Not baseball related, but here’s an interesting article on one of the great San Diego anti-heroes, former Charger “quarterback” Ryan Leaf. Karma is a beautiful thing.

Speaking of San Diego anti-heroes, the Expos released Hideki Irabu because he showed up drunk to a “rehab” start. My favorite anagram for Hideki Irabu: Haiku Birdie.

And about those Expos. They play host to the top two teams in their own division and can’t even draw 11,000 over three consecutive games? When I was in Sacramento a few weeks ago, the River Cats pulled in more than 12,000 on a weeknight. Someone remind me, why does Montreal have a big-league ballclub? Guys like Vlad Guerrero, Jose Vidro, Javier Vazquez, and Tony Armas deserve better than 3,000 folks blowing horns every night.

Padres received hard-throwing RHP Winston Abreu from the Braves as the PTBNL in the Rudy Seanez deal. Nice pickup. Kinda like getting Tom Davey from the Mariners for Al Martin. He’s young, he throws hard. What’s not to like?

Here’s one for you:

Answer tomorrow.