Everyone loves to play GM.  If needed, you could find your team's solutions for all their problems at any bar, pub, tavern or various other names for your fine establishments.  These are not those solutions, these are off the wall, how many have you had, you cant be serious, are you Kevin McHale ideas.  Enjoy.

     Barry Bonds Signs with Yankees:  They obviously have the money, they have not made their trademark significant off season brinks truck give away to someone unworthy (A-Rod could go either way, but he was with them.)  He could DH, young Steinbrenner is itching to make his mark on the organization, what better way to impede Cashman's plans?  Well fire him I guess, but lets look closer.  Barry Bonds had a 480 OBP, higher than any Yankee.  His 28 homeruns would go up with the increase in quality pitches he would see with the protection in that lineup.  Also the short porch in right plays to his advantage considering Barry hasn't gone opposite field since 1999.  His presence in the order would increase fastballs to whomever hits in front of him, and force pitcher to go from the stretch to the batter behind him.  Not to mention the publicity it would take OFF A-Rod and the constant Giambi and Bonds tussles.  Instead of hounding A-Rod, the NY media would be all over Bonds, Balco, B-12 accusations, possible Roger Clemens links.  Just think, the greatest pitcher of our time, and the greatest homerun hitter of our time both facing steroid accusations and both played their last seasons in pin stripes.  Is this feasible, Sober people across America can all say no, but its young Hank that could be the undoing. 

     Roger Clemens to the Rangers:  I know I mentioned Clemens in the last crazy prediciment, but bear with me now.  Hard throwing right hander, long productive career, tons of strikeouts, live in Texas, pitched in New York and Houston, remind you of anyone?  Nolan Ryan ended his playing career in a Rangers uni (and is President, perhaps why this wont work) so Clemens could take on this blueprint.  The projected Rangers starting pithcers' ERAs of last year 26.89, nearly Clemens' s salary 28 million (pro rated 22 million.)  Seattle acquired Bedard, Angels got Torri Hunter, and the A's dealt Dan Haren (with Beane you can bet it will work out) so the Rangers need to make a splash (Jason Jennings was a decent move, but not one to the magnitude that the other teams in the division have made.)  And, the right hander can go out like Ryan.  Possible, once again I say no, but well there is no but.

    LeBron James Wears a Cleveland hat: In last year's playoffs, LBJ decided to put on a Yankee hat despite growing up in Ohio when the Indians hosted the Yanks.  If he is a Yanks fan, then he should don his Indians hat proudly and hope they take down the Tigers.  If that lineup gets to the postseason (assuming the Yankees deal with the devil when it comes to playoffs has not expired) then NY could be in for a Sixers-Knicks 40 point beatdown.  Then again, it didn't work out so well last year for NY to face Cleveland etiher, chances of LeBron wearing an Indians hat?  Not too high.

   Brad Lidge bouncing back:  New scenery, new division, new spacious ball park, but unfortunately has been injured.  Will face two big hitting first basemen in Texiera and Delgado.  The positives, he won't see Pujols as much.  And the Philly fans don't care what happened to him in Houston, but  blown saves of that magnitude in this town and the fans will make what Pujols did to him look silly.  However, he gets to face a Marlins team with fresh faces that don't know his tips yet.  A National's team that has Zimmerman and not too much else, and as for the Braves and Mets, well Pujols isn't on the roster.  Ryan Howard is on his side, and he knows if he fails now he faces a much tougher crowd, hello motivation. 

   Chicago Cubs prevail:  Not taking a stab at the cubbies.  They won the division and added a great potential player in Fukudome.  Outside of the Brewers, the teams in the division looked a bit weaker than last year (no Astros, Tejada will not save the day.  Not a bad addition, but ask Baltimore how he worked out.  And you did lose a pretty good second baseman.)  The Pirates aren't quite ready to take down Chicago and the Reds won't last either.  Soriano is becoming a betterleadoff and DLee will enjoy that 3-4-5 lineup more than anyone if it happens.  Marquis and Leiber hope to revive their careers while Lilly and Zambrano want to show why they are worth the money.  Nontheless these are still the Cubs and sad to say but Dempster may have jinxed them. 

Well there are some random, make you think, not gonna happen but wouldn't it be wild situations.  I wasn't intoxicated when I conjured up these off-the-wall recipes.  Any that I  missed please let me know.