The players make the game. All we can do, as officials, is just react. You can't make chicken soup from chicken sh!t.

Enjoy the good ones. Forget the bad ones.

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Thanks mick. Now I can be reminded more often of 98 years of frustration...

Article in the local paper today talking about Felix Hernandez - Mariners pitcher...guess he lost 20 pounds and is in fantastic shape and they are looking for him to have a break-out season and become the ace the M's have needed the last few seasons. Sigh...I don't know why I bother getting my hopes uo...guess that's why they call us "fanatics"...

The Tigers got to Lakeland early.
They lost a 3-pitch-per-outing ptcher, lefty Jamie Walker.
Sheffield is smiling as much as Chris Weber.

Well the M's did end last season on a 2 game win streak. That did put them within 15 games of the A's........

I am a A's fan who enjoys the surprise of what we get every year, will Piazza get us 20, 30 who knows.

Um, no, actually we call you Mariners fans <b>"idiots"</b>. Don't take that personally though.

Thanks, Mick. I'll delete that other thread so that we don't have dueling baseball threads. Maybe on opening day, we can lure Chuck Elias out of retirement for a day to start this year's thread. It would seem kind of strange if he didn't.

I agree. I hope to read his assessment on the upcoming season, a season which could be kinda fun.

It's nice to hear about the good things some MLB players do, instead of hearing about drugs and arrests. Especially since this one is a Rangers player:

Plus, Hank Blalock's shoulder should be 100% by Opening Day!

Hank Blalock?

<b>The</b> Hank Blalock?

LAKELAND, Fla. -- How did the first full workout go for the Tigers?
"Perfect," manager Jim Leyland said. "We got all the work in that we wanted to, and everybody knew where they were supposed to go. Invariably, when you have 60 players, someone doesn't."

http://www.detnews.com/apps/pbcs.dll...702220370/1004

And in other news, Manny isn't able to make spring training because he's taking care of his ailing mother at a car auction in NJ.:)

1:00 p.m. Sheff returns
 

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Might just watch a little of that, Mick. Maybe might get us both dreaming that spring is actually gonna come some time.:)