Brett Boone is here, so what?

I reserve judgment on the signing.

My point is this: it's taken awhile to figure things out, but our best middle infield is Punto at 2nd base and Castro at short.

They don't need another middle infielder. Heck, they’ve got Luis Rodriguez, yet another middle infielder playing third.

What's killing them is the fact that they need a big RBI man at third, and I'm not even saying a big home run guy, just someone to drive in runs.

Look at all the bases loaded situations they've come up empty in, we need runs!

Boone had one great year, possibly…well, near conclusively due to the “roids.”

He is now a plain old (and I due mean old in the sports sense, he’s 36) human again.

Now, there is double irony here: one, that the Cuddyer experiment which has apparently failed, is yet another middle infielder miscast as a third baseman.

The other, which touches on my pet peeve, is the continued degradation & destruction of pro sports by the jackals, also known as “agents.”

From what I know, erstwhile third baseman Cory Koskie had said he would agree to the Twins offer of a 2 year deal for $8 million, if the Twins would accede to his addition of a no-trade clause, he would sign.

Well, well well…

Later I heard Terry Ryan say he agreed to the no-trade clause, but, apparently, Koskie’s agent never mentioned it to him.

Koskie wanted to stay here, but his agent got a three year $12 million deal from Toronto, so the agent makes an extra couple hundred $K, we loose our rock at third.

Great.

Next thing you know, the All-Star game will dictate home field advantage for the World Series!

That makes as much sense as a bungling used car salesman running the prestigious Major League Baseball operation.

This is just a bad dream, right?