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I thought it would have been John McDonald, but Eckstein is going to get most of the playing time (at least at the start of the season). And Eckstein will be on the bench of some playoff team by the end of the year. Kind of like Royce Clayton last year, except maybe he'll be on the active roster.

Eckstein will be playing somewhere else by July.

Did they really need to put Ozzie Canseco on there?

Reed Johnson is a little surprising, especially if they're planning to trade Rios. Josh Towers, not so much.

I think for a contract to be considered really bad, it has to be long-term. At least 5 years (maybe 4, depending on the money involved). A 3-year contract really shouldn't do a whole lot of damage to a team.

Most liked: -The one day of gloating I had after the Leafs beat the Habs on the last Saturday night of the season in the craziest game ever, at least making sure Montreal didn't make the playoffs. Most hated: -Almost every other Leaf moment. -Brian Burke acting like a baby after the Dustin Penner offer sheet. At least Darcy Regier said what he was going to say and matched the Vanek offer. Burke dragged it on as long as possible and probably still mumbles about it in his sleep.

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My parents used to always get calls for some guy named Elmo. But I think he's dead now.

Why the bathroom?

Yeah, I figure Rios would probably be involved in that, but I think it would take more than just him to get Bedard. And if he's traded, he'll probably end up as that team's CF. He'd be playing there now if it weren't for Wells.

I'm curious what the Jays' offer for Bedard was. I wouldn't think they'd have the parts to match what other teams could give up.

Even though I've watched them already, I don't think we should talk about them in here, even with spoiler tags. Don't want anything getting out by accident.

There are torrents on Mininova.

The rumour was that the Giants would rather give up Lincecum than Cain, but the Jays would only take Lincecum if they could get the Giants to take Glaus, too. Rios is 26, hardly an old man.

The last 2 episodes have been leaked online, anyone watching them?

I remember when I was really young, seeing them on the news because clubs wouldn't let them play because of their name.

I guess the Jays are willing to trade Rios, if the rumours of him going to the Giants for either Cain or Lincecum are true. The Jays want Cain straight up, but the Giants would prefer to give up Lincecum, and the Jays will only do that if SF takes on Glaus and his contract, too. I'd say the Jays should just throw their hat into the Santana sweepstakes if they're going to trade Rios, who's better than any OF the Yankees or Boston would give up, but there's no way they could re-sign him.

Leafs win a season high 3rd game in a row, win back-to-back home games for the first time this season, AND Wade Belak scored. When's the parade?

And then who'll be laughing!?

I don't think they're changing the home ones (this year). They're wearing powder blue throwbacks for Friday home games, those are the 2 they unveiled today.

A thrilled looking Vernon Wells modeling the Jays new road uniforms. I like them better than the old ones, but they've got to stop with this constant switching every few years.

Ok. I had forgotten that he had gotten better, I thought it was just that he died because of the nurse.

I don't think the Jays will trade Burnett, at least not before the season starts. I'm 99% sure he's going to opt out at the end of the season, anyway, though, so if the Yankees want to trade Matsui for him, I'm all for it.

Maybe I need to go back and watch that episode from last season again, but I thought the first person Dexter killed was that nurse after Harry was already dying.

I've been trying to get a Ken Tremendous reference in for a few days now. I just couldn't find a good way to work 'Cheech Tremendous' into a post without making it look like I was trying too hard.