I’m available for stock tips as well

In what surely must rank as one of the most ingenious draft-day choices since the ascent of Sam Bowie to the NBA, I actually paid several dollars for the pitching services of a guy who used to be Carl Pavano.

If only I’d been able to harness such foresight in 2002-2003 to clarify the rationale for an invasion of Iraq, I’d still be earning pleasant returns from, say, a regular column in The Washington Post, where I could talk about all sorts of other shit with an equivalent depth of comprehension.

…Supplement [SL]; Neyer: “Yes, I picked the Indians to win the Central. And yes, when I picked the Indians, I knew they were relying on Pavano to win a dozen or so games this season. No, I don’t bet real money on my predictions.”