February 20, 2008
Kim-Plausible
The Pirates sign Byung-Hyun Kim to a major league contract. They're looking to use him as a reliever, although I don't see any way this improves the team. I suppose putting Kim on the mound is better than having to forfeit games because there's no one else to send out to be shelled. Kim has not pitched well since the 2003 season.
Maybe MLB could give an assist to pitching-poor small-market teams by allowing them to just put an Iron Mike on the mound if necessary. They'd save quite a bit of money, and the results wouldn't be much worse than pitching the likes of Kim, Matt Morris, Mark Redman, Odalis Perez, etc., etc., etc.