Yu Said Sit Back Down Where Yu Belong

Well, that was a let down.  It would've been fun, in a brand new, shiny toy kind of way, but it was never a sure thing-either winning the Darvish bid or Darvish even being a successful MLB pitcher.  The Rangers may not even sign him.  They might get within a dollar twice, and still lose.  That is the Ranger way. 

And I'm sure some people will try to paint me as a Rogers apologist, but it is more than a little ridiculous to suggest that AA submitted a pathetically small bid. He could have bid 50 million dollars.  It's a blind bid. We don't know what the losing bids were.  Because it's BLIND. 

I'm as frustrated as anyone about finishing out of the playoffs and being in the purgatory of  "rebuilding" but step back from the ledge.  Some configuration of Romero, Morrow, Alvarez, McGowan and Drabek (plus whatever other bits and pieces you want to throw in) is still a good starting point.  The off-season isn't over.  Just chill the fuck out.

There should be a study done on the Twitter goings on surrounding Darvish.  Kevin Gray was strangely confident when he tweeted that he had inside sources that said the Jays won the bid. He kept tweeting it.  It was eerie.