You think Joel Skinner has a Southwest Airlines ticket waiting for him? Want to get away? How bad was his judgment in the Indian 7^th when he held up Kenny Lofton on Franklin Gutierrez single off the left field stands? With one out, how can you not send Lofton? Even if he’s thrown out, you still have a man on 2^nd with 2 outs and Casey Blake, one of the few guys hitting for the Tribe up. Skinner was like the rest of his team, tighter than that dumb ass drum that moron beats at the Jake.

The rumors are flying fast and furious concerning Johan Santana. MLB Trade Rumors has the Highlanders offering Melky Cabrera, Phil Hughes, Ian Kennedy, Stan Bahnsen, and Joe Verbanic. Do you get the feeling the Santana to a big market team will dominate the winter?

Also on MLB Trade Rumors is   a story that the Bucs are looking to unload Jason Bay . How about a package with Aaron Heilman as the headliner and a couple of B level minor leaguers for Bay?. Bay had a down year put he is a right handed bat with power and a terrific late inning hitter. In the field he had a strange season with a plus of 13 assists and a minus of 8 errors. Still I’d take a shot on the 30 year old former Mets minor leaguer.

Friend of the site, Pete Abraham had a in his Sunday notes column that the Mets are just waiting for Rudy Jaramillo contract to expire so they can sign him and dump Rickey Henderson. I have to admit it, it looks like I was full of shit when it came to Rickey as the Mets can’t wait to dump him due his bad influence on the younger Mets and his indifference in the clubhouse.

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