Quick Hits: News on Some Old Friends, the Outfield and MLB News...

News on an Old Friend: Hall of Famer, former Nationals manager and Oriole legend, Frank Robinson has finally job in baseball -- with ESPN. According to the Baltimore Sun, he'll be a special analyst for ESPN and as well appear on "SportsCenter," "Baseball Tonight","Cold Pizza." and will work as a broadcaster during spring training. His participation will end with Jackie Robinson Day, April 15 -- the anniversary of Jackie Robinson's debut with the Brooklyn Dodgers. Link here: More

And Another Old Friend... Former Oriole, Fernando Tatis has signed a minor league deal with Los Angeles Dodgers. He playing sparingly with the Orioles mostly in a reserve role as a utility player.

The O's and the Outfield: Orioles.com writer Spencer Fordin looks at the team for the upcoming 2007 season, this time with the outfield.

MLB Stuffage:

* The New York Mets and manager Willie Randolph was rewarded with a 3 year, 5.65 million dollar deal that runs through 2009. As you know, Willie Randolph led the Mets to the NL East title, but lost in the NL Championship to the St. Louis Cardinals.

* Free agent outfielder Cliff Floyd agreed Wednesday to a $3 million, one-year deal with the Cubs. He can make an additional $4.5 million this year in bonuses based on plate appearances and time served on the roster (away from the DL). The deal includes a mutual option for 2008. The O's had talked about getting Cliff Floyd, but backed off of any notion of bringing him to Baltimore after he made it known he'd prefer to play in Chicago.