'Duk's Dozen is a heaping morning serving of baseball items, links and takes ? designed to keep you warm all offseason long.
1. After a decade in which he brought them a win and save in the World Series, a perfect game and a no-hitter, I think some Chicago White Sox fans would be relatively OK with Mark Buehrle chasing free-agent fortune elsewhere. Especially if it came with his homestate St. Louis Cardinals, a team he's always been interested in joining.
But pulling a reverse Ron Santo and heading north to join the Chicago Cubs, a move that has become more of a�possibility after reports that Buehrle has been contacted multiple times by the crosstown rivals? Well, it goes without saying that it'd be the opposite side of the city he'd be making happy. After a decade of pitching against the Cubs ? he holds a 5-4 record with a 2.86 ERA in 13 career games against them ? North Siders know exactly what they'd be getting.�View From The Bleachers
2. Upset White Sox fans can comfort themselves by reading a Hall of Fame blog conceit: Hot stove news presented in the format of Homer's frogurt scene.�South Side Sox
3. Our own Tim Brown asks the question: Is it possible that the nine years and $225 million that the Miami Marlins reportedly offered Albert Pujols will stand up as his best offer? That seems like crazy money now, but I say never underestimate the power of an early December impulse buy. �Yahoo! Sports
4. Sandy Alderson says he won't start any conversations about trading David Wright. But he won't stop anyone if they want to bring it up.�Mets Blog
5. The Padres, Marlins and Orioles have already announced uniform changes. Next in line are the Toronto Blue Jays, who are expected to unveil their new look this week. �Tao of Stieb
6. Mark Saxon asks if the Angels are publicly flirting with C.J. Wilson just so they can drive the price up for the team that eventually signs him. That's not unheard of, though it's hard to believe that Jerry Dipoto would spend his first days as GM running such a ruse.�ESPN LA
7. Player reviews written in the style of "The Golden Bough"? Will McDonald may have just started the latest craze in the baseball blogosphere.�Royals Review
8. Lost in the good juju created by the return of Baltimore's cartoon bird was the fact that the team is jettisoning the ornithologically correct bird from their caps. It was a classy logo, sure, but the cartoon bird is the cartoon bird.�The Loss Column
9. Heath Bell is keeping all of his options open, but really wants a three-year deal. That will likely mean a cross-country move for he and his family.�Union-Tribune
10. Matt Kemp's mega deal probably means that there will probably not be a Steve Jobs-like "and one more thing" moment (i.e. Fielders, Pujols) this season. LA Times
11. Matt Kemp and the Hollywood Temptations sounds like a great name for a band. Or at least a pulp novel. Vin Scully Is My Homeboy
12. Wendy's apparently had as much faith in Chipper Jones to successfully deliver a line in a 1998 commercial as Pepsi did Sammy Sosa.�Tomahawk Take
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