MLB is apparently considering fingerprinting Dominican kids to stop age fraud. I get it, and I recognize the league is trying to protect itself, but this all sounds way, way too Big Brotherish for me.

Apparently Brian Cashman sat down with Derek Jeter after the 2007 season and told him his defense was unacceptable. Spoiler alert: It was. How Jeter has managed to improve at his age is beyond me, but the stats — even if they’re not quite a big enough sample — show he has, and kudos to Cashman for handling it so delicately.

Who let Method Man design the Olympic torch?’

Buy a hockey jersey, help Haiti.

Toby Hyde continues his Top 41 countdown of Mets prospects with No. 40, lefty Roy Merritt. Merritt’s warmup music is the following: