Lost Time Is Not Found Again is what the MPS blog crew has been reading today.

+ LeBron James on Barack Obama’s victory. {The Sporting Blog.}

+ Amare Stoudemire is floppin’ like it’s hot. Against Travis Diener, no less. {You Been Blinded.}

+ An interview with the guy that had his car flipped after the Phillies won the World Series. {Big League Stew.}

+ UNC is No. 1 in NCAA basketball land. So who is the competition for No. 2? {Basketball Prospectus.}

+ Non-sports: In search of the first puppy. {New York Times.} Sarah Palin, about as dense as you’d think. {Cajun Boy.}

Quotable:

“Banks are crumbling, car dealers are disappearing, you can’t find a Circuit City in the state of Georgia anymore, home values are falling faster than Hank Steinbrenner’s credibility and yet teams are lining up to pay Sabathia millions in a long-term contract when history tells us that doing that with a starting pitcher is one of the worst things that a team can do with its money.

Sabathia may be a great guy. In fact, he is a great guy. Everybody likes CC. Easy going, a good teammate, doesn’t complain, takes the mound, wins plenty. And we know he’s the best pitcher to hit free agency since … who? Daisuke Matsuzaka, maybe? Pedro Martinez before the 2005 season? Mike Mussina back in ‘01? (Johan Santana, remember, never made it to free agency.)”

But $100 million-plus in a long-term deal is, to put it too kindly, not smart.” – John Donovan of Sports Illustrated on CC Sabathia