News and Notes

A few things floating around my mind as I sit at my parents place, safely back in Michigan:

• The Dusty Ryan era is over in Detroit.  The Tigers shipped the defensively-challenged catcher to the San Diego Padres for a player to be named later and/or cash considerations.
• The Yankees got richer.  The defending champs picked up Javier Vazquez in a trade with the Atlanta Braves for Melky Cabrera and Mike Dunn (a guy they wouldn’t give to Detroit in the Granderson deal).  This trade is strange and could really go either way.  ...
  
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