Perhaps Brian Cashman is channeling the spirit of "Stand" Pat Gillick as player after player that the NY sportswriters pegged as possible Yankee targets this off-season sign here, there and every-where but the Bronx. Why do I suddenly feel like Carlos Zambrano is going to be fighting for a spot in the rotation come spring training. Although as I wrote that, I could almost picture a fist fight between the Big Z and AJ. Perhaps, like how Giants fans (who must be steaming over giving up a prized prospect for a few weeks of Beltran productivity) hope and pray that the next time Zito gets in a car accident that it's more serious.

The Twins are probably going to be even more of a bunch of sad sack twinkies in 2012 than last season and that is saying something. If Morneau and Mauer come back strong they could bolster the team that has lost a lot of its heart and soul this winter with the defections of Cuddyer and Kubel.


Went to see the well-written "Young Adult" this week. Diablo Cody, re-united with her "Juno" director delivers a pretty scathing character piece. I didn't actually know that it was set in MN, nor did I even know that about their previous venture. At that point, living in the Bay Area and having never visited this state I didn't recognize the place. Looking forward to Fincher's "The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo" this week as well. Having just read the first two Stieg Larsson books and watching the Swedish film versions of both, I hope the screenwriting brain doesn't just play the compare and contrast game. I was pretty surprised to see a MAJOR plot point that isn't revealed until about 650 pages into the second book in the FIRST movie, but there you go.

Okay, hope your halls are decked...

B.