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

+ Video of a double alley-oop in high school boys basketball that everyone threw up on their site yesterday. I remain unconvinced that this is that cool. {Ballhype.}

+ Forbes’ 2009 most valuable sports teams. {Moondog Sports.}

+ MDS takes the New York Times to task on its MMA coverage. {FanHouse.}

+ Marat Safin showed up to the Australian open with some beat-up eyes. {Simon On Sports.}

+ Non-sports: There is a Butt Hole Road sign in England. This is its story. {New York Times.} Ranking the entire Beatles song catalogue. {Jamsbio.}

Quotable:

“Pujols signed his current contract — a 7-year, $100 million deal — before the 2004 season started. One assumes that much of this extension speculation is being spurred by the $180 million deal that Mark Teixeira just signed with the Yankees. The two are the same age, play the same position and hold the same kind of value to their teams. As some Post-Dispatchers argue, if the Cardinals are intent on making Pujols a Cardinal-for-life, why not do it now before someone tops Tex’s contract and drives Albert’s price even higher?

But at the same time, Pujols deferred much of the money from his current contract under the assumption that the Cards would be able to add more valuable pieces around him. That really hasn’t happened — a fact that GM John Mozeliak is getting hammered over — but wouldn’t giving Pujols $200 million this spring completely cripple any roster mobility? If Pujols is really serious about winning, then isn’t it best for both sides to just cool their jets on an extension, even if it’s just until after the 2009 season?” – ‘Duk