Chone Figgins signs with the Mariners. Seattle ending up paying Figgins $36 million for four years. Figgins was a hot commodity in this years free agent class. He will fill the void left by Adrian Beltre, who the Mariners decided not to resign. Figgins will make the top of the Mariners line up very formidable for opponents paring him with Ichiro.

The Yankees pickup Curtis Granderson. Granderson was sent from the Tigers to the Yankees in a three team trade that also included Edwin Jackson being sent to the Arizona Diamondbacks. The Tigers are not interested in winning next year and picked up four real nice prospects in this trade.

The Yankees resign Andy Pettitte. The Yanks shelled out $11.75 million dollars for one year to keep Pettitte on the roster. I for one think this is a bit steep considering Pettitte is a middle of the rotation guy at best, but if anyone is gonna overpay its the Yankees.

The BCS continues to be unreasonable. I hate to burst the bubble but more and more its looking very improbable that we will ever see a BCS playoff.
BCS Executive Director Bill Hancock, on CBS College Sports Network Tuesday, suggested a college football playoff is simply too complex an idea for universities: "In reality it's very difficult if not impossible. Who plays? Where do you play? When do you play? And what's to be gained by it?"

A monkey could answer those questions. Who plays? The best teams. Where do you play? Where you already play, just host the playoff games at your current bowls. When do you play? At the end of the season sounds good. What's to be gained by it? Everything. Money, interest and legitimacy. The current system is a joke and so is that statement.