Why the dutch oven? Because the term 'hot stove' needs to be retired. This feature will attempt to give you a listicle-driven source for all sorts of off-season baseball rumors. If you have any suggestions, rumors, or recipes that I can cook in my dutch oven, email us
- Mets Near Deal With Career Backup Alex Cora: I really have nothing to add to that short headline. It's pretty self-explanatory.
- Jeff Foxworthy Sad to See Pal John Smoltz Go: Same here. You can pretty much paint the picture yourself based on that fact.
- Russ Ortiz Still Pitching, Signs Minor League Deal With Astros: Do you remember 2003, when Ortiz actually led the National League with 21 wins as a Brave? Me neither.
- Dodgers Welcome Back Guillermo Mota With Open Arms, Set-up Role: Folks, it was a slow news night. Deal with it,

We'll find out this season if Frank Wren is smarter than a 5th grader
So Mota gave up his job on the Kimmel show?
I LOVE THOSE BLUE COLLAR HUMOR GUYS I ALWAYS CRACK UP WHEN I HERE THEIR ROUTINES ITS LIKE THEY CAN SEE INTO MY SOUL. BUT ON THE OTHER TOPIC OF COURSE MR FRANK IS SMARTER THAN A MIDDLE GRADER BECAUSE IF HE WASNT THEN WHY WOULD HE RUN A PRO BALL CLUB. SO MATTTTTTT LET ME SPOIL IT FOR YOU HE IS. HOPE YOU WILL STILL WATCH THIS BASEBALL SEASON.
As long as you keep commenting here, of course.
I don't remember 2003, but I remember in 2002 when Ortiz led the league in "World Series-clinching games that should have been a Win but was taken away by Dusty Baker."
Russ Ortiz is only still playing for the per diem and the post-game spread.