Is This Good or Bad Writing?

Thanks to official scorer Pete Yarbro for passing along this link of a game story from the New York Daily News.  Remember, this is a game story, not a commentary piece. 

I can't decide if this is a brilliant piece of writing or journalistic garbage.  Sure, we all feel like writing stuff like that from time to time, but if you're writing an article about the game only, aren't you supposed to leave your opinion out?

Either way, it's an interesting read from a frustrated writer watching a bad team.

Some Diamondbacks Moves

I hope everyone had a good Christmas and are looking forward to the new year. My holiday week has been wonderful so far, and I'm looking forward to enjoying a few more days at home with family and friends. As noted below, my apologies for not updating the blog regularly over the last few days, but I think we can all agree that spending time with your loved ones outweighs any baseball news.

But, since this is a baseball blog, here are a few good links for you to keep you up-to-date on what's going on in the world:

-Nick Piecoro's blog has information about the Diamondbacks signing Bob Howry, and also a post about how Arizona is just waiting on an answer from free agent second baseman Kelly Johnson.

-Jayson Stark of ESPN.com wrote a great article about why Barry Larkin should be a Hall of Famer. I'm biased because I am a huge Reds fan, but I agree with everything he says.

-The Mets signed Jason Bay to a big contract. Most everyone I've heard so far is ripping the Mets for the signing. Basically, it's not that Bay is a bad player, but the Mets have so many needs right now, that they put too much money into Bay. Besides, he's not very good defensively, the new Mets stadium has a huge outfield, and everyone thinks his power numbers will go down as well.

That's all for now. Have a safe and happy New Year's holiday, and I'll post if anything strikes my fancy between now and then.