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According to Flanagan, Joey Gathright's nicknames back in Mississippi are Bubba and Honey Bun. We doubt Honey Bun's teammates have any fun with that in the clubhouse.

The other night Greinke had a lead-off guy at third with no outs. The Greinkster got out of it, of course. We've seen him do that a number of times. In that situation, the runner probably scores more than 90 percent of the time. Somebody look up the percentage of runners Greinke has let score from third with no outs. We bet it's considerably better than the average.

Also, somebody look up TPJ's batting average with two strikes. We bet it's better than his otherwise awful average. You'd think that would tell him something about his general approach to hitting.

NOTE: If you do decide to tackle any of this research, there's a pink Big Donkeys halter-top in it for you, for Mother's Day.

We just don't get Teahen. He was absolutely money for three months two years ago -- totally locked in and DRIVING the ball. Now he's a dunker, walker and striker-outer. We have been WAITING for Moneyball to return to form, defending him against all naysayers, openly rooting for him to succeed, but we're to the point where we just don't think it's going to happen. It looks like Mark might be a nice bench guy for some team. We hope we're wrong. Right now, Moneyball's value is sinking faster than the U.S. Dollar.