The non-tender list is pretty interesting. Billy played contract roulette, the list isn't quite as long as some (including me) expected, and there's no real rush to sign some of the bigger but not big names out there suddenly. The threat of non-tenders to the free agent market looks to be bigger than the act. There's a lot of teams that could use a cheap Redman and several guys also are the type that fit well as backups or even starters for the right team. I'd take cheap flyers on guys like Wooten, Politte, Simon, Sandberg, Looper, Bland, and Petrick.

Bush is going to propose the taxation of wealth transfer and investment income go from progressive to non-existent, according to several sources, mostly Matthew Yglesias. As much as I like the idea personally (more money good!), regressive taxation and the lessening of the American work ethic worries me.

Best line of the day: My friend Blake Kirkman, doing research for STP on Eric Gagne said "he's not just good, he's Nintendo."