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Tuesday’s Half Marathon Around The AL

Curt Schilling tells us in his blog, 38 Pitches, about his command issues in the loss to the Royals on Monday.

The Yankees players recall their memories of former teammate Cory Lidle, who was remembered before the game on Monday.

Orioles catcher Ramon Hernandez is going to miss the Twins series with a strained oblique muscle.

Blue Jays Manager John Gibbons would prefer to use the same lineup every game.

Devil Rays OF Elijah Dukes made his big league debut on Monday and homered in the game.

Some of the Detroit Tigers enjoyed the show at Wrestlemania 23 the night before opening day.

The Twins paid tribute on Monday to their long time announcer Herb Carneal, who passed away on Sunday.

Tim Dalosio at The Red Sox Times tells us how Trot Nixon did in his Indians debut.

If you don’t perform with the White Sox, you could be at risk of getting sent down.

Tony Pena, Jr doesn’t have a nameplate above his Royals locker and doesn’t want one anytime soon.

Troy Percival signed a minor league contract with the Angels and immediately retired.

Dallas Cowboys Hall of Fame WR Michael Irvin will throw out the first pitch at the Rangers home opener on Friday.

A’s pitcher Esteban Loaiza will miss at least 2-3 starts after being placed on the 15 day DL.

King Felix Hernandez didn’t disappoint the Mariners faithful with his 12 strikeout performance in an opening day win over the A’s

 

The Monday Jog Around The AL & NL East

Here is your look at the news coming from the teams in the American League East and National League East.

Jonathan Papelbon says he will be ready to pitch if the Red Sox need him in the season opener against the Royals.

One of my radio cohorts, Anthony over at the Oriole Post, spent his Sunday at the Orioles Fan Fest and checked in with many updates throughout the day.

The Toronto Blue Jays have high hopes for this season and that includes the AL East title.

Carlos Pena has a new home after being reassigned to the Devil Rays Triple A team in Durham. He will be with the big club for opening day.

Yankees manager Joe Torre hopes the Bronx faithful stick behind Carl Pavano in the season opener.

Tom Glavine used his arm and bat to help defeat the Cardinals 6-1 spoiling the Cardinals banner raising ceremony.

If he can stay healthy, Mike Hampton hopes to return to the Braves rotation by the second week of May.

JD over at SporTech Matter has a look at your 2007 Florida Marlins.

Dontrelle Willis doesn’t think anyone should count out the young Washington Nationals.

The Philadelphia Phillies still haven’t finalized their 25 man roster. There is one spot left up for grabs.

Sunday Stroll Around The Majors

Well today is the first day of the 2007 Major League Baseball Season and normally I would look at the news coming out of spring training camps. I decided I would continue this feature and continue you to give you one news story from the 30 teams every Sunday.

  • Sunday Stroll: News from all 30 teams.
  • Monday Jog: News from the AL East and NL East.
  • Tuesday’s Half Marathon: News from the American League
  • Wednesday’s Half Marathon: News from the National League
  • Thursday’s Tiptoe: News from the AL Central and NL Central
  • Friday’s Fast Walk: News from the AL West and NL West

Everyone’s favorite Playboy Bunny-esque babe, Sooze, over at Babes Love Baseball tells us about that the Diamondbacks have placed Randy Johnson on the 15 day DL to start the season.

Jason over at My Baseball Bias tells us that Jorge Cantú’s tenure in Tampa Bay is probably over.

Angels pitchers Bartolo Colon and Jered Weaver will make their rehab starts in the warm weather of California instead of the cold weather of Salt Lake City.

Luke Scott beat out Jason Lane for the Astros’ starting right field position.

Dan Johnson will miss the first three months of the A’s season with a hip injury.

Josh Towers will be your number 5 starter in Toronto to start the season.

After being unemployed 3 weeks before the start of the season, Mark Redman will start the Braves home opener on Friday against the Mets.

A lot of reputable baseball reporters have picked the Milwaukee Brewers to win the NL Central.

The members of the St. Louis Cardinals got more than just a baseball game when they played in the Civil Rights Game in Memphis.

