Man, that never gets old, does it?

Yesterday, it became official that the New York Knicks are bigoted towards mediocre point guards who perform well above their ceiling because they’re playing in the perfect system for their rather limited skill set.

Jeremy Lin, who you’ll remember as the star of the 2011-12 season, was officially signed yesterday by the Houston Rockets, as the New York Knicks declined to overspend on a marketing star, but limited on-court player. Lin goes to a team, in Houston, with experience in the Chinese market thanks to Yao Ming. I fully expect Lin to be voted as an NBA All-Star. Perhaps even Tracy McGrady too.

–During this past offseason, the Kansas City Royals traded Melky Cabrera to the San Francisco Giants for pitchers Jonathan Sanchez and Ryan Verdugo. At the time, many (myself included) regarded this as a win for the Royals. They were acquiring a young lefty with really good stuff and a no-hitter under his belt.  Fast forward to July 18 and that trade looks lopsided, but not in the way anyone expected. Cabrera leads the Majors in hits and has put himself in a position to receive an enormous free agent contract after this season. Meanwhile, Sanchez was designated for assignment yesterday. And in a cruel twist for Royals fans, he was DFA’d so that they could promote Verdugo to make his MLB debut. Which he did. 1.2 IP, 6 ER.

–Boyz II Men sang about the “End of the Road” back in the early 90s. Little did we know that they were foreshadowing the 2012 Baltimore Orioles. For the first 3 months of the season, the Orioles were the darlings of the mainstream baseball writing world. Now? The Orioles are the second worst team in the American League in run differential. They’ve lost their “best” pitcher (Jason Hammel). They’ve lost 7 of their last 10 games. And they’ve surrendered 25 runs in the previous two games against the Twins.

–CC Sabathia and Roy Halladay are two of the best pitchers in baseball. I don’t know how long the list is, but they’re on it. Last night, they both returned from DL stints and did so with the results you’d expect from each.  Sabathia pitched 6 shutout innings. Hallday gave up 2 runs in his 5 innings, but struck out 6 while walking none. The Yankees and Phillies both won.

–The Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim California Angels put up a football score on the Detroit Tigers last night, thanks largely to home runs by nearly the entire roster, Mike Scioscia, , Tim Salmon, Miranda Kerr, and Danny Glover. 13-0. The Angels are very good, not that one 13-run night was needed to show that.

–Barry Zito continued his 2012 comeback/regression tour last night on the comeback leg. The former Cy Young winner pitched a relatively efficient 7 innings of shutout baseball last night, allowing only 4 baserunners. Zito has bounced between great starts and clunkers (six walks against the Reds on June 30, for one). Overall, his numbers aren’t all that bad. But Giants fans need to be a little nervous about the prospect of Zito down the stretch. Although, I now have a new nickname for Zito: Box o’ Chocolates.

The biggest story from last night came out of the nation’s capital, as the Washington Nationals, twice, managed to comeback with the game on the line, as they beat the New York Mets 5-4 in 10 innings.

The Nats entered the top of the 9^th with a 2-0 lead. A three-run HR by Jordanny Valdespin gave the Mets a 3-2 lead. In the bottom of the 9^th, Danny Espinosa singled up the middle to score Ian Desmond (pinch running for Michael Morse). Game tied 3-3.

The Mets regrouped and put a run on the board in the top of the 10^th. The Nats would not die.

Bryce Harper delivered a game-tying triple, scoring Jhonatan Solano. Game tied 4-4. After a force out at home plate, the game appeared to be heading to the 11^th, when Mets reliever, Guy You’ve Never Heard Of, threw a wild pitch practically into the Infield Gallery to score Ryan Zimmerman from 3^rd. 5-4. Game over. Nats win.

The National will try to win in less dramatic fashion tonight when Jordan Zimmermann and Chris Young face off at 7:05 on the MASN.

Phillies at Dodgers, 3:00 p.m. Cliff Lee v. Clayton Kershaw. (MLB Network)