• As Pinto points out, Brian Roberts has a chance to do something pretty cool.
• It's good to know the postseason teams aren't completely tone-deaf.
• Some of this new stuff is a little scary, even to someone like me. But I won't tell anyone if you don't.
• Mike Vaccaro interviews Joe Posnanski about the new book ... and fortunately he asks JoePo different questions than I did.
• Jack Curry on defensive indifference, a concept with which I happen to agree wholeheartedly.
• Another reason not to pin all the blame on Cecil Cooper: as David Coleman writes, the Astros have been exceptionally cheap with their draft picks.
• The physical manifestation of Tiger Stadium is no more.
• We might as well acknowledge an obvious truth: This guy's a freaking genius (with more evidence here).
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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.