Gems all over the place in this long, excellent feature on Shonn Greene. First off, his siblings names are Shonreke, Shonray, Shontray, Shonnece and Shonte. Second, he attended the Milford Academy, where children should be neither seen nor heard.

I don’t know what it means that this offseason has brought Amazin’ Avenue into the realms of fan fiction, but I think it will end up being a good thing.

Joel Pineiro signed with the Angels, prompting mixed reactions from Mets fans. I wrote earlier this offseason that Pineiro was an intriguing target, and for two years and $16 million, probably would have been a good pickup. Now, we hope for Ben Sheets and cross our fingers that no one sells the farm for one year (and one option year) of Bronson Arroyo.

A little self-promotion because Twitter is atwitter with a discussion of clutchness this morning. Here’s something I wrote (and liked) about the subject in April.