It's Election Day!

"Shave your beard and go vote again."

No, that was yesterday! Today is Matsuzaka deadline day, in which the teams have until 3 PM to offer bushels of money to a team named the Seibu Lions. I'm told it's going to come down to something like $30 million from one of the New York teams, Boston, Chicago, or Crazy Tom Hicks, but also that we're not going to know the winner for days or weeks, just like the Virginia Senate election. I'm thinking I'd much rather go with the unknown and possibly outstanding Japanese pitcher than known regressor Barry Zito, who's been playing in a pitchers park with great defense, curveball not withstanding. But of course we could be looking at another Contreras here. What clever epithet will Larry Luchiano think of next?

Here's Faster Than A Shark's special Matsuzaka Anticipation Playlist EP:

• Mystery Dance - Elvis Costello
• Mystery Train - Elvis Presley
• The Murder Mystery - The Velvets

You get the idea. I do not know what is going to happen.