Mmmm… Count Choclula…

Can we start a “Calcaterra Weight Gain” pool?

I say +10 lbs within 6 months.

MJ, that is hilarious.  It’s not like Soria has been blowing saves for the Royals - and the Yankees would have gone just as deep into the postseason with Soria closing as they did with Mo.  I guess just knowing Mariano was out in the bullpen would have inspired the Royals to score more runs or something, or maybe play better defense?

There was an interesting profile on Omar on the local FoxSports that carries all the Rangers games. He is MOST personable, extremely intelligent about baseball (and a lot of other stuff, too). On a road trip to NY, they followed him, among other places, on a visit to the MMA. He is just as outgoing, but the antithesis of Ozzie. As a Ranger fan, I hate to see Omar go. Any team that aquires him in any capacity will be better for having done so. His mentoring of Elvis Andrus helped the uber-talented young-un mature into what now can be a top shelf every day shortstop in the bigs, and his versatility across the infield is invaluable whenever another player goes down. His interaction with the younger players on the team (which would be ALL of them)had an effect on this team that thrust them into a pennant race that they were only supposed to be able to watch from a distance. There is no reason to believe that his impact in Chicago would be any different. Good for the Sox.

Who (I say WHO) is this rogue Detroit voter putting Verlander ahead of Greinke and now Cabrera in front of Mauer (costing him the unanimous MVP)?

BBRAA malpractice.

A writer from Seattle, check the other thread.

Heh, I go by “Frenchie” in various other parts of the internet, and every time I see something referring to Failcoeur by that name, I do a double-take.