Laura

YES! Notes from Phil Rogers

Speculation from Sulllivan.

Per Bruce, Hill doesn't think the blisters will be a problem on Friday.

We need Fred to tell us what Z's record is in the grays.

OMG, Z is "just an employee," too!! heh.

There's a thread on the game in the game thread forum.

Reminder that the deadline for entering the Predictions Contest in the Events Forum is this THURSDAY at noon CT.

Sun-Times also reports that contract talks have been put on hold due to the sale.

Sure -- you're on the list!

I sort of feel sorry for Lou. I hope he doesn't get Cubbed into submission.

Welcome aboard, Swordsman!

He just needs a taller glove.

Unsettling Bruce update on Z's contract. LINK

UGH I'll predict that Lou isn't going to like the sound of that.

Oh well ... at least I have Dunn in the OTHER HR Derby contest I'm in.

Derek said the Daytona roster would be up "later this afternoon." Samardzija is the only one listed so far.

Daytona Broadcaster Derek Ingram has a Spring Training Chat with Alan Rick posted on the Daytona website.

GOGO METS!

He said earlier in the report that there was a grand total of three fans there to the first pitch of the game, which actually makes sense to me (9 am Sunday minor league exhibition game at Fitch). So the random fan was probably not all that random.

There was a space between the url and image tag (edited out).

Here's the Master List of Wild Cards for the HR Derby Teams: Andy Matt Murton Anze Kopitar Alex Gordon Aramis Fan Jeremy Hermida b_wiggy_66 Alex Gordon balsawoodboard Alex Gordon baseball7897 Conor Jackson BobSanders Alex Gordon Brinoch Kahlil Greene cbbryan Delmon Young Chris Conor Jackson Cubbies75 Edwin Encarnacion CubColtPacer Edwin Encarnacion CubsinNC Alex Gordon Derwood Conor Jackson EJ Ryan Shealy Flames24Rulz Hanley Ramirez HawkCub Conor Jackson Jiml60 Mike Napoli Laura Alex Gordon karenmac Russell Branyon Mark P's Calves Alex Gordon Mark_R Ryan Shealy Mizzou Sammy Sosa NCCubFan Andy Marte Otis89 Sammy Sosa rawaction Carlos Quentin reds44 Edwin Encarnacion reggiem rules Alex Gordon RoastTheD-Goat Matt Murton RocketSauce Edwin Encarnacion sandberg23 Matt Murton sethuel1 Carlos Quentin sherwood921 Delmon Young soccer10K Alex Gordon southpaw19 Shea Hillenbrand sweetpeteman Rocco Baldelli tadowdaddy Sammy Sosa TexasCub Delmon Young tkenm356 Luke Scott TruffleShuffle Carlos Quentin UMFan83 Sammy Sosa vance_the_fan Delmon Young Wekse5 Sammy Sosa

Here's the Master List of Wild Cards. Andy Matt Murton Anze Kopitar Alex Gordon Aramis Fan Jeremy Hermida b_wiggy_66 Alex Gordon balsawoodboard Alex Gordon baseball7897 Conor Jackson BobSanders Alex Gordon Brinoch Kahlil Greene cbbryan Delmon Young Chris Conor Jackson Cubbies75 Edwin Encarnacion CubColtPacer Edwin Encarnacion CubsinNC Alex Gordon Derwood Conor Jackson EJ Ryan Shealy Flames24Rulz Hanley Ramirez HawkCub Conor Jackson Jiml60 Mike Napoli Laura Alex Gordon karenmac Russell Branyon Mark P's Calves Alex Gordon Mark_R Ryan Shealy Mizzou Sammy Sosa NCCubFan Andy Marte Otis89 Sammy Sosa rawaction Carlos Quentin reds44 Edwin Encarnacion reggiem rules Alex Gordon RoastTheD-Goat Matt Murton RocketSauce Edwin Encarnacion sandberg23 Matt Murton sethuel1 Carlos Quentin sherwood921 Delmon Young soccer10K Alex Gordon southpaw19 Shea Hillenbrand sweetpeteman Rocco Baldelli tadowdaddy Sammy Sosa TexasCub Delmon Young tkenm356 Luke Scott TruffleShuffle Carlos Quentin UMFan83 Sammy Sosa vance_the_fan Delmon Young Wekse5 Sammy Sosa

More contest pimping -- there's a little less than 45 minutes left to enter the HR Derby contest in the Events Forum.

45 minutes left to enter the HR Derby!

This doesn't fill me with enthusiasm (from the Knoxville article linked above): Doesn't the pitching coach play some sort of role in whether or not an organization would 'believe' a minor league pitcher has an injury issue?