Slow learners

Whilst we're on the topic of baseball owners and management, it would seem that there are several of them out there who are, as a Florida baseball buddy of mine would say, not the sharpest knives in the drawer.

Despite him having left the Yankees under a cloud and despite him having wriggled his way out of his contract in Pittsburgh, the Angels decided, on May 29, that the notoriously unreliable and turbulent Raul Mondesi would be a great addition to their ballclub.

Two months later and, oh, quelle surprise, the Angels have terminated Mondesi's contract, after he failed to show up for a rehab assignment.

Maybe Mondesi is the ace that Mets GM Jim Duquette has up his sleeve ;-)