We did with Nakajima what we should have done with Darvish

Yesterday, we learned the Yankees offered Japanese SS Hiroyuki Nakajima a mere $1 million, beer and chips money, which is like offering Meryl Streep the caboose role on Human Centipede 3. Naka said nada, and we hung up. We keep the $2 million fee that would have gone to his plantation owner - I mean team. He'll play another year in Japan, then come over as a regular free agent.

Seems to me, we could have done the same with Yu Darvish.

In fact, we should have. This crappy US-Japan posting system needs to go the way of Windows 98. We'd do Bug Selig a favor if, next time a stud Japanese player sashays down the stairs in his coming out kimono, we bid $100 million for the rights, then send a Christmas card saying, "Next year, amigo."

It would have been especially sweet with Darvish, because it would drill Texas smack in its oil fields. We'd lose nothing, and they would have no replacement for CJ Wilson. They'd hate us. But what's the difference? They hate us now.

Of course, that would be playing hardball, right? That would break the unspoken agreements, eh? We barely even bid on Darvish. Can someone whisper "collusion?"