Cubs OF Alfonso Soriano thinks he will do just fine in his new position of center field after playing left field last season in Washington.

Dodgers 1B Nomar Garciaparra gives us an update about his new daughters, Grace and Ava.

The San Francisco Giants don’t have a player who will play regularly under the age of 31.

Indians pitcher C.C. Sabathia was humbled by his visit to the Civil Rights Museum.

Jamie Burke will make his Major League debut for the Mariners at the ripe young age of 35.

Sergio Mitre thought he was going to start the season in the Marlins bullpen. Instead he will be starting their home opener.

Mets reliever Pedro Feliciano hopes to have a repeat of last year’s successful season.

Anthony over at the Oriole Post shares with us his pictures from his trip to D.C. to see the Nats and O’s play.

Chris Young of the Padres hopes to improve on his numbers from last season.

Phillies president Dave Montgomery is very optimistic about the 2007 season.

NL batting champ Freddy Sanchez will start the season on the 15 day DL for the Pirates.

The Rangers have finalized their 25 man roster and yes Sammy Sosa is on it.

The Red Sox had 6 long balls after hitting only 15 in their 29 games. Is this a sign of things to come for the season?

Eric Milton had to be scratched from his start for the Reds on Saturday with lower back stiffness.

Jeff Baker is happy to be starting the season with the Colorado Rockies.

The blister on Odalis Perez’s throwing hand will not keep him from making his start for the Royals against the Red Sox on Wednesday.

Detroit reliever Jose Mesa was suspended two games for the 2007 season for an incident that happened while he was a member of the Rockies in 2006.

Joe Mauer had three rbi’s for the Twins on Saturday in his return from his foot injury.

White Sox manager Ozzie Guillen has depth at closer if Bobby Jenks fails.

Josh Phelps may force the Yankees to platoon him with Doug Mientkiewicz.

Saturday’s Sprint Around Spring Training

Here is your look at the news coming out of spring training camps around the land.

The Playboy Bunny-esque Sooze over at Babes Love Baseball tells us why Kenny Rogers is out indefinitely for the Tigers.

Jason over at My Baseball Bias tells us that the Yankees officially named Carl Pavano their opening day starter.

Mets pitcher Chan Ho Park will be pitching in New Orleans to start the season with the Mets Triple-A team there.

Rob Bradford from Bradford on Baseball tells us his spring MVP for the Boston Red Sox.

In his ‘Past A Diving Jeter’ column over at The Red Sox Times, John Guszkowski gives us his predictions for all of the divisions.

John Lackey of the Angels is hoping that he has a ‘Cy Young’ type year. I hope he does too, he’s one of my fantasy league pitchers. Johan Santana and him are my two horses.

After a combined 16-2 in the minors last season, Micah Owings has been named the 5th starter by the Diamondbacks.

20 year old Felix Hernandez is your opening day starter for the Seattle Mariners.

The Atlanta Braves hope to return to their familiar spot on top of the NL East.

Carlos Zambrano hopes to get a win in his third opening day start for the Chicago Cubbies.

Friday’s Fast Walk Around Spring Training

Here is a look at your news coming out of spring training in Arizona and Florida as we head down the home stretch of spring training.

The ravishing Sooze over at Babes Love Baseball tells us that the “Gambler” will begin the season on the DL.

Jason over at My Baseball Bias tells us who will be playing second base for the Devil Rays this season.

Anthony over at the Oriole Post tells us if the Baltimore Orioles are interested in acquiring Reggie Sanders from the Royals.

Starting April 2nd, Curt Schilling will be giving away 2 MLB.TV packages a day from April 2 to April 12th. He also tells us about his last spring training start versus the Twins.

Cory Lidle’s widow, Melanie, and son, Christopher will be throwing out the first pitches on Opening Day at Yankee Stadium.

It was just another day at the office for Ria Cortesio as she was flawless umpiring during the Cubs-Diamondbacks game.

The Mets have a new look in their bullpen this season.

