While rummaging around our respective living rooms and getting ready for Christmas morning, we found some gifts for the following under the tree...

Bert Blyleven: A phone call from the President of the Baseball Writers Association of America on January 12th

Bobby Grich and Dwight Evans: More Rob Neyers in the BBWAA

Ron Santo: A rookie year before 1943

The Steinbrenners: More taxpayer money

Toronto Blue Jays and Baltimore Orioles: A chance to play in another division

Scott Boras: A one-year deal with the St. Paul Saints for Jason Varitek

Alan Trammell: Back-flips and cartwheels

Tim Raines: Mandatory BBWAA continuing education reading containing http://raines30.com/ on the syllabus

Jim Rice: Fear Strikes Out

BBWAA: More objectivity in voting for the Hall of Fame and fewer moral judgments

Mark McGwire: See above

Marty Brenneman: A grip

C.C. Sabathia: Continued post-season excellence from your Red Sox admirers

Los Angeles Angels: That Boston might be satisfied with football and basketball championships

Matt Holliday: A one-way airplane ticket to the city of your choice on July 31, 2009

Manny Ramirez: A third year

Paul DePodesta: A second chance in a town sans Bill Plaschke and TJ Simers

Phil Hughes: An invitation to Andy Pettitte's retirement party

Mark Teixeira: A Central Park West high rise (in lieu of an oceanfront view in Newport Beach)

Bud Black: A better managerial situation in your next life

Boston Red Sox: Better money market rates for all that unused cash

The Giants, Padres, Diamondbacks and Rockies: A care package from the Dodgers for being worse than they were

Roger Clemens: A do-over

Chicago Cubs: No more Blago dealings

Frank Wren and John Schuerholz: No more Arn Tellem dealings

Rickey Henderson: A Hall of Fame speech in the first person

Theo Epstein: A Will Clark impersonation by Lars Anderson sooner rather than later

Bud Selig: A Farmer's Almanac

Marvin Miller: R-E-S-P-E-C-T from the very players he turned into multi-millionaires

Ryan Howard: More Tom Boswells

Joe Mauer: More Joe Posnanskis

Baseball Fans Everywhere: More Joe Posnanskis

Baseball Analysts Readers: Our sincerest gratitude for checking in with us over the past year