"Sometimes the best deal is the one you don't make.

I forget the name of the general manager who originally uttered that oft-quoted adage.

I often wonder, though, what that GM thought when he looked at the lineup card in July and saw Chris Shelton listed at first base.

But, yikes! Nine years? At $214 million?

Goodnight, sweet Prince. And here's to living happily ever-after.

There is no way that the Texas Rangers were going to spread $214 million over nine seasons for the free-agent services of first baseman Prince Fielder."