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...most highly coveted free agents in recent memory, virtually no one has led a bad team to success. Rather, players like Alex Rodriguez kept a bad Rangers team bad while threatening to drive Tom Hicks to bankruptcy. Miguel Tejada and Javy Lopez signed huge deals last winter, but only improved Baltimore’s win total by seven...
While the Johnson signing makes sense in the short run, the Yankees made an awful move this winter in giving starting pitcher Jaret Wright $21 million over three years. Wright has had two shoulder operations, failed his first physical with the Yankees, and has a career ERA of 5.09. His above-average 2004 showing can be explained by luck and by the fact that he played for the Braves, long famous for getting the most out of their pitchers. Wright’s spot in the rotation would have been perfect for a promising young pitcher, if the Yankees...
Kris Benson, meanwhile, established himself this winter as one of the most overpaid pitchers in recent memory, but the Mets can be excused one mishap. Benson is about as average as pitchers can be, sporting a career record of 47-53 and an ERA of 4.28, slightly better than the NL average of 4.41 over that span. He didn’t deserve $22.5 million, but will still help the club...
...more college students living in Massachusetts, fewer members of fundamentalist religions that ban alcohol,” wrote Henry Wechsler, director of the Harvard School of Public Health College Alcohol Studies Program, in an e-mail. “In addition, it is speculated that the cold winter weather may limit outdoor physical activity, and offer fewer recreational alternatives to drinking...
While most of us may have traveled unscathed this winter break, there’s still intersession and spring break coming up. Which is why I’m passing on a useful tip posted on the Internet. Airline regulations currently ban passengers from carrying deadly weapons like pepper spray, so it seems we’re defenseless against molesters. But not to worry: Eat enough bean burritos at Felipe’s before you go, and you have your very own organic version...