OK, these are just too funny...

to pass up on.

Finally the Batista story is official.
http://mlb.mlb.com/NASApp/mlb/news/article.jsp?ymd=20061214&content_id=1761391&vkey=hotstove 2006&fext=.jsp

And now the title says it all in this story...
http://mlb.mlb.com/NASApp/mlb/news/article.jsp?ymd=20061214&content_id=1761623&vkey=hotstove 2006&fext=.jsp

Just classic articles.

And this...
Yankees: The New York Daily News is reporting that even though the club has Andy Pettitte and most likely has Kei Igawa on the way and Clemens on their radar, they may also have interest in Joel Pineiro. The Daily News said a person familiar with the Yankees' thinking said the team also has renewed interest in the right-hander, who became a free agent Tuesday when he was not tendered a contract by the Mariners. Pineiro is 28 and made $6.8 million last season when he went 8-13 with a career-worst 6.36 ERA in 40 appearances -- including 25 starts before he was shifted to the bullpen in August. The newspaper reported the Yanks also had expressed interest in Pineiro before the July 31 trade deadline before acquiring Cory Lidle in the Bobby Abreu trade.