The Walk-Off: Masahiro Tanaka’s status still up in the air; D-backs aren’t done yet
The Walk-Off is your end-of-the-day collection of news and gossip from the world of baseball, plus the best of the blogosphere and other assorted goodness.
IMPORTANT: MLB is moving forward with new posting system, but it's still unclear whether Japanese star Masahiro Tanaka will come to America for the 2014 season. [Yahoo Sports]
GOSSIP: After getting Mark Trumbo, the Arizona Diamondbacks aren't done yet. They're determined to add a front-line starter before leaving the winter meetings. [MLB.com]
GOOD READ: The Rays will deal David Price, the question is when. The Mariners are still the most likely destination. [Tampa Bay Times]
GOSSIP: Red Sox have pulled out of Matt Kemp trade talks. [@JonHeymanCBS]
COMING UP: Home-plate collisions will be discussed Thursday in front of the Playing Rules Committee. Some think a ban might be coming. [MLB.com]
THE CARDINAL WAY: St. Louis skipper Mike Matheny wants to help newly signed Jhonny Peralta "move on" from PED controversy. [MLB.com]
TRADE REACTION OF THE DAY: With apologies to Adam Eaton, Twitter funny man/new Rockies pitcher Brett Anderson wins. [@BrettAnderson49]
Peyton Manning and I are going to become best friends...fact.
— Brett Anderson (@BrettAnderson49) December 10, 2013
Excited for a fresh start with the Rockies...I bet I look good in purple. — Brett Anderson (@BrettAnderson49) December 10, 2013
SHENANIGANS: Ranking the MLB managers by handsomeness. [Hardball Talk]
BLAST FROM THE PAST: We ranked MLB's GMs by sexiness last year. [Yahoo Sports]
LOOK AT THIS: The left-field wall in Wrigley without ivy. [Reddit]
QUOTE OF THE DAY: I learned it from watching you, Jim Leyland. [@amandarykoff]
McClendon jokes about learning from Leyland: "I've learned how to smoke cigars in my underpants." #Mariners
— Amanda Rykoff (@amandarykoff) December 10, 2013
GOOD READ(S): Baseball writer Roger Angell won the J. G. Taylor Spink Award, earning him recognition in the Hall of Fame. Read some of his best work. [The New Yorker]
WINNERS: MLB announced the winner of its annual GIBBY Awards on Tuesday — that's Greatness in Baseball Yearly Awards. [MLB.com]
GOSSIP: The Astros are interested in Joba Chamberlain, Michael Morse, Jesse Crain and Chad Gaudin. Go, Astros, go. Spend that money. [MLB Trade Rumors]
NEWS: Ryan Zimmerman will play some first base for the Nats in 2014. [Washington Post]
WATCH THIS: Yasiel Puig playing baseball with kids again. [Vine]
RECREATION: Matt Kemp and his ankle brace limp into the Staples Center to see Jay-Z in concert. That's one way to tune out trade rumors. [Terez Owens]
ICYMI: Mark Mulder is attempting a comeback after being retired three years. [Yahoo Sports]
IMPORTANT: Baseball stars name-checked by rapper Action Bronson, ranked by their career fWAR. Bless you, people of the Internet. [Reddit]
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