Rangers closer (they hope) Eric Gagne will begin the season on the 15 day DL.

The Twins lost the “Real Deal” to the Diamondbacks on waivers as they pared their roster down to 25.

David Wells is not your average number 5 starter.

Thursday’s Tiptoe Through Spring Training Camps

Here is a look at the news coming out of spring training camps in Arizona and Florida as we wind down to opening day.

It seems the girls at Babes Love Baseball had a famous visitor stop by their blog. Ria Cortesio checked in and left a comment.

And just to show the Babes a little more link love, my favorite Babe, Sooze, tells us about Project A-13.

One of my radio partners, Jason from My Baseball Bias, tells us that Daisuke Matsuzaka is quite fond of Angelina Jolie.

My other radio partner, Anthony from the Oriole Post, tells us that the whole Tony LaRussa incident was just wiped to the back pages like it never happened.

Former MLB pitcher, Ugueth Urbina was sentenced to 14 years in a Venezuelan prison for his role in the attempted murder of 5 of his workers.

Who is going to run the Yankees after Steinbrenner retires now that his daughter and son-in-law are getting divorced?

Mark Prior will not be the Cubs 5th starter and will begin the season in Triple-A Iowa.

Roger Clemens tell us he is about a month or so a way from making his decision.

Indians pitcher C.C. Sabbathia may be out for opening day now after getting hit with a line drive.

Nomah and Mia Hamm are the proud parents of twin girls. Congrats to both of them.

Nationals 1B Nick Johnson is still recovering from a broken right leg and will begin the season on the disabled list.

Wednesday’s Half Marathon Around the NL

Here is your look at the news coming out of National League camps in Florida and Arizona.

The babealicious Sooze over at Babes Loves Baseball tells us why Barry Zito is to blame for the 2002 MLB All-Star game ending in a tie.

JD over at SporTech Matter tells us that the Marlins have acquired Jorge Julio to fill their closer needs.

Astros skipper Phil Garner is thinking about making changes to his batting order.

Why did Braves pitcher Mike Hampton leave the mound with a smile on Tuesday?

Ben Sheets will be your opening day starter in Milwaukee.

Cardinals stud, Albert Pujols is featured in ‘Fitness and Muscle Magazine‘ for his workout regimen.

Lou Pinella has to choose between two “Angels” to make his final roster.

The Diamondbacks fifth spot in the rotation is still not decided yet.

Juan Pierre will leadoff for the Dodgers if Rafael Furcal isn’t ready to play on opening day.

The Mets spring training camp and site have a new nickname: “Port St. Latterly

The Nationals starting pitching rotation is very inexperienced.

The MLBPA is looking into Todd Walker’s release from the Padres.

Freddy Garcia is hoping to pitch for the Phillies on April 7th.

Pirates infielder Freddy Sanchez went for a second opinion on his injured knee and is ready to test it on Wednesday.

Aaron Harang will be the Reds opening day starter for the second consecutive season.

Rockies pitcher Josh Fogg wasn’t happy after giving up 10 runs in 3 2/3 innings on Tuesday.

Tuesday’s Half Marathon Around AL Camps

Here is your look at the news from American League camps in Arizona and Florida.

Jason Varitek needs more fingers when Daisuke Matsuzaka pitches.

Angels pitcher Joe Saunders gave up seven runs on Monday, but says he is healthy and ready to start the season.

Jason Windsor was demoted on Monday leaving just two pitchers competing for the 5th spot in the A’s rotation.

John Thomson will probably never wear a Blue Jays uniform after spring training.

J.P Howell and Edwin Jackson will battle to the death for the Devil Rays’ 5th spot in the rotation.

Buck Showalter has no idea what his job with the Indians entails.

Brandon Morrow didn’t hurt his chances of making the Mariners when he gave up his first run of spring training on Monday.

Orioles outfielder Jay Payton’s hamstring injury is not believed to be serious.

Jamey Wright is doing everything he can to make the Rangers as their fifth starter.

Tony Pena Jr. had a nice debut for the Royals this weekend. He hopes to be their starting shortstop after coming over from the Braves.

