The circle of rumors

Well, now this article in the PG makes it sound like the only thing Jim Tracy needs to do at this point is show up in Pittsburgh and shake Dave Littlefield's hand, Ken Macha be damned. That's the speculation because other than Fredi Gonzalez (his required minority interview) Littlefield has interview no one else and has no one else scheduled. Macha, however, has hinted at his interest while Tracy's GM has hinted that other teams are interested so Littlefield better be ready to pony up.

Meanwhile in Detroit, Jim Leyland is looking to fill his coaching staff up with an amusing collection of Pirates of the early 90s including Don Slaught (hitting coach), Rafael Belliard (infield coach), and in the biggest threat to the name of this blog yet, Andy Van Slyke (first base coach) to go with Lamont and McClendon. What a group, eh?