I was all ready too post a movie trailer, but the GMs of the AL east had other ideas...
The Rays have signed both Johnny Damon and Manny Ramirez. Damon gets 1-yr, $5.25mil, ManRam a year at $2mil. Waitwaitwaitwait... the Tribe will give Austin Kearns a buck and a half, but wouldn't give Manny 2?
Then the Blue Jays traded the remaining 4-yrs and $86mil contract of Vernon Wells (and, well, Wells as well) to the Angels for C Mike Napoli and OF Juan Rivera. This is pure salary dump for the Jays and a nice addition for the Halos. If LAoA can find some consistency in the 'pen then they should be the front runners in the West.
While we're here, I guess it's obligatory to mention the Cavs, who have now lost 25 of their past 26 games after falling at home to the Bucks. It was nice to see 11 healthy bodies lining the bench, while not so nice to watch Andrew Bogut dismantle the Cavaliers undersized interior or 15 Cleveland turnovers translate into 23 Milwaukee points. Antawn Jamison has shown admirable offensive consistency (22) and Ramon Sessions added 22 himself, but Session seemed inept as the primary 1, unable to include his teammates in the offense. Boobie Gibson added 15 off the bench and Christian Eyenga 9, but Manny Harris fell off the map, going scoreless in just 15 minutes. Also, Samardo Samuels blows. As Byron Scott said tonight, the team needs 5 or 6 guys show up and play really well in order to win, not just 2 or 3. That way, the Cavs can avoid 9-0 stretches that bloat opponents leads to 20+. I feel like a broken record as there's only so much one can say about a team that has made losing a way of life. At least it was a different team (actually 2) that lost by 40 tonight. Blarghh.
The Buckeyes play at noon tomorrow. I'll have to get up early.
Cheers.
