The Slegna need a new facility, can’t compete with the other franchise in their market, etc etc Dead-tree Slupdate, mostly wrapping up Slumbeats and Twussers. The only quasi-interesting detail is MLB’s anodyne denial of ballpark-site rumors — why the plural “nor has the Commissioner’s Special Committee recommended any sites or territories“? Yankees go 7 for ...

Cust->Mariners What. The. FK? Cust is a fine DH who I think a lot of us kind of hate. He seems like a prick. But boy do I hate Jack Cust. Boy, you know what? Fuck you, LL. Boy, you know what? Fuck you, Don Nomura. Carlos Pena->Cubs Konerko->White Sox {snerk} Interesting point that’s always ...

I just … ah, FK it. I give up. The focus is now Matsui, with Nick Johnson and Derrek Lee among the other potential options. Also: Beane continues to blame the facility, even though he’s only ever said that Furcal came right out and said that was a factor — and we since know that ...

1. Iwakuma rejects A’s offer. Still no word on how much money separated the two sides. It’s not clear whether Iwakuma would have been worth the money even with the contract the A’s were seeking (when you include the posting fee), but these past couple days have sucked pretty hard for the A’s. Being a ...

Gonzalez->Boston. So that takes them out of the running for Beltre — though they still can/may target Werth or Acronym. It’s pretty much down to us and the Slegna for Beltre, right? I’d think that makes it a bit more imperative to get it done … Jeter about to cave. In order to help spur ...

Slusser’s NT wrapup — no Cust/Buck reax, unfortunately. Jack, you’re a better man than I in exercising discretion. Go, Brian, go! Things are getting fun — the Sawx and the Slegna tried to muscle in on Mo Rivera before the Yanks re-signed him at 2/30 So where’s Nate Silver going next? That’s all I got. ...

Three leagues, two cups Ignorio is trying to sabotage Victory Court Billy Beane John Henry reads FK the Boston Globe Fixed: What’s that? You’re hoping the Yankees don’t sign Derek Jeter and instead your favorite team least favorite team gets him? Hunh. Wasn’t expecting that outcome. Andy Stern is smart Democrats are dumb The Fed ...