The saga of Dougie's Baseball continues: now that the Sox have had it for a year, they want to keep it. EDIT: In the comments, Bubblemint links to this article on the whereabouts of the World Series balls from 1990- to the present. (Hint: Mostly, with the guy who caught the darned thing.)

Meanwhile, the Twins are allegedly pursuing Luis Castillo. EDIT and more from the Strib. Also, according to the same article, they're looking at Darth Thomas, to which Batgirl begs them to stay away from the Dark Side. As the old saying goes, "We need a pitcher, not a belly itcher..." and "We need a hitter, not an injury-prone attitude problem on the career decline."

Oh, and the Twins want to give Cuddy a new position.

SI's Rumors page says that the Royals have offered Li'l Sweetcheeks a sweet four year deal, sourcing the PiPress. The PiPress also said that the Cards were interested in JJ, because Missouri hearts Jacque Jones. (Or at least Jacque Jones's agent hearts Missouri...)

And finally, Juan "Boo" Rincon is auctioning off items to help buy baseball equipment for kids in Venezuela. If that helps produce future Juan Rincon or El Presidente, I say no bid is too high.