I've seen a bunch of questions about waivers, and although I definitely do not think of myself as an expert, I did read an article about them by Steve Phillips over on ESPN.com

Usually, I think the guy is an idiot (heck, look at what he did to the Mets), but this was actually a pretty informative article

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Business up top, party in the back! Eck day today reminded me of one of the clubhouse trends from our last dominant era... of course, I'm speaking of the pitcher's mullet. Eck, Gene Nelson (an absolute classic), Storm Davis - heck even Todd Stotlemyre kept the tradition alive into the 90's...

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Despite his Boston love, I gotta say, Bill Simmons over on ESPN's page 2 is one of the most entertaining writers in sports right now. He posted a mid season report card for the AL (sorta like our own Blez, but with more random references...) and had some cool things to say about Danny Haren:

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Its the first diary for me, so be gentle...

Reading the articles today about Chavez and his shoulder today got me thinking. The A's organization has known about this for a long time. What if some of their recent moves were made with this in mind?

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