But for now let's recap the moves of the past week

The team has the swagger part down; it’s just the beating the opponent part that’s troubling them. Mark Sanchezhas a prepared statement all set to go for his next postgame press conference on why he entered a hot dog eating contest at halftime of their game up in New England on Sunday. DisasterNets: The Nets are doing even worse than the Knicks and are planning to jump back to the ABA before they have a chance to go 0-82. They’re hoping to put a schedule together and play against the Spirits of St, Louis, San Diego Conquistadors, Virginia Squires, Memphis Tams, and Kentucky Colonels once again and regain their dominance in that defunct league. They play the Knicks on Saturday (if they can scrounge up enough players). Will the world explode if one of those teams actually wins the game This article is also featured on Hot Stove New York.

Stephen Strasburg must really not want to have people see him pitch on a national level.Strasburg missed the nationally televised Arizona Fall League Rising Stars game because of a strained neck muscle last month. Now he's going to miss his start on Saturday in the Arizona Fall League championship game.That game will be televised on the MLB Network as well.Strasburg will miss his start on Saturday because of a twisted left knee That just sounds painful.The No. 1 overall pick in the 2009 draft hurt his knee during a workout on Thursday. But don’t worry Washington Nationals fans (all five of you), the injury is not considered serious.When Strasburg hasn’t been injured in the Arizona Fall League, he has pitched pretty well. In five starts, Strasburg is 4-1 with a 4.26 ERA and 26 Ks in 19 innings for the Phoenix Desert Dogs.Of course, there will be some people out there who will say, “Oh great, the guy is injury prone.” Those people need to relax.This is no big deal.You can follow The Ghost of Moonlight Graham on Twitter theghostofmlg This article is also featured on The Ghost of Moonlight Graham. Welcome to another edition of Thaddeus' Tampa Bay Rays Offseason Report.

Each and every Friday, we're going to recap the moves, trades, signings, and other nonsense of the previous week in the wonderful world of Tampa Bay baseball; keeping you, Dear Reader, up to date with the team until Opening Day in April 2010 against the Baltimore Orioles.Today, Friday, Nov. 20, marks the first day of the most exciting part of winter: free-agent season. As of 12:01 am this morning, teams no longer have exclusive signing rights to their free-agents from 2009, and so the Hot Stove frenzy begins. Big names and big bucks will be flying around thenews wire over the next few months, and keep your browsers right here for all the Rays' transactions.As of today, the Rays have yet to re-sign any of their free-agents (major leaguers RP Chad Bradford, RP Jason Isringhausen, RP Troy Percival, RP Brian Shouse, RP Russ Springer, and C Gregg Zaun and minor leaguer RP Winston Abreu) but they have expressed interest in keeping Zaun on the team.Also, expect news of more bullpen help being brought in and at least one new catcher, with Dioner Navarro on the mend and slumping and Gregg Zaun testing the market, the backstop is the number one priority on the Rays' front office's mind.But for now, let's recap the moves of the past week.Nov 14, 2009: Signed RP R.J. Swindle to a minor league deal with Spring Training invitation.R.J. Swindle had been claimed by the Rays in August 2009 from the Brewers after they designated him for assignment, and he never threw a pitch; the Rays DFA'd him less than 24 hours later, where he was scooped up by the Cleveland Indians.