Wild Rumor of the Day: This one should make Steven Haskins at Fire Jim Tracy tingle ...

"One other potential wild card in the Mets' mix could be Los Angeles manager Jim Tracy," writes Mark Hale of the New York Post. "He is currently negotiating with the Dodgers on a new deal, but if talks fall apart, the Mets could take a look at the 49-year-old, who led L.A. to the NL West title this year."

Having conceded the likelihood that the Dodgers will re-sign Tracy, Haskins has said he will document his performance in the coming season: "We will cover the good, the bad, and the ugly -- though we expect mostly the latter two."

I think that Haskins has a real opportunity with his blog, if he can approach it objectively. A site devoted to keeping score of managerial moves - positive and negative, from setting the lineup to the bottom of the ninth, could be quite worthwhile. Managerial debates tend to boil down to the anecdotal - a systematic evaluation is rare indeed. Heck, I'd like to try it, but it's hard enough keeping this site going.

Perhaps, under close examination, Tracy really doesn't deserve the Dodger job. I certainly have pointed to moves he is made that seemed obviously wrong. On the other hand, there's a lot I think that he has done right, and his teams have contended each year with a mishmash of players. But my evaluation of Tracy is mostly subjective. If Haskins, or anyone, wants to really keep score on Jim Tracy, he'll get a daily reader out of me.

Maybe a point-counterpoint approach after each game would be the way to go. Just a thought.