Isn’t he the guy that maintains that his site is not a blog because he hates blogs?

Sure looks like a blog to me.

I was just shocked that the blog entry concentrated more of the Nyjer Morgan trade than any other trade.

Where does the $40 million revenue sharing number come from? I know MLB stopped officially releasing figures around 2003, but the last number I saw reported anywhere was 2006 and it was about $25 million. Where does the 40 number come from?

They can get rid of Andrew McCutchen"

Wow. Just… wow.

I just saw that the guy at MLBTradeRumors who liked the column was nice enough to link to another of his articles about “games writers play”. Specifically pointing to this quote:

Perhaps the most important question is this: Is there a way for the writer to write the column he wants to write without using all of those anonymous quotes? There is.

The writer can ask the same people the same questions and use their responses to form a consensus assessment, which he can report without resorting to a string of quotes from one anonymous executive/official/scout after another.

He later wrote the Pirates article and used the same tactic:

"They’re going to have some explaining to do," a baseball official said. "It’s going to be difficult for them absent some substantial moves between now and April."

Way to follow your own advice, Murray.

if I remember correctly Chass is from Pittsburgh.

he used to be a good beat reporter at the Times, but then became full of himself and write as if he was the fount of all baseball knowledge… would demand that Steinbrenner talk to him… tell Selig how to run the game… etc.

he clearly has gone even farther downhill since the TImes let him go.