I'm off to the game today and shall do my best to rattle the D-Rays from my seats behind the firstbase dugout...

I can't wait to see Bush pitch in person... hopefully he doesn't punk it after that great game he had.

I'd like to see Bush pitch as well, think I'll go to SkyDome. It sure looks like he knows his ABCs. Look for the Devil Rays to have Broken Arrows through their hearts..

Well, let that go down as certain proof that Keith Talent does not Google the song lyrics! I was way off, looking at the words and imagining ABC "Poison Arrow". I won't give it away, but it's not ABC.

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It looks like John Hart will remain GM of the Rangers leaving Grady Fuson in the lurch. Fuson was supposedly in line to take over as GM before the Rangers had their surprisingly good year.

Fuson was one of the three-headed All-Star front office team in Oakland along with Beane and Ricciardi. He oversaw the drafts which saw Eric Chavez, Mark Mulder, Barry Zito, Tim Hudson, and others become minor leaguers who zoomed to stardom. Tejada may or may not have been signed on his watch. He also showed he's not a slave to the college only approach when he picked Chavez and Bonderman (and now Danks in Texas) as first rounders.

Having been through the Oakland rebuilding, performance focus, and roster management philosophies he's in good position to really help some team out there. It would be great to have him in Toronto but there just doesn't seem to be room as he will undoubtedly look for a job where he is the GM or at least will be the GM very shortly. JP will be around for at least three more seasons in TO and the Jays seem to be set in terms of refining their own method of drafting.

But there's no shortage of teams out there that could use Fuson. Tampa Bay for one might become fairly scary with Fuson at the helm and the level of impact talent they already have to build on. The Mariners look like they need someone who is better at putting together a team and getting more out of drafts than pitchers. Maybe the Tigers depending on whether Dombrowski bought himself a grace period with the uptick in performance this season.

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We have a winner.

Contact management for your cuddlefish.

Is a cuddlefish a kind of huggable sea creature?

The downside of Hentgen's retirement timing was that I couldn't get to work to make a banner on the weeked. We're going to add Hentgen to the Level of Excellence either Monday or Tuesday night. Or maybe both.

Our good friend Terry Adams just made an appearance in Fenway, starting the 8th inning:
Strikeout, walk, double. 17 pitches.

Speaking of a man whose name ends in -erry, John Kerry is at the Red Sox game. Imagine if George Bush becomes a Yankees fan -- that would be the greatest race to the White House ever.