every time I do that, someone in an email or a comments section or message board [...]

A “rogue hacker,” to quote the Jets’ press release, broke into David Clowney’s Twitter account and talked trash to fans. No word on why a rogue hacker wouldn’t pick someone more notable.
Lawrence Frank is quietly the longest-tenured coach in New York sports. Probably not for long.
Taco Bell and 50 Cent have squashed their beef. Phew.
Tim [...]