Indians starter Paul Byrd is out to prove that any jackass can get a book published (seventh item):

Byrd is writing what he calls a "spiritual journal'' that he is going to have published in book form and hopes to have on the market by spring training. It's called "The Free Byrd Project,'' a candid and graphic look at how he has managed to remain true to his faith despite the pitfalls associated with a ballplayer's daily lifestyle.

"It's not politically correct. It's not for a 10-year-old. It's not a bubble gum-feel good book. It's only for a certain audience,'' Byrd said. "It's more of a personal account of things I've struggled with – conversations I've had with Atheist ballplayers, coming clean with some issues I've had, like struggling with pornography on road trips when you're missing your wife – all those things you encounter because of this lifestyle."

Dealing with atheists and jerking off to pornography?  Dude, that's the blogging lifestyle, not the MLB one.  Take a couple groupies back to your hotel and have them do nasty things to each other on the glass coffee table while you lie underneath it with a jar of vaseline and some anal beads.  Then you can write a book about your lifestyle that I'll actually care about.

[FanHaus via Futon Report]