Who's on third?

I was looking in on the Hot Stove news which, for you casual fans, is the off season in baseball - The time when teams sit around the warm fire at the Winter Meetings and trade and/or sign free agents for the coming year. Each year all of baseball gathers together for something to do. Mainly talk baseball. It is almost heaven. Last year the Red Sox were by far the most active team and it made them the World Series Champions. This year the big fish is A-Rod. So if you look for news, you will get mostly A-Rod related stories. Who, where, how? All these questions will be addressed by someone in the media.

Some of our favorites are Hall of Famer, Peter Gammons, Jason Stark, Buster Olney, and "Little Timmy" Kurkjian. The Professor and I will be attending the Winter Baseball Meetings this December 2 - 6, so we will be in the thick of things...stay tuned.

The 2007-2008 Free Agents and Teams.

Once again I have used a source that I'm not thrilled with. Wikipedia is a good source but not all that reliable. It can be edited by Joe Public, so don't believe every thing you read on it. That said, for some things it is a great resource. This is a great page that you can link to in order to see what your team is doing the off season. I stumbled on to it, and I hope it helps you.

POLL QUESTION:

If your team had a chance to sign A-Rod would you?

Frankly, my dear?

It is marathon time around the country. I admit that I am far from an authority on the sport of running. However, this will be a shameless plug for a friend running her first race.

Scarlett is a wonderful young lady who is a fan of the site. I got wind of her running a marathon in the "Capital of the Confederacy". That would be Richmond Va. for those of you in "Beantown".
Boston, New York, and Chicago all have their marathons on television, and I hear it's a great spectator sport. I'd be sitting at the corner watering hole knocking back chilly pops at 8 a.m. just to be able to say I was there. This coming weekend, Scarlett will be running in the Organ Donation Marathon. A great cause...and do some one a favor - donate to your local charities.

As for myself, I would just like to offer a little piece of pep talk to Miss Scarlett:

1. Download the Batman Soundtrack into your iPod. Great score, starts slow, finishes strong.
2. Crowds are over-hyped. It's just you and the road.
3. Make sure you have good tread on your feet...you would hate to have flat tire (unless you have plenty of spares stored up).
4. Have a wonderful time.
   

And last but not least, an Irish prayer.

May the sun shine on your shoulders. May the ground rise to meet your feet. And may you be in Heaven, 30 minutes before the devil knows your dead.

Meanwhile I'll lift a glass of single malt in the morning and watch from the corner bar. Working on my spare tire!