* Great article on football injuries, passed to me by pal Aaron Schatz of Football Outsiders. It's a brutal sport.

* Play nice in comments. I don't like policing them - and won't for long - so let's keep it civil.

* Carlos Delgado should be signed by next week. The Marlins have the best offer on the table money-wise, Baltimore wants to make a free agent splash, and Texas is the best fit. Baltimore's also optimistic that they can pry Aubrey Huff loose from Tampa.

* Texas wants Delgado but won't go near the public asking price. There's room for compromise. It's unclear just how connected a Delgado signing and Alfonso Soriano trade (to the Astros?) would be.

* The Astros will be players for Mike Cameron. They could, in effect, be trading Carlos Beltran and prospects for Cameron, certainly not an ideal scenario. The Tigers will also be players for the ex-Met, ex-Mariner while the D-Backs will go another direction.

* Lew Wolff, the probably new owner of the A's, will be in Scottsdale this week for the owners meetings. He'll meet with the ownership committee and likely get the nod to start the purchase process. Mark Attanasio is expected to get fiinal approval on the Brewers sale finally. Expect Oakland to make a brief intense push to move to San Jose. If that fails, there may be a race to Las Vegas between the A's and Marlins. Oscar, start building.

* If Lew, or anyone, is going to be in Scottsdale this week and wants to talk some baseball, drop me an email.