WIth a major league pitcher’s salary and the current housing market, he probably could buy an entire street of houses.

Yes, but would he want to? It’s not like he’s going to be able to flip them for a profit after his year with the M’s, and the rents he might see won’t match the returns he’d get by putting that money to work in other investments.

When I was a lad I sent a baseball card to the M’s young phenom Little O Vizquel along with a SASE. I got the card back a few weeks later, dutifully signed–one of my prized possessions to this day.

Another hole in my childhood education — I had no idea you could even do that. Well, I’m too old for it now. Would kind of like to get Brandon League to sign a coconut for me, though. Kind of a bitch to mail (though my father did send me one from Hawaii years ago — just wrote the address on the husk in felt pen and the post office duly stuck the postage to it)

WIth a major league pitcher’s salary and the current housing market, he probably could buy an entire street of houses.

I assume his wife was doing the work of looking for a house in the area. Assuming they’re bothering to relocate at all.

I think I remember hearing somewhere that they were planning on staying in Jamie Moyer’s old place during the regular season.

I hope Jon Heyman is right, and Cliff Lee likes Seattle. I’d love to see the M’s lock him up to a three year extension.

Has he even been to Seattle yet (other than that blurred couple of hours between coming and going at SeaTac when he donned the press conference jersey)? I assume his wife was doing the work of looking for a house in the area. Assuming they’re bothering to relocate at all.

I’d love to see Lee in pitching for the M’s for several years too, but I just don’t see that happening — unless they have the highest offer when he hits the free agent market. Maybe, maybe, he’d look at a short extension if he has a fantastic time and a fantastic season and team makes a magical run to the WS and looks set to repeat in 2011. But now we’re wishing for things even more desirable and fabulous (and so-far unobtainable) than Lee in an M’s jersey — the latter would just be a pleasant by-product at that point, along with the unicorns we’ll all be riding and the pleasant scent surrounding Tacoma.

If he has the talent for either then this is a serious mistake. Football’s a lot harder on the body, and football players die young.

The upside on contract money is higher, too. On the other hand, you can jump directly from college to being an impact player in football. Baseball, not so much (and you may never make it at all, regardless of your bloodlines… this isn’t NASCAR)

Apparently Chone just stole a ground ball up the middle. GOOD STUFF

Was he batting, running, or fielding? See, it’s inexplicable “intangible” stuff like this that has the enabled the Angels to win the division lately; I’m glad to see Chone brought it with him to the M’s. Whatever it is.