Today's links were collated, stabled, ignored and shredded while wondering if an ambitious young blogger could make a living just playing Facebook Scrabble …
• Uh-oh. Just three days after the ultimate news conference that was supposed to fix everything, looks like things are just getting worse and worse. Occasionally it has been wondered, "Why shouldn't players take whichever drugs they like? After all, they're just trying to be better players."
Well, yeah. Except taking the drugs you like often means breaking laws and consorting with shady characters, and eventually running afoul of the authorities. And I have a feeling we're about to feel less and less sorry for young, stupid Alex Rodriguez.
• For years, the evidence has been piling up to suggest that Carlos Delgado is a cool guy. Here's more.
• Tango on clutch clutchiness (and every little bit helps).
• Is Tim Lincecum a freak? Durability-wise, I mean? Paul Rice sure hopes so.
• I have to admit that I've done stuff like this, too. It's hard to explain, but sometimes this sick compulsion just takes over and …
• Kudos to the Mets for coming up with a second, complementary hideous patch. Everybody loves a two-fer!
• Could one use PITCHf/x data to predict injuries? If anyone could, it'd be Josh Kalk. Enjoy him while you can, because within the next year some smart baseball team is going to snatch him away from us.
• ShysterBall -- who is a professional and probably does know what he's talking about -- says the case against Barry Bonds is effectively dead. All those millions of dollars …
• Terribly disturbing 9-1-1 Call of the Week.
Rob Neyer
