More general contraction wackiness over at ESPN.com courtesy of Sean McAdam. And Joe Sheehan weighs in on the subject over at Baseball Prospectus. Sean Forman at Baseball Primer is putting together a grassroots “Tell the Commissioner What you Think about Contraction” movement. In other news, my buddy Theron just pointed me toward the Baseball Survivor [...]

The A’s are trying to get the Rangers to cough up Hank Blalock as compensation for signing Grady Fuson? Now that takes guts. Great article on Game 7 over at ESPN.com: Rolling a seven Closer to home, the Pads signed second baseman Damian Jackson to a 1-year, $625k contract. Not bad, in this day and [...]

Honestly, I might as well be rooting against gravity or the Second Law of Thermodynamics. This is depressing. A few places to visit: www.thebaseballpage.com Lessons Learned J.J. Trujillo’s AFL Diary at MLB.com In other news, I’m back working on the site redesign. I expect to have it up and running by November 1. I’m pleased [...]

A few articles worth reading: Rob Neyer: Sosa over Bonds for NL MVP? Get a clue (ESPN) The Imbalance Sheet: Loose Ends (Baseball Prospectus) Rickey’s run into record books a quiet one (CBS Sportsline) Behind the Numbers: Rickey vs. Ty (CBS Sportsline) Bonds, Henderson among the best, but least popular (ESPN)

Phil Nevin has rejected the Padres offer of $32M for 4 years. He’ll probably get more, and it probably won’t be in San Diego. Both sides remain optimistic, but I have my doubts we’ll be seeing Phil in a Pads’ uniform next year. Xavier Nady won’t be working out at second base this off-season. Instead, [...]

More goodies… The latest on Matt Harrington. I, for one, believe that Scott Boras will be a big improvement over Tommy Tanzer. If you’ve ever had any interest in being a scout, here’s one from Josh Boyd at Baseball America you won’t want to miss. An interesting site: http://baseballnews.blogspot.com/ Not to take anything away from [...]

Rob Neyer has an interesting piece on Roy Oswalt.

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 [...]

Not much time today. Here are few links to hopefully keep you entertained and informed: Baseball Nocturne Futility Infielder Rob Neyer and friends talk about Bud Smith’s no-no and pitch counts Enjoy!