Henry Blanco, the backup catcher for the Chicago Cubs the last 4 years, had tragedy visited upon his family when the body of his brother was found yesterday in Venezuela. Carlos Simon Blanco Sanchez was kidnapped Sunday and was being held for a ransom of 200 million Venezeualan Bolivares, which comes out to approximately $93 million. I don’t know what they think backup catchers make down there in Venezuela, but according to baseball-reference, Blanco has for his entire 11 year career made about $12.5 million, so I don’t understand how they could expect him to come up with that sum.
Next time kidnappers, just make a quick stop over at baseball-reference. That’s baseball-reference.com for ALL your kidnapping ransom needs.
The New York Giants are nothing but targets right now it seems. Plax shoots himself, Steve Smith got robbed last week and so, intrepid reporters are talking to the rest of the Giants to see how the players handle their own security. Take Brandon Jacobs, the 6’4″, 264 lb behemoth who loves to run over linebackers and safeties who 
Rickey Henderson is on the Hall of Fame ballot for the first time and is an absolute lock on getting in, so in honor of him, I thought I’d present my three most favorite Rickey Henderson moments, trivia and minutia.
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