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Odds & Ends: Long, Romanick, Falkenborg, Carlin

Links for Monday, as Cliff Lee looks to leave a strong last impression on his 2010 season against Tim Lincecum and the Giants...

• The Yankees and hitting coach Kevin Long agreed to a three-year deal, reports George A. King III of the New York Post.  He'll be getting a raise on his previous $400K salary.
• The Athletics named Ron Romanick their new pitching coach, tweets Susan Slusser of the San Francisco Chronicle.
• King's colleague Joel Sherman doesn't believe Brian Falkenborg will be the next Colby Lewis, as Falkenborg is likely to remain in Japan.
• The Indians removed catcher Luke Carlin from the 40-man roster, according to the team's Twitter account.  Carlin, 30 next month, hit .238/.332/.336 at Triple-A this year.  The Indians' 40-man roster is at 38.  Andy Marte is another candidate to find his way off the 40-man, in my opinion.
• If Carl Crawford has similar offers elsewhere, he'd need to be convinced to join a former rival like the Yankees or Red Sox says ESPN's Buster Olney.
• The Seibu Lions have again denied Hiroyuki Nakajima's appeal to be posted, according to a report passed along by NPB Tracker's Patrick Newman on Twitter.  The Japanese shortstop was said Saturday to be holding out hope.
• Check out the voting for the 2010 Fielding Bible Awards.

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