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Gary Carter Passes Away

From the MLB Network, Carter's Final Hit:

And a tribute:


The New York Times has a slideshow.

Moral Pulpit For The Day

Pick which is worst:

A.  PED usage

B.  Placing bets on baseball games while an active player/manager/owner

C.  Throwing a game(s) for money

D.  Owner collusion

I'm going with D.

Hot Stove Heating Up

There are lots of rumors surrounding both of our teams right now.  The Yankees are being linked to Hiroki Kuroda, Gio Gonzalez and John Danks.  The Sox are making a push for a Wagner College's own Andrew Bailey.  Most importantly it's being reported that the Yankees are willing to listen to offers for A.J. Burnett.  Who do you want?  Who don't you want?  Here's your place to discuss it all.   

Next Stop: The Booth

Tony Larussa retires.  Meant to announce it Saturday, blames telephones.

Rangers-Cards Serious Final Game

Hard to live up to game six, but still, tense.

Back To The Action: Rangers-Cards Gamer VI

Scott Boras alleges that Scott Boras was just joking about Brian Cashman not returning his calls regarding renegotiating the last two years of Robinson Cano's contract. Brian Cashman did not return calls regarding not returning calls. Bob Hohler, Dan Shaughnessy, and Peter Abraham are "doing something special" for Globe subscribers: discussing the collapse of the Red Sox tonight at the Cask 'n Flagon and via online chat. What helps me get over how not depressed I am that I never reached a station in life where I get to ignore Scott Boras' calls and that I never had a subscription to the Globe that I could cancel right now is that there is still baseball being played today. The Rangers look to clinch their first Series with Colby Lewis on the mound, the only Ranger to have claimed a "W" in last year's Fall Classic. Jaime Garcia pitches for the Cardinals for game six in St. Louis. Comment away.

Lefty-Righty: Serious Game V

C.J. Wilson faces the Chris Carpenter and the Cardinals in Arlington.  What uniform will Wilson wear next year?  How much will it cost?  Comment away.

I Live (pitching change) For (pc) Th(pc)is: Cards-Rangers "SERIOUS Gamer" IV

Twenty-three combined runs and eleven pitchers after start time, the plucky Cardinals barely held on to stave off the tenacious Rangers in Arlington, taking a two games to one lead in The Series, despite a lackluster performance by Albert Pujols, who was held hitless one of his six at bats, and failed to homer in any of them except the three times he narrowly avoided popping out by hitting it over the fence. Edwin Jackson and Derek Holland man the bump (for an inning or two anyway) tonight. Comment away.

Musical Chairs

ESPN is reporting that the compensation talks for Theo Epstein are basically done, and that Epstein will become the President of the Cubs. In tandem with that Jed Hoyer will leave San Diego after just two years (and a trade of their fan favorite to his new boss!) to become the GM in Chicago. Josh Byrnes, another former Epstein lieutenant will ascend to the GM role out west in place of Hoyer. Story here. We are curious to know the compensation, it will probably be nothing like what has been reported over the last two weeks.

666 Distant: Cards-Rangers Serious I

That's what google maps says for how far apart Arlington and St. Louis be.  Yeah, I'm bored.