Strange Tattoo Nighty Cap
• Looks like David Wells finally drank and ate himself into Type 2 diabetes. Let him be a lesson for all of us.
• "When he was a senior in high school, two short years ago, Cameron Maybin decided to get a tattoo. It would be tasteful. It would say something about him. It would reflect, in permanent ink, exactly what he hoped to achieve in life.
So, he went ahead with it. And now, along his powerful left biceps, is the official logo of Major League Baseball." - From the Detroit Free Press article.
• It what could be bad news for the rest of the American League, Johan Santana says he has a real good feel for his change-up this spring. We all know how shitty it was last year.
• This may not have much to do with sports but it is too good to pass up. Blind auto mechanic hires deaf assistant.
• NESN is a great big bag of dicks. "...No NESN content and/or programming may be used without NESN's express prior written authorization... yadda, yadda, lawyer speak , blah blah." The don't want their stuff on your blogs, cell phones or switched out from your DVR. Read the Draconian memo here.
• Playing for the Twins can be a great source of pain.
• The Hardball Times has a scientific statistical method of selecting baseball's order of finish for the upcoming season. In the Swamp we tend to be less scientific and more profane.
• Speaking of the Swamp, this explaination is for those of you readers that don't know what the Swamp is. Simply put the Swamp is a message board community that is mainly about sports. But sometimes its about books or movies. Right now we are working on a Top Ten of most memorable sports photographs. It's free, so stop by and lurk or just join up and share in our community.