Devin Dixon

I agree about the secondary pitches. If he could throw a change for strikes, he'd be fine in a rotation. As is, he's a little too Farnsworth-like for me.

I forgot all about that!

According to BP, Mike Lowell is the player most comparable to A-Ram. Ramirez, however, is four years younger and came way cheaper.

Yes. Just one of the multitude of sagely decisions made by the Pirates in their soon-to-be realized dream of never again fielding a winning team. Aramis has taken as many walks this year as he did during the entire 2007 season. Anybody have any idea what got into him?

MORAN.

Has anybody here seen Fukudome have a bad PA all year? He just absolutely owns pitchers.

Compared to Mariotti, I do too. This is faint praise, however, as a list of things that I enjoy more than Mariotti would have to include rashes, famine, parking tickets, and Dick Cheney's sneer.

Great photos, OMC. My favorites: Speaker rides a 'gator, and the Babe's "Free Willy." They are just so . . . weird.