The all-star game is concluded, and you know what that means — my two day break from fantasy baseball is officially over. So I head over to my fantasy league page to set my lineup for the next few days, and see if Sean has responded to my latest trade offer (he hasn’t). And what do I find? A Yahoo Sports bulletin alerting me to the latest Pedro Martinez news:

Martinez passed his physical, and a deal is expected to be reached soon with the Phillies, MLBtraderumors.com reports.

A bell goes off. I used to write for MLB Trade Rumors, as did most of the contributors to this site, and I know that MLBTR doesn’t often do reporting. MLBTR writers watch their RSS feeds like hawks and post links to stories that real reporters write. Most of their material comes from the Ken Rosenthals, Buster Olneys, and Tony Massarottis of the world. So a site like Yahoo should seldom cite MLBTR as a source.

I go over to MLBTR to see who their source was. Here’s what I find:

4:41pm:  Pedro Martinez passed his physical with the Phillies and is expected to sign a deal with the defending World Champions soon, according to Yahoo’s Gordon Edes.

Yahoo is giving credit to MLBTR for a news report, when their own reporter is the one with the scoop! I’m not sure what this says about sports journalism, or about MLBTR’s popularity. I’m sure it says something. But it’s late and I’ve had a couple of beers. So I’ll leave it to you to draw your own conclusion.

First Coley noticed that Adam Jones was apparently asleep in his Yahoo! Sports headshot. Now, thanks to the sharp eyes of Paul, we can all see that Chris Duncan doesn’t look so hot either:

You know what we need, dude? We need some FUNYUNS! Duuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuude!

Yahoo! fantasy “expert” Brandon Funston (whose teams always seem to finish last) weighs in this week on Prince Fielder and his lack of power this season:

Folks, I hear your concerns about Fielder’s new vegetarian lifestyle. Last year’s 50-home run hitter has just six long balls through 43 games this season. Milwaukee doesn’t employ a dietician on staff, like some teams, but you’d think that that would have been the first thing they would have done when they heard their prize slugger had sworn off dead animals.

That’s one way to look at it. Me, I think the Brewers might have investigated hiring a dietician the day they drafted a 280-pound first baseman (Prince is listed at 260, but who are we kidding?). Prince’s new diet shouldn’t be cause for concern, it should be cause for celebration. True, his power numbers are down slightly, but there’s no reason to think it has anything to do with his diet. Ryan Howard’s numbers are terrible. As recently as last week he had the lowest batting average in baseball. Are we blaming his struggles on his diet?

If Prince starts dating Jessica Simpson, then there will be cause for concern. But eating more vegetables is a good thing.