Sorry for the lack of updates here, but it’s been busy around the house with Christmas coming and I’m still just halfway through A House for Mr. Biswas (although far enough along to decide that his problems are largely of his own making). If you haven’t seen my latest posts over at the Four-Letter, I broke down the Morrow-League and Vazquez-Melky trades, wrote a brief post on Fernando Rodney, and appeared on ESPN Radio’s AllNight on Wednesday morning.

I’ll be on ESPNEWS today at 2:40 pm EST and on ESPN Radio’s Baseball Tonight sometime between 10 and 11 pm EST.

Also, I’ve got a new blog post up on ESPN.com (for Insiders) on interesting non-tenders, as well as Colby Lewis, Jason Kendall, and the Rule 5 draft.

I’ve got a column up for Insiders with hypothetical Hall of Fame ballot, with seven names on it, a few of whom will probably still be waiting if and when I become eligible to vote.

Also, I’ll be on ESPNEWS today at 2:40 pm EST, topics still TBD.

I’ll be on ESPNEWS via phone just after the 2 pm announcement of the NL Cy Young award.

My notes column is up, leading off with a look at the reliever market and ending with a few lines on last night’s Top Chef episode.

I’m not sure I’ll get it done for tomorrow, but I’m hoping to have the Klaw 100 update ready for the morning.

I’ll be on ESPNEWS today at 2:40 pm EST.

Also, I wrote a fun piece on the American Basketball Association, focusing on some of the weirder and quirkier stories coming from the league’s history, for mental floss.

Mike and Mike this morning. Waiting for the Herd clip to post.

Division Series previews:

• Angels-Red Sox ALDS preview
• Yankees-Twins ALDS preview
• Cardinals-Dodgers NLDS preview
• Phillies-Rockies NLDS preview

Plus the eighth advance report, on theMinnesota Fundamentalists Twins. The Conversation is pretty hilarious – angry Twins fans wielding batting average and fielding percentage.

And two more mental_floss quizzes:

• Name the Top 12 Indo-European languages
• Name the runners-up in Presidential Elections since 1900

I’ll be on ESPNEWS today at 3:10 pm EDT. And yes, there will be a DC food post sometime soon.

My take on the NCAA’s latest anti-player/anti-agent move was posted yesterday morning. My on The Herd yesterday is also up. The transcript from Thursday’s chat is up, even though we suffered a bit of chattus interruptus, and once again the new chat software ate a question and double-posted some of my answers. Incidentally, when I highlighted Latos as “legit” among the sea of Padre suspects who’ve debuted this year, I didn’t mean to dismiss Kyle Blanks by omission.

And my blog entry on Ross Detwiler, Ian Desmond, and Chad Billingsley went up earlier today.

I’ll be on the Brian Kenny Show tonight at 9:24 pm, then on ESPNEWS via phone at 11:30 pm and 12:15 am, all times Eastern.

I’m looking for an intern for the first time and I’m opening this up to dish readers. I have access to a lot of data that I just don’t have the time or programming skills to store and process – database management was roughly where I got off the programming train – so if you have both the time and the skills and an interest in doing this kind of work, send a note to interns@meadowparty.com by this Saturday, August 8th. Be sure to include something describing your qualifications – it doesn’t have to be a formal resume, but whatever it is, make sure you proofread it first – and if you can provide a reference who can speak to the quality of your work, that would help. I’m expecting this to be just a handful of hours per week once the database is set up, but I’ll go into more details once I’ve got the list down to a few finalists.

(I’ll delete any emails to that address on any subject other than the internship. There are plenty of other ways to reach me if you have a question or comment on another subject.)

In other news, there will be no chat this week. Next chat will be Thursday the 13th.