That stinks that you mysteriously ended up on standby without a seat assignment. Thank goodness you were able to get on the flight! It is a bit of a sticky wicket when you are making your own travel arrangements, essentially spending the company's money. I can see where it would be difficult to balance wanting to be frugal on their behalf with wanting as much time at home as possible and not wanting to fly at ridiculous hours.
Yes, it definitely seemed obvious that LOTR would win, as they swept award after award all evening long.
Yankees drama: The biggest news is that A-Rod is now our third baseman, having been traded to the Yankees by Texas in exchange for Soriano and a player to be named later. He agreed to switch to 3B from SS. [Aaron Boone, who was our third baseman, played a game of pick-up basketball in January and blew out his ACL. He likely wouldn't have been able to play at all this season. The Yankees cut him (the bb game was in violation of his contract) and made the A-Rod trade.]
Bernie had to have an appendectomy, which means he probably won't be playing until the first week of the season or so. This may mean that Kenny Lofton will "win" the centerfielder job in his absence, relegating Bernie to DH.
Jon Lieber, one of the pitchers projected to be a starter for us this year, is having a problem with a groin injury. Jose Contreras was scratched from a spring training game because of a lower back issue. We're sniffing around El Duque, thinking of picking him up as a possible bullpen guy and/or emergency starter.
The San Francisco Chronicle is reporting that federal investigators named Jason Giambi and Gary Sheffield as players who received steroids from Barry Bonds' personal trainer. Coincidentally or not, Giambi showed up to spring training looking substantially leaner.
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Yes, it definitely seemed obvious that LOTR would win, as they swept award after award all evening long.
Yankees drama: The biggest news is that A-Rod is now our third baseman, having been traded to the Yankees by Texas in exchange for Soriano and a player to be named later. He agreed to switch to 3B from SS. [Aaron Boone, who was our third baseman, played a game of pick-up basketball in January and blew out his ACL. He likely wouldn't have been able to play at all this season. The Yankees cut him (the bb game was in violation of his contract) and made the A-Rod trade.]
Bernie had to have an appendectomy, which means he probably won't be playing until the first week of the season or so. This may mean that Kenny Lofton will "win" the centerfielder job in his absence, relegating Bernie to DH.
Jon Lieber, one of the pitchers projected to be a starter for us this year, is having a problem with a groin injury. Jose Contreras was scratched from a spring training game because of a lower back issue. We're sniffing around El Duque, thinking of picking him up as a possible bullpen guy and/or emergency starter.
The San Francisco Chronicle is reporting that federal investigators named Jason Giambi and Gary Sheffield as players who received steroids from Barry Bonds' personal trainer. Coincidentally or not, Giambi showed up to spring training looking substantially leaner.