Catching Up from the Weekend

Let's catch up on a few things, shall we?

-Nick Piecoro has video of Dan Haren and others pitching in spring training. Granted, it's not the most exciting video in the world, but it still is nice to watch given that some parts of this area are going to see up to 8 inches of snow today.

-If going to Outback Steakhouse, may I recommend the pattern of food that I had last night. Start with the Aussie Cheese Fries, enjoy a house salad next, then enjoy your steak with a baked potato slathered in butter and bacon. I'm still full.

-Johnny Damon is now a Detroit Tiger, ending what should go down as the worst offseason ever for an agent and his client. To be honest, the Tigers still paid too much for him. He turned down two years/14 million from the Yankees, and ended up signing for one year/8 million. Now obviously, if you look at it per year, he did okay for himself. But they wanted a multi-year contract, and more money than they ended up getting.

-A Public Service Announcement for the guys: If you're wife/fiancee/girlfriend/significant other is begging you to take her out, the movie "Valentine's Day" is entertaining enough that you can save some dignity even though I'd still consider it a "chick flick". It has to be a far superior option for the guys than Dear John. You can thank me later.

-My buddy Will "The Thrill" Geoghegan has finished his top 50 prospects on the Cape over the last decade. You can catch up on them all here.

-Finally, I'll be giving a speech today in Mishawaka. If your group/school/business is interested in having a speaker from the Silver Hawks (GM Lynn Kachmarik, Mark Haley, or even your favorite radio broadcaster), you can find the information here.

Krauss on the Cape

Last week I told you about my college buddy who was blogging over at www.rightfieldfog.com about the Cape Cod League.

He's doing a countdown of the top 50 players this decade, and 2009 Silver Hawks outfielder Marc Krauss made an appearance at #45. You can read all about him here.

Cape Cod League

I have never been to Cape Cod, nor have I ever seen an inning of a game played there. For those of you that don't know about the league, it's the premiere wooden bat summer league for college players. A.J. Pollock and Marc Krauss (among others) are two of the 2009 Silver Hawks that played in the league.

Will Geoghegan has a blog all about the Cape Cod League that you can find here: http://www.rightfieldfog.com.

Will is actually a college buddy of mine, as we both attended the University of Dayton in the early part of this decade.

Will is also in the process of counting down the top 50 players to have played in the CCL in the last 10 years. There will be a lot of names you recognize, and it's worth checking out occasionally to catch up on the latest results.

If I notice a Silver Hawks player on the list, I'll post it here too, but again, click the link and check out his great work.