The Star Tribune website tell me: “American League MVP Justin Morneau agreed to a $4.5 million, one-year contract today with the Twins”

This isn’t shocking, but the next bit was, “(Light hitting, but decent defensive, 3rd baseman Nick) Punto agreed to a $4.2 million, two-year contract.”

Whhhhhaaaaaaa?????!

If it wasn’t past 3:30 on a Friday I think I have a 1000 word rant in me about this… but for now, I’m stunned silent… plus it’s time to leave work for the weekend.

Enjoy the supaboh kids!

it’s friday, kids. what does that mean? time to mail in a gambit!

today’s nugget: paint-thinner-drinking ‘sconny rubes rejoice as brett favre comes back for his 78th season. more here if you’re into, you know, details.

we last saw cap’n stubble at the end of the december, crying his way off of lambeau field after beating the bears in the regular season finale. cheesehead nation was in a shambles after telling NBC “it’s tough. it’s tough. i’m going to miss these guys, and i’m going to miss the game.” hard not to think that he’s hanging up the cleats, right?

wrong. next year the packers have to look forward to a season featuring a 37 year-old quarterback with a combined 38 touchdowns and 47 interceptions over the past two seasons, with an average qb rating of under 72. smell the excitement, green bay!!

(It’s the All Acronym Edition (AAE) today!)

Kids. What’s wrong with kids these days? There’s a perception– real or not– that the youth in America are badly behaved, to a degree that has never been witnessed before. It’s hard to argue; the newspaper regularly features stories of teen irresponsibility and violence. Is it the same as it’s always been, and the media is just making a bigger deal of it? Or has something changed? If something has changed, what needs to happen to “fix things?” Wade and Alex discuss.

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