LosMediasBlancas

The nice little chunk of change she's gonna make after she sues Francisco, the team, the stadium, the security firm and MLB is gonna make her more than 'OK'.

Well, lets see here, we plunked Hunter Garcia got rocked we lost the game we fell further back in the standings No, it pretty much reaffirmed what has been obvious for a while now.

any idea on the attendance there today?

I found out about the early closing time that hard way. We didn't even head out until like 11:00, planning to stay out til like 4, got there and it was like "last call folks'.

I agree that there is almost no traffic there... ever. Do they still only have a 1:00 am liquor license state wide? I've been to a few of the places you mentioned and was not really impressed. Who knows, maybe during spring training it's a quiet time for them. I didn't expect it be Chicago, but I was bored at night. I'll have to remeber some of those places for next time.

IMO, anywhere would be better than Tucson. If you like the night life, there is absolutely nothing to do there, even the area near the University is lame.

Showalter was right, Ozzie questioned him and was proven wrong. I like Ozzie, but he blew this one, no big deal.

Sorry, I must have missed something Buck said, because what's in those quotes should not have set Ozzie off that way. Here's what happened: Ozzie was embarassed that he was wrong, so he came out lashing......like an idiot.

Glad to be of service, yawn.

I think JR was afraid the game would sell out and make him look like a rod.

I really wish these would have been night games, the turnout would have been interesting at least.

That alone should bring them out in droves.

I understand that and I guess medicine will always go the conservative route 1st.

Call me crazy, but why didn't Frank just go under the knife 2 months ago? I mean we all pretty much figured he was done for the year anyway, so why not fix it quickly and get as much healing time as possible and be ready to roll at 100% in April?

Wow, what a message to JR that would be if that game sold out.

I didn't hear exactly what Walker said, but it's no secret that Nomar's staying is 50-50 at best. If the Scrubs don't go far in the playoffs, then he gawn.

Only because those players' offensive numbers have been....well...offensive. I'm just throwing it out there, I heard he's unhappy with the Scrubs and he's a FA after this year.

ok, but that situation would not exist here, he'd start, but I understand you don't want him anyway.

So what? I'm talking about possibly starting him here at shortstop.

But he has played short in the past and is willing to do it again. Poor defense? I think he's about average and would make up for it with this offense. I'd take him over our 3 choices of Valentin, Uribe or Valdez...if the price is right.

Rumor has is it he is growing increasingly unhappy with his lack of playing time on the north side. Isn't he a free agent after this year? Doesn't he play short? Does he hit lefties well? Whaddaya think?

Ever since this trade went down, for some reason it has become a 'let's see who screwed who the worst' contest. I think we won, Loaiza was supposed to produce immediately. Contreras will be fine, he just needs some time with Coop and Ozzie, he'll be ready by April. Who knows, even Loaiza might get it together, although it might not be with the Bankees.

I see your point. Maybe, as others have pointed out, he sees both of those guys possibly in the pen next season.

I'm not sure where you see evidence of this, I see just the opposite and that's a good thing. Yes, some of his moves last night would be considered mistakes IF we were in the playoff race. We are not and we were down by like 8 runs in the 6th, so who cares? Part of it is psychological too, he doesn't want anyone on this team to feel too comfortable or like they are a 'sure thing' for 2005. I'm all for trying some different things. Try Gload at 1st or Burke at 3rd, does Valdez play the outfield at all?...he looks like a skinny, speedy f'er. Face it folks, it's been a pre spring training 2005 for about a week now, I hope we see a lot more.