Sam Page lobbies for Eric Byrnes. I disagree. Byrnes is a nice defender, but my issue is mostly an irrational one: I find his style of play infuriating. It always looks like slows up a little bit on fly balls so he can dive when he doesn’t have to, just to put on a show. It’s obnoxious, and I don’t like it. I like a good showman, but not when it’s over-the-top like that.

Wouldn’t it be awesome to root for the Mariners? It’s so hard to believe that just a couple years ago they looked like one of baseball’s most hapless franchises.

To paraphrase Jerry Seinfeld, this has international incident written all over it.

Howard Megdal weighs in on Georgetown’s lack of depth.