Saturday stuff

Pretty slow day for baseball stuff today, but there are a couple links worth sharing. I have some ideas percolating for a post that's a little different from what I usually do, but that probably won't be ready until Monday or so, just make sure you tune in for it.

Red Hot Mama has some fake Pirate news that, unfortunately, isn't all that fake.

ESPN is really scrounging for stuff to do in the offseason, so they've turned to making fun of reader contributed trades, only to completely miss the mark on some of their comments. When asked about the probability of an Oliver Perez for Hank Blalock Swap, Jayson Stark says:

That Pittsburgh deal is a fun one to kick around. But it sure isn't happening. In case no one noticed, Oliver Perez had a 5.85 ERA this season. But the Pirates are marketing him as a No. 1 starter. So this trade breaks down right there.

Which would be true, you know, if there weren't several reports that the Rangers had told us Perez was the cost for Blalock and we told them no. Of course my source is Rotoworld and Jayson Stark has presumably actually talked to people in the know, so take that for what it's worth.

For anyone that hasn't already read the fantastic Wilbur T. Miller story about Little Davy Littlefied at OnlyBucs.net (I know Charlie linked to it a couple days ago) I strongly recommend checking it out.

At today's PG Gene Collier has his first baseball column up in quite a while, this one on the art of Hall of Fame voting. Looks like Bert Blyleven isn't getting Gene's vote. Neither is Dave Parker, who doesn't even merit a mention in the column.