Random Thoughts
If I've learned anything from Twitter and Facebook, I have learned to communicate ideas in a condensed form. So, I will eschew the long-form essay in exchange for some Facebook-suitable paragraphs: It's baseball Winter Meeting season. That means it's free agent signing season. The salary numbers being reported for guys like Jose Reyes, Albert Pujols and Jonathan Papelbon would run a small country for several years. In a time when state governments, our Postal Service, banks and many U.S. citizens are struggling to stay afloat, throwing millions of dollars after athletes seems to be a bit misguided. But then, philanthropy is a lost art. One wonders what these millionaire team owners could do if they decided to sell their team and actually do something that furthered society. I suppose merely considering that makes me old and cranky? I saw Jerry Sandusky being escorted out of his home in handcuffs this afternoon, after two more adults c...