Six Degrees...

David Pinto's latest BaseballMusings post about Insurance, points us to Rob Neyer's article, "Pudge, Maddux Not Exactly Bargains," which points us to Bill Madden's article "Get Off Mets' Back."

Pinto sums it up as follows:

So it may not be smarter GM's or owners or collusion that's causing the soft free-agent market. It may just be that insurers are unwilling to take on the risk. Who would have thought it?