With all due respect to Bean, the winner of any trade is the team that gets the best player. And even when considering the very legitimate injury concerns that come with Rich Harden, he's clearly the best player in this trade.

As summer switches into high gear and temperatures across the country begin to rise, The Leak is creating new and innovative ways to keep you indoors and save you from those nasty CO2 emissions, twilight dinners with the in-laws and the neighborhood Cougar who simply should not be wearing that skimpy of a bathing suit.

Theories are abound on why Big Brown finished ninth and last in the Belmont Stakes. They range from possible physical problems concerning the horse to the blame game involving the trainer and jockey. I believe 18th Century German physicist Georg Cristoph Lichtenberg had it right: "Some theories are good for nothing except to be argued."

Even after that monumental collapse, not all is bad in LALA land. At the very least, the Lakers are going to be really good next year.

The Cardinals infield is awful, and Pujols being out doesn't help things. In more positive news (I think), Izzy's coming back.

I realize these things — beanballs and imperialism — are all part of the American way, but some traditions are just really, really bad and need to end. Using implements of destruction — specifically a baseball at 85 MPH, or a missile — to send some kind of message to your opponent is ridiculously dangerous for the game of baseball and the country.

6/2-6/8 sports week in review. Good read, lots of different topics - The Leak 3.0: A Belmont shocker, Jones goes abstinent, Becker (hearts) Nadal, Ozzie's F-bombs and a one-legged Tiger on the prowl

Cardinals fans, we must unite in our support of the Fighting Walrus. Details inside.

More and more this Vinny Del Negro hiring seems to be getting positive reaction. We'll see how it works out, I guess.

This NBA Finals doesn't have the same feel of the Magic v Bird era. Oh, and btw, this isn't a rivalry either.

St. Louis takes 'The Walrus' Brett Wallace in the first round. Insert Beatles reference here.

NBA Finals preview. Descriptions must be at least 150 characters, just saying.

Will a tenth title cement Phil Jackson's spot as the greatest NBA coach of all time.

Good take on the Kenny Williams v Ozzie Guillen 'feud'. Hug it out, bitches.

MLB power rankings with notes on each team. I wouldn't put the Rays #2, but it's hard to argue with too much of this one.