Baseball Free Agency: Favre to let teams know he is available if he doesn't retire.

In a bit of unexpected news, Brett Favre, in an attempt to be a bigger distraction to his football team announced that he will be available as a free agent pitcher this baseball off-season. Favre, furious with speculation that Cal Ripkin Jr. may hold a more impressive consecutive games streak, is convinced his gritty gunslinging style that just wins football games will be just as effective in the game of baseball. This does not mean retirement is out of the question for Favre who says he will spend some time to contemplate his future down at his Mississippi ranch this off-season. 

Chris Mortenson of ESPN, who has been living and reporting live from Favre's rectal region the past 5 years, initially reported this story and thinks Favre has what it takes to be a successful pitcher in the MLB. Mortenson reported, "You see Brett's a competitor, his teammate’s love him, and he's just a kid having fun out there. If he doesn't retire you can bet he'll be as big of a distraction for a Major League Baseball team as he's been for the Vikings this year."

The MLB seems to be a perfect fit for Favre who likes the idea of a longer season allowing him to spend more time cheating on his wife. If Favre decides to pick up the glove it is unlikely he will take part in spring training because he fully expects his retirement speculation to last at least until then. If someone wants him this off-season it will take more than the begging strategy the Vikings and Brad Childress used last off-season.

Many MLB teams are already willing to offer Favre a contract and have reached out to his agent regarding his available. Peter Gammons reports that among potential suitors, the Red Sox appear to be favorites. According to Gammons, Favre is a perfect fit for the Red Sox who are looking to acquire more white baseball players this off-season. The Red Sox owner John Henry worries if his small market team has the resources to sign the veteran Favre however. When reached for comment he said, "We just don't have the resources the Yankees do being in the small sports market of Boston. We will make Favre a generous offer, but 4-5 huge contracts are all we can spare this off-season with our limited resources.”

For now, Favre says he will just help the Vikings win football games and let the off-season work itself out when it happens. Expected to have his hip, shoulder, elbow, and ankles replaced after the NFL season, one can rest assured that if Favre does play for a contending team this upcoming MLB season, it will be entirely his decision. Will he retire, play baseball, or be a cast member on Survivor? We will just have to wait and see.

Troy Aikman is an Idiot

Alright, so you probably already realize that Joe Buck and Troy Aikman are one of the worst announcing teams ever. Joe Buck has such a dry and elitist tone to his announcing that it's really unbelievable that he announces every big game on Fox. Troy Aikman is no better and some of the stuff he says makes me think he has serious brain trauma from the amount of concussions he's received. Normally I wouldn’t comment on his inepitude but at the end of the first half in the Giants-Vikings game he even managed to amaze me with his stupidity.

The Giants had the ball on the Vikings two yardline and there was thirteen seconds to go in the half. It was second down and the giants had no time outs and Aikman suggested that maybe the Giants should consider running the football. Obviously, this is a stupid decision because if the Giants run and fail to get into the endzone time would expire, and they would not have an opportunity to kick a field goal. This is an obvious football decision, you throw the ball twice and if you don’t get in, you settle for a field goal.

The Giants threw the ball as any competantly coached football team would in this situation and the result was an incomplete pass. Aikman, still convinced that running the ball was a viable option, again stated that he wouldn’t be surprised if the Giants ran the ball. It would have been a stupid decision on second down and still would have been an obviously stupid decision on third down.

The Giants were then called for a foul start penalty putting them around the six yardline and Aikman still suggested the Giants could run the ball here and that he had seen them do it in this kind of situation before. Really? I find this statement quite surprising considering I’ve seen every Giants game in the past several years and do not remember a single circumstance when they did this. I’m also sure I would have remembered it because I’d most certainly be bitching about it if it did happen!

I mean what the hell is Troy Aikman talking about here? The Giants of course passed the ball in the end zone for a touchdown as every other team in the NFL not coached by Andy Reid would have done. This is a Hall of Fame quarterback and he really doesn't know the situation here? Also, shame on you Joe Buck for not telling him, “Hey Troy you sound like an idiot here.” It was one of the craziest rants I’ve heard in recent memory and even after the Giants scored the touchdown, he was still surprised they didn’t run.

I guess this is the kind of coverage we get from announcers making millions of dollars a year. I think they purposely put nearly retarded broadcasters alongside Joe Buck so he seems intelligent and knowledgable about the games he covers. Come on Fox we deserve better analysis than this.