First off, getting back to yesterday’s question, Player A is the Mets’ Todd Zeile; Player B is, yep, the Rockies’ Mike Hampton.

Couple good articles over at Baseball Prospectus:

• This one’s on the White Sox organization. Keith J. Scherer talks about some of the up-and-comers in the system but the real prize here is the insight gleaned from a discussion with Kirk Champion, the pitching coach at Triple-A Charlotte. It’s always good to look at the numbers and read the reports when evaluating prospects. But it’s also useful (not to mention interesting) to learn about organizational philosophies.
• This one’s about the increasingly pathetic Pete Rose saga. You don’t want to get me started on this subject, trust me. Suffice to say that, while MLB pushed me away from its product for significant periods of time with its strikes in the 1990s, the day Bud Selig or anyone else with that kind of power decides to let Rose back into baseball and eligible for induction into the HOF is the day I walk away forever. Many folks don’t understand my attitude. Many folks also like “pro” wrestling, where show is more important than outcome. That’s not the appeal of baseball to me, and if MLB reinstates Rose, it sends a message that outcome is a distant second to show. It pushes real baseball to the underground, to the schools and the minor leagues. Like I said, you really don’t want to get me started on this one. Go read Derek Zumsteg’s article. Then go read the Dowd Report. I gotta warn you, though, it ain’t pretty.

Almost forgot; I’ve posted the Xavier Nady report. Jake Peavy and Dennis Tankersley will be next, and I should be putting those up within the next couple weeks or so. Enjoy!