Molina guaranteed a ring? Then the M's deserve two shares

Turns out the postman isn't the only one who rings twice.

Texas catcher Bengie Molina was traded by the Giants to the Rangers on July 1, The New York Times' Pat Borzi pointed out — meaning Molina will get a World Series finger bauble no matter which team wins.

Checkmates

Speaking of which, shouldn't the Mariners — who traded away Cliff Lee and passed on drafting local phenom Tim Lincecum — be getting a World Series share from both teams?

Two for the money

"Funny how this worked out during the ALCS," wrote David Thomas of the Fort Worth Star-Telegram, "but Bengie Molina was worth every cent the San Francisco Giants paid him to play for the Rangers, and A-Rod was worth every cent the Rangers paid him to play for the New York Yankees."

How uncivil

At least the Giants won't have to face Lee in Arlington during Game 1. Just to be doubly safe, maybe San Francisco politicos should just rename their city "Appomattox" for the rest of the month.

That explains the sacks

Let's just say that UCLA's 60-13 battering at No. 1 Oregon didn't play to rave reviews back home.

"This was the Bruins wearing their Halloween costume 10 days early," wrote Bill Plaschke of the Los Angeles Times. "They went as a bye week."

Schedule a retake

"If Brett Favre really wants to impress women," a female friend suggested to The Orlando Sentinel's Mike Bianchi, "he should text them photos of his paycheck."

Friday night lights-out

High-school football games on the island of Kauai have been moved from Friday nights to Saturday afternoons so that migrating Newell's shearwaters, an endangered species of bird, won't mistake stadiums' artificial light for the moon and stars and get disoriented.

Sounds logical. The New Mexico Lobos sometimes have the same problem with the sun on Saturday afternoons.

The write stuff

• RJ Currie of SportsDeke.com, on Vikings QB Brett Favre amassing 3,467 incomplete passes in his NFL career: "Even more if you include a) the playoffs, and b) hostesses and massage therapists."

• Cam Hutchinson of the Saskatoon StarPhoenix, on the best part about tennis star Maria Sharapova's upcoming marriage to Lakers guard Sasha Vujacic: "The ring bearer will be Kobe Bryant."

• Headline at TheOnion.com: "NFL fines 'Monday Night Football' for helmet-to-helmet hit."

• Ian Hamilton of the Regina (Sask.) Leader-Post, on reports that Elin Nordegren landed $110 million in her divorce settlement with golfer Tiger Woods: "PGA now stands for Pretty Good Alimony."

That's some grass fire

Mexican security forces burned a record 134-ton haul of marijuana seized in Tijuana last week, The Washington Post reported.

Adding further insult, the NFL won't even let Ricky Williams wear a black armband.

Dwight Perry: 206-464-8250 or dperry@seattletimes.com