Notes: Greinke sees improvement

Season Preview: Texas Rangers

sooze posted 3/6/2008 from www.babeslovebaseball.com

Now that Spring Training has started, we're continuing on with Season Previews. Last year, they began as a serious analysis and ended as half-assed haiku, which we're just gonna keep rolling with.

Spring Fever

sooze posted 3/6/2008 from www.babeslovebaseball.com

Not only did Chicago Cubs' ace Carlos Zambrano pitch three scoreless innings during the club's 5-4 loss to the Arizona Diamondbacks on Wednesday, but the 6'5" monster also swung for the fences.

Chris Lubanski and Billy Butler

Dave Rouleau posted 3/7/2008 from blog.baseballdigestdaily.com

In Moneyball terms, Lubanski is selling blue jeans and Butler is not.

The Soria Story - Former Wizards Pitcher No Longer an Unknown

chadgramling posted 3/7/2008 from www.baseballinfortwayne.com

Joakim Soria was a relative unknown when he was draft with the number two pick in the 2006 Rule 5 Draft by Kansas City. Two days later, he pitched a perfect game. In 2007, he capably stepped in and served as the Royals closer despite never having pitched about single-A ball. This post takes a look at the Soria story so far, and speculates on the future for the former Wizards pitcher.

FOX/AP: Former Giant Matt Williams testifies in wiretapping case

Rover found this 3/7/2008 on www.baseballthinkfactory.org

Former baseball player Matt Williams testified Thursday that he refused an offer from private investigator Anthony Pellicano to wiretap the phone of his second wife. “It’s an illegal act,” Williams testified. Williams was the first prosecution witness called in the wiretapping trial of Pellicano and four co-defendants. Prosecutors said Pellicano, 63, was the architect of a thriving ...