(10) Los Angeles Dodgers: It's pretty obvious that they were Jonesin' for the wrong Atlanta Braves mainstay when they parted with $14.7 million. Andruw Jones, 31, carried a .162 average with 1 homer, 3 RBIs and 25 whiffs in 74 at-bats into the weekend, has looked chunky since arriving at spring training and has added less to the lineup thus far than a cymbals player in Nine Inch Nails. You would have thought L.A. might have taken the hint when the career .261 hitter fell off to.222 in his walk year. Meanwhile, Chipper Jones is tearing the cover off the ball for the Braves for $12.3 million.
And I'll throw in the one about Starbucks owner Howard Schulz too.
(1) Howard Schultz: The founder, chairman and CEO of Starbucks is suing to undo his sale of the Seattle SuperSonics to Clay Bennett's Oklahoma City group 21 months ago because he says he was fooled into believing the NBA club would remain in the Pacific Northwest. The suit asks that the club be held in trust until an "honest buyer" can be found. I know Bennett said at the time and in several instances since that the Sonics would stay put, but let's not lose site of the fact that it's now his company and he should be able to run it as he sees fit, although honoring the last two years of the Seattle lease would be nice. Schultz should be focusing on Starbucks, which has seen its stock price plunge by more than 50 percent in the last year, and be grateful no one has sued him for charging for Wi-Fi access in his stores on top of $4.50 for a cup of coffee. God bless Dunkin' Donuts.
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