Nik Antropov won’t be around to thrill and delight young Leaf fans anymore. Not even those wacky Eric Lindros fans. What a day it was. GM Brian Burke was busy; not as busy as I would have liked, but busy nevertheless. Here is a review of the deals (in case you didn’t know): 1. The Maple ...

Manny Ramirez is a Dodger once more, to the tune of 2 years and $45M, with $25M the first year, and the second year on a $20M player option. Play ball, already. Update: Tim Brown writes that some portion of both seasons' salaries will be deferred....

As the toxic cloud of the Bush-Cheney era in America begins to lift, we are beginning to see the scope of the mess they’ve left us in.  The boys from Delta House have been partying hard for eight years, and now we’re supposed to move in and live here like nothing has happened?   The tr...

This is the 137th edition of Log Buffer, the weekly review of database blogs. Dave Edwards is enjoying a week off, and so as part of my plot to take over the world, I am writing this week’s Log Buffer. First, the fun stuff: Josh Berkus tells us that the American English Translation of the Mang...

Dylan Hernandez reports the Dodgers signed Doug Mientkiewicz to a minor league deal with an invitation to spring training, pending a physical. I was shocked to see that, despite my recollection of him as a no-hit, all-glove first baseman, he's actually had a couple decent average seasons of late, po...

February 14 through February 20  Previous installment: Feb. 7-13 Arizona Diamondbacks Signed: OF Jarred Ball Removed from 40-man roster: RHP Jailen Peguero Peguero, 28, lost his tenuous place on the 40-man when Arizona claimed another Triple-A righthanded reliever, Bobby Korecky, on waivers fro...

When Chris Young (the pitcher) was traded from Texas to San Diego, I had high hopes for him. Although he has put up excellent ERAs each year since then (3.46, 3.12, and 3.96), I've generally been disappointed with his performance. His control has gotten worse each year, and reached a low point 4.3 w...

Tom Glavine is apparently playing hardball with the Atlanta Braves and asking for more money than they've offered him so far. As a Mets fan, I hope Atlanta gives him what he's asking for. The truth is, at this point in his career, Glavine should be paying them to let him pitch. He's been absolutely ...

Paul and I started discussing a comment that came up regarding the many issues surrounding logging & recovery. It's one of our favorite topics and in fact was the title to an article that Paul recently wrote for TechNet here: http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/magazine/2009.02.logging.aspx. ...

Adam Dunn, who we had ranked as the second best baseball free agent on the market, signed with the Washington Nationals. The contract is for two years and $20 million, reportedly. Although the Nationals were a destination for Dunn all along, it is somewhat surprising that Dunn didn’t command m...