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Thursday, January 06, 2005 |
Pickoff Moves
Unit, Yanks Near 2-Year/$32M Extension
Nothing official yet, but the Unit and the Yankees are nearing completion of a 2 year/$32M extension.Not Green's Day: Snakes Talks Stall
Now the Times reports talks between the Diamondbacks and Shawn Green over an extension have stalled, in addition to the East Valley Tribune story Jon passed on yesterday. The Arizona offer is 2 years/$18M, but Green is said to want substantially more dollars than that. Green has until 9 am today to waive his no-trade clause unless the Dodgers, D'backs, and MLB agree to extend the negotiating window. The Diamondbacks are said to be uninterested in a trade unless Green has an extension. Update: Forgot to mention this one: "The Dodgers are in serious negotiations with free-agent starting pitcher Esteban Loaiza, a source said, but signing him is probably contingent on Green going to Arizona." More on what a possible Loaiza signing could mean later on.Perez Tips The Scales
Also in the story above, the Dodgers are concerned about Odalis Perez's weight, and so his "physical could be more than perfunctory". Eek.OT: Howard Shore Interview On KUSC
Tonight at 7 pm, Jim Svejda of KUSC will interview Howard Shore on the Record Shelf program. If you're as big a fan of the Lord of the Rings films as I am, it should be a real treat. The interview will also be rebroadcast at 11 AM on Sunday. For those outside KUSC's broadcast area, they have streaming audio available online.OT: Time To Recalibrate The Happy Meter
This WebMD story claims that sex leads the list of things that actually make women happy. The scientists -- God, how I want to put sneer quotes around that word -- involved in this research used a novel tool for measuring happiness, the Day Reconstruction Method. Their finding?The most enjoyable activities included: sex or intimate relations, socializing, relaxing, praying or meditating, eating, exercising, and watching TV. The least enjoyable activity was commuting, followed by working and doing housework.Please to note, the principle researcher on this project -- or at least, the only one I could identify -- was a man, Norbert Schwarz. Experimental bias?
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