• Well, here's an odd twist. The guy who wrote Thurman Munson's autobiography 30 years ago has now written a biography of Munson. I have high hopes, because author Marty Appel can spin a tale.
• Should the Cubs waive Carlos Zambrano? Phil Rogers thinks so.
• My friends tell me this is a Mendoza ... and accidentally led me to this nifty map!
• And speaking of maps, a friend points out that there should be a map like this for every baseball city.
• You have to love Big Papi's take on playing first base: "I was pretty good at defense until I got humongous."
• It's actually sort of stunning how awful Austin Kearns has been these last two seasons. Ben Goessling is right: the Nationals probably oughtta just release the guy. And we'll always sort of wonder what happened.
• Well, here's a new and exceptionally odd argument.
• You know, before we get all mushy and dew-eyed about the Nolan Ryan Approach to Developing Young Pitchers, let's see how this approach works.
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Rob Neyer
Neyer is a senior writer at ESPN.com. He began his career with legendary baseball author (and now Red Sox executive) Bill James, then joined Stats Inc. and wrote about MLB, the NFL and the NBA. Neyer joined ESPN.com in 1996, and it's believed that he's written more words for the site than anybody.
Neyer moved to Kansas City in 1976, just in time for the Royals' first division title, and fell in love almost immediately. He attended the University of Kansas the same four years as Danny Manning, and is now happy to wait another 20 years for the Jayhawks' next championship.