Jayson Stark's new Rumblings and Grumblings column addresses where Lance might play next year:
One Old Friend:
"What he wanted to have happen was to go have a two- or three-month intermission in New York and then go back to Houston. But I don't see that happening. So I don't even know if he'll be playing next year, unless Nolan [Ryan] thinks he's a fit in Texas. I don't think he wants to venture too far from Texas, to be honest. So I don't know. I don't think money will be a major issue. It would have to be the right fit. So he may just pull the plug."
Stark:
We know the three teams he told the Astros he'd go to before the trading deadline were the Yankees, Red Sox and Rays.
We didn't come out here to play tiddlywinks, son.
-Hal Smith
