hey guys,

it's been ages since i've posted, but in the spirit of rekindled excitement for the coming season i wanted to post this video of the avett brothers covering springsteen's glory days that my brother recently put me onto. that song will forever make me think of sunburns and watching robin yount patrol centerfield at county stadium. hope the nostalgia finds you, too. feel free to lurk my blog while you're there.

i'm going to paraphrase here: somewhere in the doug melvin/billy beane commandments it says thou shalt not trade top prospects for sample-sizable closers; to the contrary, thou shalt develop said closers and spin them in such deals when possible.