Formerly great

There's an old joke about a tennis match where -- after the announcer's introduced the two players as former winner of this tournament and that and as a former member of the Davis Cup team -- one loudmouth says, "Formerly, this would have been a great match."

What made me think of that is that Scott Williamson's just signed a minor league deal with the Orange and Black.

He was an All-Star and Rookie of the Year in 1999 with hard stuff, including a splitter. Two years later, he had Tommy John surgery. Little surprise to me, then, that a front office that's constantly looking to the past would opt to sign a guy who's best days are way behind him.

Just the same, best of luck to you, Scott.