Stuff

I noticed that the Pirates -- yes the Pirates -- got Corey Dickerson over the weekend for spare parts. Now, let's face it; he won't be there a while, but...this is sort of move the Tribe could have made (especially if they sent Brantley away); hell, if they were really creative, they could have swung it anyways.

https://www.theringer.com/mlb/2018/2/21/17035624/mlb-revenue-sharing-owners-players-free-agency-rob-manfred

This sounds about right; to me, of course, baseball players should get more in large part because their union is stronger/not a company one; also, because, well, if they had any brains, they'd go after the Lorias and such and demand more.  Of course, then the owners portray them as greedy and whatnot, and while that is true, it doesn't exactly make owners less greedy.

Lazy day today -- last one in a while -- and while I will go to the gym (of course) I don't have much else to do -- clean out some emails, catch up on things, do paperwork.  It is nice.

I noticed that the FBI is releasing bits and pieces of the Excel spreadsheets, Sean Miller transcripts, etc.  I mean, I am glad they are able to do it with all the time spent on, you know, not looking up potential school shooters.  More seriously, even accounting for the typo that said Duke was involved...well, this could be me, but not only do you have to throw the book at the agents and the coaches, but you also have to hammer the players and their parents, too; you really can't tell me that the kids are just kids (especially when they are leading political marches, snark.)  First of all, I really think they know what is going on, and don't care (free money!), but, even if they do not, their parents certainly do.  They're adults, they know better (free money isn't really free!), and, if you want this system to stop (and yes, the NCAA is a problem, too)...well, you need to punish everyone... seeing a bunch of people go away for a few years for tax evasion/bribes/etc. makes it less likely that people will take up the salesman on the offer the next time around...