And a certain POS failed to make the cut.

My pillow shall remain dry tonight.

I read it this morning but the news of the Tex deal just puts it over the top. My favorite part is the final paragraph, which while imperfect by assuming fair market value is determined by Forbes, cannot be that far from the truth (my emphasis):

More fun with numbers.: suppose the Yankees exceed the tax threshold in every year of of CC Sabbathia's (7 years $161 million) and AJ Burnett's (5 years $82.5 million) contracts. Further suppose the salary payments are made in equal installments over the lives of the contracts, the Yanks pay the top luxury tax rate of 40%, and face a discount rate of 5%. Then the after-tax amount they'll pay for these players is a discounted $286.3 million. To put this in perspective, Hank Steinbrenner could have bought the Tampa Bay Rays franchise for $290 million or the Florida Marlins franchise for $256 million (based on the Forbes franchise values for 2008).

It's silly to get riled up about these things, but I'm not sure which is more asinine, that Josh Cribbs did not receive the AFC special teamer nod, that Shaun Rogers was not named a starter at DT, or that Joe Thomas is a starter.

I basically added the question mark because it's still just a "baseball source" that has told Gammons.

Good news for the Tribe, bad news for me having him on my AL-only fantasy team for a 3rd straight year.

In a related story, I'd like to announce that I'm naming Spanky McButtercups the mayor of Pixiedustland in 2009.

via Football Outsiders.

I'm looking forward to MNF even moreso now, as we may get a glimpse on who Jaws is referring to:

"He said he'll have an eye on those players during Monday night's game at Buffalo and will point it out during the broadcast if he sees it again."

Hate to see Joe go down like this. Hopefully, he does change his mind and comes back for a final season if the Browns will have him.