DAVE: The Mets released Oliver Perez with one year left on his three-year, $36M deal. The guy never turned into anything.

JIM: Couldn't throw strikes. You never know, one day something may just click for him. Be warned: he is exactly the kind of guy that the Pirates misguided management team always seems to take a chance on.

DAVE: You don't have to tell me. I was already joking about that with someone from work just a little while ago.

JIM: I wasn't joking.

DAVE: But you're the Joker.

JIM: There are some things even I can't joke about.