Link roundup

RIP Bill Robinson. Bones has a nice remembrance of Robinson posted at Honest Wagner.

Not a link, but the play-by-play guy on ESPN just called Aramis Ramirez a Gold Glove candidate. And I will now light myself on fire.

Charlie talks about the rumors that Joe Garagiola Jr. will become the Pirates new CEO. I remember his dad from my old VHS tape, The Battlin' Bucs, the First 100 Years of the Pittsburgh Pirates. That's not enough to convince me that Junior would be the right move for the Pirates, though.

Reader Mark sends along this article about the decline of Jason Bay that ran at BP last week. If the author (Marc Normandin) is right, we've got a lot to worry about.

The biggest trade of the deadline has already gone down with Mark Teixeira going to the Braves. I wrote a little at FanHouse about the strong seller's market that seems to exist this year, but the king's ransom that guys like Tex and Linebrink are bringing could work in reverse for the Pirates with contender's becoming uninterested in selling off prospects for the now. Except the Braves, that is, who have apparently decided that this year is the last year the World Series title will ever be awarded.

From the papers: Gas Can Bayliss, back and more focused. Steve Pearce got promoted to AAA and is finally at an age-appropriate level. Rob Biertempfel discusses Bob Nutting's rank as one of the worst owners in the bigs. Dejan chats with angry Pirate fans.