Hi, I'm Jon Heyman, And I Get Paid To Write About Sports

Why don't you read my latest "Daily Scoop" column, about baseball's offseason? I'm sure my mastery of the English language and razor-sharp analysis will convince you that I am a great journalist.

Okay, okay, you got me- I'm not really Jon Heyman. I'm larry b. Plus, I was being sarcastic- Heyman is a shitpile of a journalist.

Dodgers owner Frank McCourt never should have had poor Grady Little twist in the wind while he tried to find a better alternative. [...] Little's decision to step down was described as "mutual,'' and it may well have been, but the Dodgers definitely were not opposed.

I don't think it's possible to phrase the intended point of that sentence any more poorly. It's like saying "My friend and I's decision to get hamburgers at Wendy's was mutual, although he definitely didn't not want hamburgers from Wendy's."

[Dodgers owner Frank] McCourt is awfully slick. But shopping for a manager when you already have one is not something even an inveterate slickster can get away with. In any case, Little deserved better. It was like he was the third choice, or fourth, or fifth for his own job.

In professional sports- no, scratch that, in dozens of high profile businesses/industries all over the goddamn world- this happens ALL THE TIME. True, the way the Dodgers made their pursuit of Joe Torre public was a little classless. But the general concept of keeping an underperforming employee around as you're looking for their replacement is not "slick." It's "standard", "normal", and "not weird at all."

Torre, whose press conference is today in L.A. (I predict everyone will love him; no one gives better press), is bringing Don Mattingly as a coach.

It's going to end up being a very Joe Torre-ish week here at FireJay, and there's nothing wrong with that. Look at what's in the parentheses there... are you kidding me? So let me get this straight; you're predicting that a high profile manager giving his first ever press conference for his new team is going to be received positively? Nonsense. Baloney. Hogballs. Here's another bold one for you along the same lines- everyone in New York will love Joe Girardi if the Yankees win the World Series next year. Also, no one gives better press than Torre? Paging Dr. Pinella... Dr. Pinella to the media room, please.

On to some other general notes and thoughts from Jon's barely functioning brain:

[Tigers reliver Joel] Zumaya was told by doctors that he has a 90-95 percent chance at a full recovery after they rebuilt the AC joint in his pitching shoulder. Zumaya has said that he injury the shoulder when a box fell on it as he attempted to rearrange items in preparation for the California wildfires.

Injury is a noun, not a verb! Laughter Out Loud! I'm so much smarter than Jon Heyman, because I'm nitpicking his silly typo. That's right. It's what I do. If you don't find that kind of thing hilarious, this may not be the blog for you. Might I instead recommend this very popular and informative little number written by a former coworker of mine? (True story, our offices were right next to each other.)

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Tony Pena, Kevin Long and Rob Thomson are expected back as Yankees coaches. Dave Eiland, who did a terrific job tutoring Joba Chamberlain, Ian Kennedy and Phil Hughes in the minors but is still best known by Yankees writers as the fellow who remained unknown to Rickey Henderson after he'd been in the Yankees' clubhouse for weeks, is expected to replace Ron Guidry as pitching coach.

Any way we can cram some more clauses into that second sentence? I think there might be a little room between "Rickey" and "Henderson."

Finally, the stunning conclusion to the column:

One rumor I'm believing is the Rangers and Torii Hunter. Makes plenty of sense to me. [End]

That's why Jon makes the big bucks- when something makes sense to him, he'll let you know that it's the case. Will he explain how or why it makes sense? Probably not. Don't worry about it. It's not important that you understand these things. You'd never be able to comprehend Jon's thought processes anyways. Just take what he says as near-fact and let it be.

Another rumor he's believing is Adrian Beltre to the Lakers for Kobe Bryant and the tattered shreds of Kwame Brown's career. (Facial!)