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Like plastic surgery, free agent pitching can be a risky investment.  Especially since you can't air brush an ERA.

Pure Fightmaster's Fodder here as we examine a few pixels of the big picture.

CC to SF? May not be BS.

The Giants are reportedly going to offer CC Sabathia a deal somewhere in the neighborhood between the 6 year $100 million deal the Brewers put forth, and the gargantuan 6 year $140 million plus deal the Yankees have tendered.  Sources say Sabathia will not respond to any offers until after Thanksgiving.  Let's hope the tryptophan knocks him out until he signs with the Yankees.  Yeah, I have been swayed on CC. 

To paraphrase Damon Bruce, KNBR's Sportsphone 680 host, the Giants signing Sabathia would be analogous to Pamela Anderson augmenting a certain portion of her upper torso.  To put it bluntly, the Giants are stacked with pitching, and signing CC would result in an odd combination of young additives, older pieces and two giant boobs flaunted about to distract you from the rest of the cosmic disaster that is the Giants offense.

This off-season should be about one thing; hitters.  And the Giants mindset should be Teixeira or bust.  Please, none of this Rafael Furcal or Edgar Renteria nonsense.  Did you know Rafael Furcal is actually Spanish for Nomar Garciapara, which I believe is Italian for warning, don't sign me.

Chase Utley is out until at least May following hip surgery, and former Giant Pedro Feliz will too be going under the knife.  How will the Philies cope with the loss of Utley's bat in their lineup?  Probably okay.  As Giants fans may find shocking, the Phills employ several major league hitters (yes, it is allowed), and the slack should be picked up fairly well by the likes of Ryan Howard, Jimmy Rollins, and Shane Victorino, for starters.                

Mike Mussina officially announced his retirement Thursday.  Is he a Hall of Famer?  Are there stupid questions? The answers are yes and yes (with a caveat about stupid people's proclivity to ask the stupid questions).

The Moose and his daunting knuckle-curve amassed a career mark of 270 wins against 153 losses.  The Stanford alumn also pitched in a puny hitter's park, Camden Yards, for nine of his first ten seasons with the Orioles.  He eventually fled Baltimore for the greener pastures of New York and continued to masterfully quiet the big bats and large payrolls of the American League East.  He also displayed his dominance in a era dominated by hitters and clouded with steroids.  And if his career mark of 117 games above five hundred isn't enough, he did all that while maintaining a lifetime ERA of 3.68 and struck out 2,813 batters.  Furthermore, of the 16 pitchers who were at least 100 games over 500 in their careers and are eligible for the HOF, all 16 are already in the HOF.  That's a pretty long answer to a dumb question, isn't it?