The firesale of my beloved (hated?) Pirates is beginning: Jason Bay is on the trading block (link via Honest Wagner).

Not one winning season since winning the NL East in 1992, and it ain't going to stop anytime soon. If we're lucky, the Buccos will turn this thing around in three years or so. And I will continue to pay MLB.com to watch (give or take) 100 games of a terrible team.

At least the Steelers are kicking some ass

It's about freaking time.

The Braves got Mark Teixeira and their fans would like to sing about it:

I'm not sure if this is exactly what Heidegger had in mind when he rethought the relationship between Being and Time, but this story strikes me as an interesting example of the relationship between the two.

Alex Rodriguez hit is 499th career home run Wednesday night. However, today he will play in a game that actually began on June 28. That is, the game was suspended in the middle because of weather. If A-Rod hits a home run in that resumed game, then home run 499 magically becomes home run 500:

On Friday, A-Rod will be on deck when the Yankees resume a suspended game against the Orioles in the eighth inning. If he homers in the completion of the suspended game, it would count as being hit on June 28, when the game began. That would make it home run No. 493 -- and Wednesday night's would become No. 500.

The rule, 10.23 (d), states: "All performances in the completion of a suspended game shall be considered as occurring on the original date of the game."

I'm off to Comerica Park to watch the Tigers and Cardinals. There will be no computers or writing involved.

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