Where do you think that extra 10% comes from?

Stephen Colbert debates the baseball steroid controversy with...a formidable opponent.

Meanwhile Steve Goldman and Will Carroll discuss Nomah!'s health and viability for putting in a productive season.

The Nomah! thing may just be tabloid backpage ink fodder, but it has been one interesting event in an otherwise very dull (for Yankee fans) off season. Nomah! would be a rare example of creative thinking for an organization not known for it. While he's not asking for pocket change, $5 or $6 million for his kind of upside, not to mention bench strength the Yankees haven't had in this century, seems like a risk worth taking; certainly a better one than getting into a bidding war with the Red Hosed over Johnny Damon. In fact, are the Red Sox bluffing their interest in resigning Damon in order to force the Yankees into over paying/over committing, while the Sox snap up Jeremy Reed for a damaged goods pitcher?

Waiting in the wings with a consolation prize are the Mariners with Reed, who hit .254 as a rookie last year. The Mariners need pitching, and lost out on free agents Carl Pavano and Matt Clement last winter. Now, they are interested in trading Reed to the Yankees for Pavano, who has three years and $30 million left on his contract, or to the Red Sox for Clement, who has two years and about $17 million left. Those contracts seem like bargains since A.J. Burnett signed a five-year, $55 million contract with the Blue Jays, leaving free agents such as Jarrod Washburn, Kevin Millwood and Jeff Weaver in strong bargaining positions. All three are also Boras clients.

Since Reed is hardly a proven commodity, the Yankees, who have unproven Bubba Crosby at the top of their current depth chart, are not inclined to trade Pavano for him. If they can sign Damon, they would force the Red Sox to scramble to fill their center field vacancy.

Sure, the Red Sox would be scrambling. Scrambling right over to get a young player whose mediocre rookie season and left him in the discount bin.