Jim Leyland made his final cuts and announced the Tigers 25 man roster. Chris Shelton wasn’t happy about his demotion.

Joe Nathan is hoping that the Twins will give him a contract extension. Where have we heard this before with the Twins.

Toby Hall is going to miss the entire season for the White Sox after tearing his labrum.

Yankees closer Mariano Rivera is adding a changeup to his arsenal.

The Monday Jog Around Spring Training

Here is a look at the news coming out of spring training camps in Florida and Arizona for this Monday morning.

Blue Jays setup man Brandon League is heading back to the minors to work on finding the lost velocity on his fastball.

After starting out last season on the disabled list with “social anxiety”, Royals starting pitcher Zack Greinke will be the 3rd man in their rotation.

Indians outfielder Grady Sizemore is having a rough spring but manager Eric Wedge isn’t concerned.

Edgar Gonzalez’s hot spring training is going to probably land him a spot in the Diamondbacks rotation as the 4th starter.

Kelly Johnson and the Braves are confident about his return to the infield after playing in the outfield the past 3 seasons.

The Brewers are hoping their miscues in spring training games don’t carry over into the start of the season.

Jeff Karstens had to leave the Yankees game versus the Tigers with elbow stiffness.

Mike Pelfrey was named the 5th starter for the Mets.

With Sammy Sosa making the Rangers roster, Jason Botts is once again headed back to the minors.

Padres 1B Adrian Gonzalez was hoping his older brother Edgar had made the Cardinals. He didn’t.

Sunday Stroll Around Spring Training

With only one week until opening day, let’s take a look at the news coming out of spring camps in Arizona and Florida.

Sooze over at Babe Loves Baseball tells us Chan Ho Park will move into the Mets bullpen.

Nick Markakis has to fend off the cat calls from the ladies.

Gordon Edes of the Boston Globe interviewed Coco Crisp and asked him about how he is feeling. Coco’s answer was “I went shopping.”

The Philadelphia Phillies have questions about who is going to protect Ryan Howard in the lineup.

Jason over at My Baseball Bias tells us that Carl Pavano may be the opening day starter for the Yankees.

Marlins outfielder Jeremy Hermida is out indefinitely after an MRI revealed damage in his knee.

The Baltimore Orioles cut 5 players on Sunday, including starting rotation hopeful, Hayden Penn.

Braves pitcher Mike Hampton is hopeful to return to the rotation earlier than expected.

Victor Zambrano won’t be disappointed if he doesn’t make the Blue Jays.

Nook Logan injured his groin in the Nationals game against the Cardinals on Saturday.

White Sox manager Ozzie Guillen thinks Juan Uribe could have his own reality show.

The St. Louis Cardinals haven’t found the rhythm with their bats just yet.

Carlos Silva is going to have pitch his heart out in his last start to make the Twins rotation.

Was Ken Griffey, Jr. not happy about his move to right field?

Brian Bannister, Royals pitcher professional photographer.

Bullpen coach Bill Castro has been with the Brewers for a long time.

The Cleveland Indians still have many unanswered questions as spring training winds down.

Is Cubs manager Lou Pinella a changed man?

Sean Burnett was not happy about his demotion to Triple-A for the Pirates.

Justin Verlander doesn’t feel he is ready for the Tigers season.

The Houston Astros have a wealth of coaching talent in their system for their pitchers.

The Angels took another hit to their rotation when Kelvim Escobar tweaked his back on Saturday.

Dodgers outfielder Jason Repko will probably be out until the all-star break with a hamstring injury.

Mariners pitcher George Sherrill is having problems with slow hands at spring training.

The Rockies hope to win the numbers game this season.

Rangers pitcher Brandon McCarthy is hoping to prove the critics wrong.

Padres GM Kevin Towers is ok after being hit with a foul ball in the stands.

A’s fans are drooling over the fact that Rich Harden is healthy this spring.

Barry Zito is fitting in nicely with the Giants so far.

Sooze over at Babes Love Baseball tells us about Randy Johnson’s spring training debut.