Wednesday, February 21, 2007

This and That: O's Stuff, Caps, More A-Rod, and Stuffage


From Around the Blogosphere:

I might as well give out some love to fellow bloggers, as well as some friends.

Mike Boehm alerts us O’s fans that Kris Benson is trying to pitch. Personally, I think Kris is trying to pitch for a new contract and anytime you have an injury going into a walk year – it’s bad.

Camden Chat has a montage of Orioles and their new facial dos and hair

The Roar from 34 Blog has their opinions on the off-season and Around the Horn, a look at the other blogs, and they mention two pieces I wrote for the Baltimore Reporter.

Press Box has their opinions about the Orioles & their offense and gets two kids opinions on where the Orioles will end up.

Wool out, Polyester In: On Opening Day, the sport will doff the traditional wool cap in favor of a new polyester blend model designed to wick away sweat before it can stream down a player's face.

The change is part of commissioner Bud Selig's focus on boosting player performance, a Major League Baseball official said, and follows a general trend toward moisture-managing "performance" materials in sports apparel.

And … "They look exactly the same, they breathe more and they won't shrink," Verlander said. "The best thing is, when it rains, the hats won't stink like the wool ones did."

Well, as much as I love the tradition of the caps – it’s a welcome change for me personally. I love the old fitted wool caps, but since I like to play a lot of sports outside with my cap on, and often to go ball games in the sweltering mid-Atlantic in the summer, the caps tend to shrink, smell and stain. More often than that not, after a wash or extended periods of time outside, the cap loses its shape.

Although the change may be radical to me, it’s a good thing and may serve all us cap wearers well.

Barry Bonds is a Fool. While being interviewed by reporters yesterday in camp, he said this:

"Let them investigate. Let them, they've been doing it this long," Bonds said Tuesday after his first workout this year with the San Francisco Giants. "It doesn't weigh on me at all -- at all. It's just you guys talking. It's just media conversation."

Buddy, I know you’re rich and arrogant, but it’s not a good idea to f**k with the government in anything. You might want to keep your mouth shut.

Baby, let the circus begin…

Read what Sooze and Lizzy of the Babes Who Love Baseball Say about the Issue…


Big Z got his Money: Ace pitcher and sometimes home run hitter, Carlos Zambrano and the Cubs agreed to a $12.4 million, one-year contract Tuesday, avoiding salary arbitration by striking the deal just before the scheduled hearing.

The A-Rod Saga, We Cover It So You Don’t Have to…

Ah, the media is so having fun with this. I miss living in New York City, but thank God for the Internet and blogs…

* Again I’m giving the Babes Who Love Baseball another shout, but I love the political incorrectness with the post…

My favorite paper of them all, the New York Post:

http://www.nypost.com/seven/02212007/sports/yankees/jeter_drops_the_ball_as_captain_yankees_joel_sherman.htm

http://www.nypost.com/seven/02212007/sports/yankees/its_pin_strife_at_camp_chaos_yankees_george_king.htm

New York Newsday:

http://www.amny.com/sports/baseball/yankees/ny-spyanks215103057feb21,0,3588505.story?coll=ny-sports-headlines

http://www.amny.com/sports/baseball/yankees/ny-spwally215103059feb21,0,6603166.column?coll=ny-sports-headlines

New York Daily News:

http://www.nydailynews.com/sports/story/499447p-421115c.html

http://www.nydailynews.com/sports/story/499448p-421116c.html

New York Times:

http://www.nytimes.com/2007/02/21/sports/baseball/21yanks.html?_r=1&ref=sports&oref=slogin

Bernie Williams:

From NY Newsday: “The Bernie Williams watch came to an end yesterday, as his agent confirmed that the outfielder would not be accepting the Yankees' offer to come to spring training on a non-guaranteed, minor-league contract.”

It sounds like the beginning of the end, unless the two sides can come to an agreement.

* photos from the baltimoresun.com, photofile.com, & cnnsi.com

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