Still in desk-clearing mode. Back to regular columns soon…

Jon at Dodger Thoughts reminds us that rumors are, well, rumors.
Jim at AZ Snakepit transforms a couple Diamondbacks into South Park characters.
El Lefty Malo talks about Barry Bonds.
Mark at Bad Altitude complains that Troy Tulowitzki should have won the NL Gold Glove at shortstop over Philadelphia’s Jimmy Rollins. He’s right, of course.
Speaking of shortstops, MB at Friar Forecast presents the relative merits of Khalil Greene.

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The other day, in discussing the Cy Young Award candidates, I mentioned a lack of faith in the writers to vote for the right person. Folks have been asking me about this, and although it’s old hat to me, I suppose it bears repeating:
I will trust the writers to vote for the right person in any given award only after they have done so.
Update, 12 Nov 2007: It has been pointed out to me that the example I chose to use — Gold Glove Award — does not, in fact, fall under the jurisdiction of the BBWAA. Although the ensuing …read more

Speaking of defense, as we were earlier today, the all-time Gold Glove team has been announced. Most of these guys make sense to me, although I’m a little surprised to see Wes Parker at first base over the likes of Keith Hernandez and J.T. Snow.
Then again, I never saw Parker play, so what do I know?

Center fielder Ichiro Suzuki has signed a 5-year, $90 million contract extension that will keep him in Seattle through 2012. I expected him to get somewhere in the $18-20 million per year range on the open market, for 5 or 6 years, so this seems pretty reasonable to me.
Ichiro often draws comparisons to Hall of Famer Tony Gwynn, and although Gwynn was a much more productive player throughout his career, there is one area in which both players are very similar. Both are severely overrated by a certain contingent of the fan base, and severely underrated by another. This is …read more