The Milli Vanilli Award For Worst New Duo (Or Just Fraudulent)
The two new Mariners pitchers, Erik Bedard and Carlos Silva. Bedard finished with okay numbers (3.67 ERA and 72 strikeouts to 37 walks), but he only started 15 games for the last-place team. Not exactly what the team had in mind when they traded Adam Jones and George Sherrill for him. Silva, meanwhile, made all of his starts, but that was probably a bad thing as he ended up with a 6.46 ERA and a 4-15 record. At least he's only signed for another three more years!

I am looking for the animated GIF of Raul Ibanez running like an idiot after a ball hit into the corner. It makes me laugh, and I can't find it. Thanks!

"The one thing standing between Silva and an "F" is that he's been man enough to go out there every fifth day and get his brains beaten in -- unlike teammate Erik Bedard, who checked out mentally about four months ago." - Jerry Crasnick

YOU'RE DOING IT WRONG

Fuck Kevin Youkillis

Here's an idea: C.C. Sabathia for Adam Dunn.

We statheads are often accused of focusing only on that which can be counted and ignoring the critical intangibles which truly define a player. Well, that ends today. After literally minutes of diligent work, I have created a stat which measures grit.

"I'm not going to pinch-hit for him there," McLaren said in the quiet of his Safeco Field office before boarding the team plane to Cleveland. "He's such a good kid. He's crying when he does something like that. The thing is, it's not just Yuni.

"It's the same (expletive) thing all the time with our hitters. They have the talent. They can produce. They have (in the past). But until we start getting some (expletive) hits with some (expletive) men on base, we're going to be 12-14, unless our pitchers throw a (expletive) shutout."