With Robinson Cano signing a 10-year, $240 million contract with the Seattle Mariners, Jay Cowit and David A. Arnott discuss what professional athletes owe themselves and each other in their contract negotiations. Plus, conversation about why it's the worst time in history to be a coach in a major league sport, and verisimilitude in video games.
Download MP3 (31:57)
More Reading
At first blush, Cano's deal looks pretty bad for the Mariners, especially during the second half of the deal, but Jonah Keri explained on Grantland why it makes all kinds of sense for this particular team to make this particular signing. Besides: he's a good enough hitter to switch to first base after age 35 and still provide some value, the way Rod Carew did.
Here's Minor League Ball's retrospective look at Curtis Granderson's career that Jay cited. Fangraphs has a particularly rosy outlook on the signing.
Yahoo posted the definitive blow-by-blow description of the deterioration of Jason Kidd's relationship with Lawrence Frank.
One of the Golden State Warriors' signature plays under Mark Jackson was described as The Elevator Doors by Mike Prada, who broke it down for SB Nation.
Deadspin posted video of what happens when you curse a lot while playing NBA 2K14 on the next-generation consoles.
It appears NCAA 14 fans were in for a treat in future iterations of the game, but now that the line's been discontinued, we're unlikely to see what designer Alex Howell told Kotaku was going to be a series of RPG-style additions.
The Creamy Middles Podcast is a weekly discussion attacking the belly issues of sports -- ideas that go beyond wins and losses. Jay Cowit usually produces it, though David may occasionally step in. Music is either royalty-free, by J. Cowit and the Ruthless Orchestra, or 29 Sunset. Subscribe in iTunes or in another podcatcher with this RSS feed.