Let's just say, for the sake of argument, that you perform badly at your job this year. Not just sort-of badly, but worse than any person in the history of your company. In fact, you have one of the thirteen worst performances in the history of your industry. Would you expect a raise? What about a $100,000 raise? And, again, for the sake of argument, let's say you got that raise. How motivated would you......

Your Seattle Mariners played their biggest series in four seasons this week. With a chance to overtake the first place Angels if they could win three games, the Mariners won zero games. They got outscored 24-8. Ever see that thing they do at the zoo where hippos eat pumpkins? It was like that. Much of the blame is gonna come down on Mariner manager John McLaren, who took the interesting step of using his worst......