Incogzito!

THE SAN FRANCISCO GIANTS have decided to lavishly overpay for the services of Barry Zito for the next seven, perhaps eight, seasons.

Winners:
Barry Zito ($)
Scott Boras ($)
Omar Minaya ($ not wasted)

Losers:
Brian Sabean ($ wasted)
NY Sports Dog (proven definitively to be a fraud)
Greenwich Village (open mic nights/apparel shops)

We move on.

An Addendum to the Sports Doggy Pledge

WE ALSO PLEDGE here at NY Sports Doggy that we will not visit NY teams sites such as NYFS, read people's posts, and pawn off their ideas as rumor. We've seen this practice employed in the past, and people keep falling for it. We won't give you the chance to do so at the Sports Doggy. We respect our readers - you the fans - all too much.

Six a Crowd?

BREAKING NEWS out of Houston. Our premier Lone Star source, the insider who broke the Carlos Lee signing for those of you who remember, just sent an "urgent" text message to the Sports Doggy. He's discovered the relationship between Drayton McLane and Roger Clemens has "against all odds, reached the stage of irreconcilable differences." While we know that Brian Cashman and Randy Levine are still "exploring every potential option to upgrade the rotation and are ruling nothing out," will they be able to convince Joe Torre to switch to a six man rotation? According to our sources, any move by Clemens away from his family in Houston is contingent upon the team switching to a six man rotation, a move to which Torre is firmly opposed. Might Torre soften this stance in light of Clemens' fallout with Drayton? Stay tuned.

Well, it's not Sammy

WE'RE HEARING BUZZ coming out of South Florida that Bernard Gilkey has personally contacted Tony Bernazard and asked to be considered for a Spring Training invitation. Gilkey hasn't put on a uniform since 2001, but our source informs us that "Tony didn't exactly hang up and dismiss the idea as absurd." I wonder what Lance Johnson is up to these days?

Weaver to try New York...again?

FILE THIS ONE under, well, interesting. A highly placed source within our Boston metro area network has heard rumblings of Jeff Weaver coming back to New York City, this time to pitch for its Senior Circuit resident. Needless to say, we expressed our skepticism to our source and pressed him for details. "With the exception of Steve Trachsel, the Mets are in on any arm that has experienced any success at the major league level." He goes on to say that the Mets "no longer view Zito as a forgone conclusion" and might be starting to get into "Kevin Appier (c. 2000) offseason panic mode." We'll be sure to keep you updated on this fascinating (?) development.

Suppan to the Crew?

JOHN DELCOS over at The Journal News is now confirming what we had reported to you earlier today: Jeff Suppan is set to agree to a 4 year, $40 million contract with Doug Melvin's Brewers, pending a last minute counter offer from another NL Central team. Conventional wisdom had suggested that Suppan would wait for the Zito ashes to clear, but our sources deep in the heart of Wisconsin and those close to the Scott Leventhal camp suggested otherwise.

About that slow rumbling...

Something might be coming at some point in the future.

Stay tuned. We'll keep you updated.