rrudd2

Fixed that for you!

Sammy Sosa?

Exactly! If the Cubs make a QO for Dempster, they've FUBARED his last big chance at Free Agency.

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My wife made it home late last night. I harvested the pictures from her cell phone and did the best I could with cropping and touch ups.... http://www.markviii.org/~rrudd2/NSBB/Arizona%20029.jpg http://www.markviii.org/~rrudd2/NSBB/Arizona%20030.jpg http://www.markviii.org/~rrudd2/NSBB/Arizona%20031.jpg http://www.markviii.org/~rrudd2/NSBB/Arizona%20032.jpg http://www.markviii.org/~rrudd2/NSBB/Arizona%20033.jpg http://www.markviii.org/~rrudd2/NSBB/Arizona%20034.jpg http://www.markviii.org/~rrudd2/NSBB/Arizona%20035.jpg

There are no cheap hotels in the Valley during Spring Training!

I think you missed the part where I said she's visiting HER parents. Believe me, she's not taunting me! I asked for pictures so I could share the experience, without actually being there!

My wife is out in Phoenix this week visiting her parents. They made it to three games. Cubs/A's on Sunday, Cubs/Sox on Monday and Cubs/Rangers today. She sent me two cell phone pictures, and says she's got more. Against the Sox on Monday: http://www.markviii.org/~rrudd2/NSBB/CubsVSSox.jpg Against the Rangers today: http://www.markviii.org/~rrudd2/NSBB/CubsVSRangers.jpg I will see what she has when she gets home this weekend and upload whatever looks good.

Sounds like Mark Grace.....

If Rizzo comes up mid year, and the Cubs can't find a taker for Soriano, is a LaHair/Soriano platoon a decent option in left field?

Maybe the Rays denied the opportunity to interview Martinez because they didn't want to risk him getting the Boston job.

I don't pretend to know much of anything about sabermetrics, but I took a look at Brock's defensive stats on baseballreference.com anyway. http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/b/brocklo01-field.shtml Seems to me there are a lot of negative numbers there. If I'm reading it right, he was a below average defensive outfielder. He was almost exclusively a left fielder when he got to St. Louis. My understanding is that in professional baseball, you "hide" your worst defensive outfielder in Left. So, given that he had to play left field, just exactly where was he going to play for the Cubs? He certainly wasn't going to take Billy Williams' place.

I think that would be Entertaining. =D> There, I fixed that for you.....

Gary Scott

Pretty sure his contract is up. Could be the last time they see him in a Mets uniform.

Boy, Sorianos got GREAT range!

BINGO! I'm pretty sure I read that Derek Lee took advantage of the two unscheduled off days to go home to his family in California. And when Aramis was off earlier in the year for the birth of his child, he flew "home" to be with his family. Houston may be different, since it's a warm-weather city, but I sincerely doubt that the majority of the Astros make their homes in Houston. As for those players that do, they had sufficient warning and have sufficient funds to get their families out of harms way. To not do so would have been irresponsible.

I'll take E) All of the Above

mlb.com says the same thing.

http://www.chicagotribune.com/media/thumbnails/hyperlink/2008-09/41486397-10091134.jpg YUCK! You're going to get all of us Springfield area fans banned if you keep that up.

They would fly there tonight... During their game? After... Just like the Cubs were supposed to fly into Houston AFTER their game with the Cardinals.

I'm really torn on what to make of this. Part of me says that since the Astros are on such a roll, and they have an outside chance an the wildcard, the last thing they want to do is shut down for three days. Seems to me that you want a hot team playing, no matter where the games have to be scheduled. If they sit for a weekend, they loose a good chunk of the momentum they have going. Plus, they'll be sitting in a hurricane. Not exactly a relaxing environment. Playing at a neutral site would seem to make the most sense for the team and their chances at making it into the playoffs. On the other hand, loosing 3 home dates would cost them a ton of cash. Another part says that postponing the games now, and rescheduling them at the end if the season if necessary, benefits the Brewers the most. It just about guarantees that those three games in Milwaukee will be huge, with the real possibility that the division will still be up for grabs. And finally, even if the Cubs have clinched the division before the Milwaukee series, the three games with the Astros will most likely have an impact on the wild card race, which would force them to be played. At that point, the Cubs have to decide how serious they take those games and how they use their pitching staff to set up for the playoffs. So the Brewers benefit, the Astros most likely still get their home games, and the Cubs get the short end of the stick. Hmmmm, who's making the decisions? Oh, yeah, Bud Selig with input from Drayton McClane. How convenient.

Wind direction is the direction the wind is coming from. So it's blowing in at 9MPH.

2 for 2... Good for him. Glad he made it to the show.