HOUSTON -- Houston Astros free agent center fielder Carlos Beltran is seeking a 10-year contract, his agent told a television station on Thursday, according to ESPN reports.
In other news, as you've surely heard by now, it slipped the minds of the Arizona Diamondbacks to perform a background check on new manager Wally Backman before introducing the former Met 2B as their skipper.
UPDATE: D-Back-man No More: Arizona Cans Wally
Question of the Day: It's a two-parter. What's the worst long-term signing of the free agent era? And what's the worst managerial choice of your lifetime?
My two part answer is simple: for the manager, the man who nearly set minority managerial hiring back to the days of Cap Anson, the irascible Maury Wills, who almost turned himself into "you know, Bump's dad" with his pitiful performance for the 1980-81 Mariners and his inability to execute fundamental strategy or deal with the media ... the Seattle media!
And for the free-agent signing, the "Curse of Rocky Colavito" striking the immortal Wayne Garland and the Indians.
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