Snakes In My Pants

ESPN.com is reporting that the Mets have traded once-uber prospect OF Lastings Milledge to the Nationals for C Brian Schneider and OF Ryan Church. This deal smacks a bit of desperation on the Mets part – they obviously think that Milledge isn’t going to develop into the player that they once thought he could [...]

In a very interesting move that could pay off big (or blow up in their faces) for both clubs, the Minnesota Twins and the Tampa Bay Rays swapped former first round picks Delmon Young and Matt Garza, along with 4 other players, on Wednesday. Both Young, an extremely talented outfielder once named the best [...]

The #2 in America is 2-6 since October 1.  Let that sink in for a second. 
It happened again on Saturday night when the feel-good story of 2007 ended with Mizzou’s win over #2 Kansas in Arrowhead Stadium during the “Border War.” 
The talking heads will tell you this is the year of parity and point out [...]

The MLS Cup championship game was hosted at RFK Stadium today.  My friends who came down from New England got tickets, so I joined them in the New England Supporters’ section.  It was an action packed game, with a lot of exciting offense.  The Revolution took an early 1-0 lead, but the Houston Dynamos scored [...]

In the words of the noted philosopher Palpatine, everything is transpiring as I have foreseen it.

Just when you thought the “braintrust” in Tampabronx was starting to show signs that they knew what they were doing . . .

According to a report published on ESPN.com, Alex Rodriguez’s agent Scott Boras told the Yankees that the team “would not be able to meet with the third baseman unless it presented an offer of at least $350 million.”:
The Yankees had hoped to meet with Rodriguez this week, and would have presented him with an extension [...]

As part of the settlement to the 1981 players’ strike, MLB owners and managers devised a yearly statistical analysis formula used to “grade” players.  Here are the top American League players at each position.
David Ortiz scored a perfect 100, only the seventh player in the last 27 years to achieve a perfect score.
David Ortiz, DH, [...]

The New York team is facing a major house-cleaning — including its highest-profile player — coming off a disappointing season. Oh wait — this team’s season isn’t even one-third finished.

The NY Daily News’ blog has a sensible post advocating that Torre keep his job: