Pat Gillick takes a giant bite out of an almost comically large Cuban sandwich.  ”Who knew that they make Cuban sandwiches in the Domincan Republic…..this is d…m.m…”  Gillick trails off as pulls a pickle out of his lunch and inspects it.  ”It is ironic, don’t you think Sal?”   (more…)

Where were you guys on that one.  And on’t just say, “You’re the internet, you’re supposed to keep us informed.”  Well apparently any information I could have passed on or–let’s be honest–made up, wouldn’t have done the “26″-year-old Cespedes justice.

In what will hopefully become commonplace in the business side of baseball, Cespedes shot an introductory video featuring his skills–both impressive (speed, power) and useless (catching a ball behind his head, twice)–and included a shout out to Ahman Green and a bloody pig carcass about be cooked over a fire.

All right.

You have Ruben Amaro’s attention. (more…)