Can someone thank Mike?

They could but these bastards are ungrateful.

Albert Haynesworth and Chad Ochocinco.  Have the Patriots surpassed the Oakland Raiders in picking up the malcontents and misfits of the NFL?

At this point, yes.  But I think Cincy still leads the league.   Well, if they'd stop falling out of moving trucks and dying.

If you had to win the last game of the season to make the playoffs.... do you go with your best gloves or best bats? 

Best players.  I'm not playing 5 firstbasemen or 5 light-hitting SS in a must win game.

I signed unsigned 1st round pick (from last season in Coop) Russ Everhart to a 5 year ML contract this season and plan on leaving him in the minors for either 1 year + 21 games or 2 years +21 games.  What will his contract status be once this 5 year contract is up?  Will he be arbitration eligible?  Asking for another ML contract?
Also, would you expect him to fail to develop as fully (or at least nearly as fully) as if he had been signed last year out of the draft?  I had 20 mill in college scouting and he projected to be a VERY nice bat in the draft pool.

If he has 3+ BL seasons at the end, he'll be arb-el.  If not, he should be renewed at 500k.

In what I find is typical small town service, the local small engine repair shop has had my lawn tractor for the past two weeks, and has now just said they're hoping for this week.

Should I get a goat?

That pretty much any repair service.  I'd just wait for winter to kill the grass.   Which should be just about the time you get your mower back.

how was your weekend?

If DIAH got a goat, would you be concerned for the goat?

My weekend was OK.  Nothing special, nothing bad.

Without question.   He may be transistioning away from moose.

This guy showed up on my deck this morning.  Should we adopt him as a pet?

perhaps the ad for 'fun pie' enticed yogi?