John Harper: Money talks, especially if Mel walks
Harper's hitting on all cylinders, even though a lot of them were mentioned previously in this blog. That's how obvious it was.

George has never shown the guy the respect he deserves. He's tried to trade him a couple of times, and has fawned over Boomer, who Pettite probably considers a Neanderthal slob. All Pettite has done is win since he arrived, and he's never embarrassed the team. And it's not like there are a slew of lefties of his caliber out there to be had.