I may have to change my mind about John Russell. The more I know about the Pirates' front office, the less culpable Russell appears for the team's problems. The fingerprints of Neil Huntington and Frank Coonelly appear on more head-shaking decisions all the time.
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Why does Tiger Woods need so many women? The golf media suck his dick for him every day.
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Saw Josh Hamilton play for the first time last night. Sweetest swing since Will Clark.
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The Blackhawks need to cut payroll dramatically; they're already over the new salary cap, and they only have fourteen players under contract. Here's an interesting question for Ray Shero: If a deal could be worked out, would you rather have Marian Hossa's $5.6 million salary cap hit, or Sergei Gonchar at his current $5 million? Not that a deal could be worked out, but, given his brief history in Pittsburgh, Hossa's two-way play would look awfully good next to Sid, with Kunitz on the other wing to rock people's worlds once in a while.
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Along those lines, the Pens currently have four defensemen signed: Orpik, Letang, Goligoski, and Lovejoy. What say we close on Leopold and Eaton, bring up one other D from WBS, and call it done?
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If hockey is an example, I could live without baseball for a year if it meant establishing a salary cap. The problem is, no one in baseball wants one. The shitty teams should be clamoring for salary stability, but they make too much money off the revenue sharing. A salary cap would cut into their profits.
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Contrary to popular belief, rich teams still have an advantage when salary caps are imposed on a league. The caps restrict only players' salaries. Teams are still free to spend what they want on coaching, player development, and scouting, all of which may be more important than how much money the roster makes.
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