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How many runs Wood gave up is actually the subject of a great debate-there have been at least 3 different answers argued for, and now it's still stuck at 2 different answers :D

hopefully not for me-I wish no one would get hurt. I know it happens, but it's never good when it does.

If they don't end up changing those statistics from the box score, remember this game when looking at Wood's ERA this spring-with the amount of innings that he is likely to throw, those 4 runs are going to be a huge difference to his overall numbers for the spring.

Miami beats Maryland-losing to a team like Miami in a conference tourney could really hurt Maryland's seed-they'll still be a good seed, but I wouldn't be shocked to see them lose 2-3 lines with this loss.

The "official scoring" in ST is done by the home teams Director of Media Relations. So take all those box scores w/ a grain of salt. True, but the home team is San Diego, and the box score has the Padres with 2 errors-so there isn't any basis really for a bias to not give him an error-it at least says that it wasn't an easy play. The announce team agreed that it was a play that should have been made. Thanks for the info.

There was a HBP and a K/advanced on a WP to go along with the one clear hit and the hit/error (radio people said error, box score says a 2nd hit).

The "official scoring" in ST is done by the home teams Director of Media Relations. So take all those box scores w/ a grain of salt. True, but the home team is San Diego, and the box score has the Padres with 2 errors-so there isn't any basis really for a bias to not give him an error-it at least says that it wasn't an easy play.

If Pie split time with Jones, who would start against lefties? Pie is about as bad against lefties as Jones is. Pie's OPS was exactly 200 points higher against righties in Iowa last year. I'd rather have just about anybody than Pagan, though. Ok, Pie starts in Center, with Soriano at 2nd and Izturis tentatively at starting SS. That's how I'd play it. Soriano doesn't want to play 2nd anymore-he said he's an OF now.

BTW, MLB's box score has no error on Izturis.

That's what I was thinking-he seemed to have pretty good stuff (if wild) and that's really the only huge thing to take out of a spring game pitching wise.

Well, not a great or even good outing by Miller, but he got out of a couple jams and his defense really picked him up today, so no real harm done.

How is he unhappy in Denver already???? he isn't, just stupid rampant uninformed speculation by the media and irresponsible journalism. http://www.denverpost.com/broncos/ci_5375358 That quote makes me more sure that he is unhappy in Denver, not less-that was not exactly a glowing statement saying that he wanted to be there.

From what I've heard, Jacque's throws have apparently gotten much better.

Can we get a video of that if it happens, because while less than 50 percent I think that has a decent chance of happening :D.

Or by continuing to develop with the bat like he was doing before the injuries :D -but you're right, any way he could do ok with the bat, and the Cubs offense will likely be very good. So far it seems like he's pretty healthy.

How is he unhappy in Denver already???? This part is speculation-I've heard that the Lions promised him that they'd trade him closer to his family who lives in Virginia, and he wasn't happy when he heard that he was traded a lot farther away.

I like Quinn and think he's the most sure thing of the QBs, but that blanket statement is a little too much in my opinion. I fully expect Quinn to have the better career. But he can't touch Russell talent wise. I see this as a situation similar to last year's with Leinart and Vince. Leinart was more of a sure thing, Vince had far more upside (but was less likely to be good). Except Young's upside came from unbelievable athleticism that Russel doesn't have at all. Russell is definitely very athletic, he just doesn't use it in the same way Vince does. Russell can be a very good thrower when he's on, Vince is frankly bad most of the time throwing the ball. Thus, Russell doesn't have the need to show his athleticism as often as Vince does. The #1 problem with Russell is his inconsistency and oftentimes poor decision-making. Vince, on the other hand, while a bad passer (though I've seen signs of him getting better slowly) makes the plays late in a game when he needs to. The run against the Texans in OT, the run against the Bills late in the fourth, multiple third down completions to keep drives alive. Russell is the better pure QB right now, but he's less consistent and falls apart when he struggles early. Agreed, Young has a ways to go in the professional passing game, while he developed a passing game in his senior year of college rather quickly, but that 6.7 YPC rushing will go a long way towards easing growing pains for the titans Oh yeah, he may be better at running the ball now than Steve McNair was in his first couple of years. Steve was a better passer though. Also, something that gives me more hope for Vince is that he struggled a year or two in college and then improved his junior year and broke out his senior year (technically beginning in the junior Rose Bowl visit). So it may take three to four years, but I am very confident he'll become at least another McNair. It wasn't until the Kansas game his junior year that it really began to click for him. Up until that point most NFL scouts were looking at him as a WR. Its really hard to imagine that now. Not really related, but more on the 1 game creating an image for players. I've been thinking that if JR has lost the sugar bowl and OSU had won the nat'l championship, Smith and Russell's current draft projections would be swapped. I don't think so-Russell would have been lower, but even when Smith was winning the Heisman in December people were saying he was a 2nd round pick because of how short he is-a great performance against Florida wouldn't have changed that significantly.

22% were 3's, and he took many, many 15-18 foot jumpers in that tournament. He was a wing player-he did not play inside very much at all. McNamara you're right was their best actual guard.

Big winner: Baltimore I'm not sure about that-I think that might be too high of a price for McGahee, but only time will tell that.

The problem is, half of those years had great guards as well. UConn relied about as much on Gordon as Okafor. Warrick was important, but Anthony on the perimeter was key during the tournament (he's not a big man really or a guard). Maryland got there in 2002, but it was not Baxter and Wilcox that was the difference-IU would have won without the 25-30 points scored by Juan Dixon. Guards get you deep in the tournament-a team with at least one great guard and a great big man wins the tournament.

An interesting article about working on new pitches from cubs.com-Marquis working on a splitter? And here is Marquis talking about what pitches will be his focus: http://chicago.cubs.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20070307&content_id=1832292&vkey=spt2007news&fext=.jsp&c_id=chc

wow...Cubs going easy on Maddux, eh? With the split squad games tomorrow, my guess is that Lou wanted to try to get as many people that played yesterday out as possible since everybody will probably play tomorrow-the only two that were in the lineup yesterday that are again are Murton and Theriot.

Lunardi and others have basically called that game an elimination game. They even go so far as to say that Clemson has to win that game AND the UNC game in the quarter finals That's a little much... but I do think Clemson has to beat UNC to feel secure about being in the field. Big 10 brickfest of the day: Michigan 20, Minnesota 16 :roll: I thought you'd feel right at home with that Big 10 game Truffle-it's like a Patriot League game :D

Given home court and health, I think the Bulls can beat any team in the East in a 7-game series. Agree. I fully expect them to win a minumum of 1 series. I guess I'd consider that "doing damage". They're sitting at 5 right now. I don't think it's reasonable to assume home court at this point. They have home court right now because they have a better record than the 4th seed Toronto, and they are closer to the 3 seed than losing that home court advantage over the Raptors. Perhaps, but there are still games left to be played. Like I said, home court can't be simply assumed right now. Well, if he thinks that they are going to win a playoff series, he probably thinks they will be good enough to not drop spots in the conference. The worst that I can possibly see the Bulls finish is 6th, and they'll probably be in the top 5.

BTW, the word is that Dre Bly is unhappy in Denver and that they are entertaining trade talks for him-reported by Michael Smith.