moneyball’s bad-bodied catcher announced his retirement over the weekend.

also in the news: henry waxman’s not sure last week’s steroids hearing was all that necessary. if you didn’t think it was necessary, you shouldn’t have convened it. when you’re the chairman, that decision rests with you, not with clemens’ PR team.

also also in the news: carlos beltran thinks the mets are the team to beat in 2008. more to come on this prediction, the aptly dubbed “weekend at bernie’s II” boast.