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I'm very happy with this deal, as a Mets fan. $17mil per year is actually pretty good value for a guy like Wright. The deal goes until he's 37 so the Mets aren't locked in to pay for Wright to be an old-timer mascot, like the Angels' deal with Pujols or (holy christ!) that A-rod contract.

They could have traded Wright and got back probably multiple top flight prospects to help their rebuilding, but Wright is a fan favorite, he's a lock to go down as the greatest Mets hitter ever (he probably is right now), and the Mets have revenue streams to allow for a very quick rebuilding process. It makes sense to build around an established star. Also, at this point, they are probably one very good bat and a revamped bullpen away from contending for a Wild Card spot.

I'm gonna order a jersey now.

SOLD!

This is just classic:

Is this racist? I can't tell. At least they didn't assume he was a white guy, like Hadfield.

Winter Meetings!

From the Desk of the Commissioner:

Just a reminder that the winter meetings are six weeks from tomorrow--January 12th at Mohegan Sun, we have two rooms reserved for the night. Around New Years I'll send around a list of items and rules we need to discuss. I'll thinking that we all meet up upon arrival for a late lunch/early dinner and knock out the rule discussions and votes. Then we can get on with football watching, boozing and gamblin'. That Saturday will be the Divisional round of the playoffs with a 4:30pm game and a 8pm game. I can guarantee that if the Giants and Pats are still alive in that round, they will probably be playing in that primetime game which would be cool.

I Could Have Told You That

"Cambridge researchers are to assess whether technology could end up destroying human civilisation."

Umm, of course technology will end up killing us all! That's if a asteroid doesn't wipe us out first, it will definitely be the excess heat from all our technology causing the oceans to boil and destroy everything, or killer articifically intelligent robots. Terminator is a premonition, people!

From the first article: "The scientists said that to dismiss concerns of a potential robot uprising would be "dangerous"."

As in: we might all get killed by robots when they rise up, "dangerous?" Yeah, they will have metal arms and lazers!

This Should Be Fun...

The steroid ballot has arrived. This is an especially fun topic to debate as to how steroid use should affect a player's eligibility, but it's also sure to trigger nonsensical arguments and inconsistencies amongst the actual people who get to decide, the BBWAA, arguably the least intellectually curious cohort whose membership doesn't require a belief in alien spirits lurking the earth.

We're already off, with this gem:

"My view is these guys played and posted Hall-of-Fame-type numbers against the competition of their time. That will be my sole yardstick. If Major League Baseball took no action against a player during his career for alleged or suspected steroid/PED use, I'm not going to do so in assessing their career for the Hall of Fame,"

That's Bob Dutton from KC. Don't think to hard, Bob when you can just outsource your judgment and standards to some other entity that had a financial stake in being asleep at the switch.

Of course McGwire has been on the ballot for a while now and hasn't sniffed induction, so maybe the standard has already been established - in fact, McGwire's totals have gone down somewhat over the years. But you can't expect the BBWAA to maintain consistency over the 15 years these guys are eligible.

Curt Schilling belongs in the Hall, his career numbers are sick.