This Week's Top 10 MLB Takeaways

10) Derrek Lee was the only thing keeping Lou Pinella even marginally interested in the Cubs

9) As the Stephen Strasburg injury showed, the Nationals just can't have nice things

8) Vin Scully shocked the baseball world by announcing that after 61 years in broadcasting, he will come back for his 62nd

7) Matt Stairs set the all-time record for pinch hit home runs, which means that he has officially punched his ticket to Cooperstown

6) In related news, Jonathon Broxton entered a rehab clinic for treatment for symptoms of chronic depression

5) Mike Hampton signed a minor-league deal with the DiamondBacks, mostly for the medical benefits

4) The Yankees put Alex Rodriguez on the Disabled List, crushing their hopes of high attendance for his historic chase to career home run whatever

3) The Pirates lost nine out of ten, proving that the only thing holding the team together was Octavio Dotel

2) Rumors swirled around the idea that the Dodgers would waive Manny Ramirez, because they'd much rather give at bats to, seriously, Scott Podsednik

1) The Reds got a special one day out of infamy card for some guy named Pete Rose, so they can honor him for the 25th anniversary of the day when his Bataan-like death march to out-single Ty Cobb mercifully ended