This year's Baseball HOF nominees, new guys in bold: Jeff Bagwell, Jeromy Burnitz, Vinny Castilla, Juan Gonzalez, Brian Jordan, Barry Larkin, Javy Lopez, Edgar Martinez, Don Mattingly, Fred McGriff, Mark McGwire, Jack Morris, Bill Mueller, Terry Mulholland, Dale Murphy, Phil Nevin, Rafael Palmeiro, Brad Radke, Tim Raines, Tim Salmon, Ruben Sierra, Lee Smith, Alan Trammell, Larry Walker, Bernie Williams, Tony Womack, Eric Young.Wow. [read post]

   Possible Law Analogy:   Anybody who has seen enough oral arguments has seen at least one occasion where a judge can no longer bear watching an attorney miss opportunity after opportunity to make a powerful argument for a position that the judge is sure deserves a better one, and so, steps in himself or herself to do the job correctly, much as a part owner and President of Operations of basketball's Washington Wizards (by the name of Michael… [read post]