- One of the great and hallowed cliches (and you know how I love cliches) of baseball is that "the best trades are the ones that you don't make". Let us hope that that holds true after all the strum und drag that surrounded the Pirates and Andrew McCutchen these last several weeks. I remind you that the Pirates don't have to trade this guy. He can stay here for two more seasons, and if they are typical Cutch-like seasons, and he leaves as a free agent after 2018, as a Pirate fan, I'll take that.
- Having said that, what have the Pirates done so far in the off season to get you excited about 2017? Taking Tyler Webb in the Rule 5 Draft just isn't doing it for me.
- The Cubs lost Aroldis Chapman but traded for Wade Davis. And the Cardinals signed Dexter Fowler. The Pirates have lost Sean Rodriguez and Matt Joyce and added, I remind you, Ty Webb (who measures himself against other ballplayers by height).
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- In close to sixty years of following sports in Pittsburgh, I can't remember any new coach/manager of any team being greeted with such hostility among its fan base as the business that Pitt basketball HC Kevin Stallings is getting. I honestly think that Pitt fans are PO'd when Pitt wins (they are 8-2 thus far, although the ACC schedule has yet to begin), because it tempers down the "bitch-and-moan factor" amongst the Loyalists.
- James Conner has announced that he will be entering the NFL Draft, and that Pitt's Pinstripe Bowl appearance on December 28 will be his final game as a Panther. What a great career and a great story that Conner has been. I hope that he has a successful career as a pro.
- James Conner should win Pittsburgh's Dapper Dan Man of the Year Award for 2016.
- Looking for a good baseball book, maybe as a possible Christmas gift for someone? Try this one:
- As the title suggests it talks about the preponderance of arm injuries, particularly the preponderance of Tommy John surgeries performed, not only in the major leagues, but throughout amateur baseball, down to the high school level. Among other aspects of the book, Passan follows two pitchers, Todd Coffey and Daniel Hudson, over three years as they struggle to recover from a second Tommy John surgery. The book also offers a searing indictment on the machinery youth baseball and showcase events for high school and even pre-teenaged players. The book sometimes bogs down in medical jargon and technicalities at times, but, overall, it is well worth any baseball fan's time to read.
- Are you watching this CBS sitcom, now in its second season?
- If you are not, you should be. Might be one of the funniest shows on network television right now.
- Steelers in Buffalo and the Ravens play the Patriots today. Could be a pivotal day in the AFC North.
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