Today's Link-O-Rama was compiled while thanking the baseball gods for giving us two World Baseball Classic finalists that actually give a damn
• Lisa Olson sees the WBC for
what it is (and the South Koreans for what they are).
• Michael Ynoa may have impressive tools
but it's
his extraordinary eyes that the ladies (and
Santiago Casilla) are talking about.
• Can
Mariano Rivera, at 39 this season, repeat his brilliant 2008?
No, probably not.
• Via MLBTradeRumors, a solid, quick-hitting
interview with Josh Byrnes.
• Scott Boras is going to convince some team to
invest $50 million in Stephen Strasburg? Sure
and Boras is going to get $100 million for
Manny Ramirez, too. Sure, Strasburg will probably set a new record for a draft pick. Maybe by a lot. But nobody's spending anything like $50 million on a guy who hasn't yet thrown a professional pitch.
• Sophisticated fielding metrics are
garbage. You know how I know? Because
Nate McLouth says so.
• Despite a
great deal of evidence to the contrary,
Shawn Estes really does believe he's
good enough to start for a good team. It's sort of touching, actually.
• What happens when a TV interview interrupts Tommy Lasorda's nap time?
See for yourself.