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manny will exercise $20-million option and stay with #dodgers. #diamondbacks will pick up webb's $8.5-million option.

"It’s all bullshit, basically," said Gilbert Reiter, a statistician at University of Texas. "A-Rod hit .409 in the 2000 ALCS and .258 in the 2004 ALCS, which was 58 points higher than Derek Jeter hit in the same series. Obviously, A-Rod was Mister October that year and Jeter was, well, A-Rod. Right? Wrong. It’s just random, people. These hitters try to get hits every time they’re up. The good ones succeed more than the bad ones. That’s it."

"Although it is impressive that he’s nailing Kate Hudson," he added. "I still jerk off to Almost Famous."

This was probably one of my favorite sleeper systems going into the year. It did not disappoint at all. Top 10 system easily in my opinion.

Walk Toward The Light: Your 2009 San Diego Padres

Would it be a surprise to discover there are many more like them, just holding on, standing in the glare, scared to death, talking themselves through it, looking for a way out? Is the money so big and the media so pervasive (and invasive) and the thirst for more so unquenchable that you can’t be plain old Khalil anymore, and you can’t fail anymore?

Plain old Kahlil? Not sure that person exists...

Beavers' Wade LeBlanc named PCL Pitcher of the Week