Jayson Stark on the Reds Bullpen
redlegnation.com 3/20/2008 — ESPN.com’s Jayson Stark has a nice piece on the Cordero signing , and how it might be the most “franchise-changing acquisition” of the off-season. As always, Stark offers a raft numbers that might be random, meaningless trivia ...

Selling the Drama: The Red Sox, Collusion, and Barry Bonds
bizofbaseball.com 3/20/2008 — If you need any further proof that we’re nearly at Opening Day, all you had to do was read the news yesterday surrounding Major League Baseball. If it wasn’t real news (Red Sox threatening to boycott their trip to Japan), it was stretching news into something more than it may be (collusion and Barry Bonds). Let’s start with the Red Sox… The story has a happy ending... sort of.

The Art of Bunting
blog.baseballdigestdaily.com 3/20/2008 — John Dewan's Stat of the Week looks at bunt abilities. I develop the subject with a look at other stats and a few comments.

Lake Elsinore Storm Offer Barry Bonds Front Office Position
bizofbaseball.com 3/20/2008 — Priceless. Padres Single-A affiliate offers Barry Bonds a Media Relations position and "full use of baseball facilities and of course expanded cubicle space with barcalounger and plasma TV." Oh, and to add to the deal, Pedro Gomez gets a parking space.

BASEBALL; Mets-Cubs Game in Japan Will Be an Unusual Eye-Opener - New York Times
query.nytimes.com 3/20/2008 — While the Mets and the Cubs try to shrug off jet lag, the American population gets to share their pain Wednesday morning. Anybody who wants to catch that grand old tradition of opening day will have to get up bright and early. The Mets and Cubs will ...

Feds to seek new perjury indictment against Bonds — ESPN.com - MLB 3/20/2008
Federal prosecutors said on Wednesday they would seek a new indictment against U.S. baseball home run king Barry Bonds after previous perjury charges were recently thrown out.

Kerry Wood returns, may pitch today — Chicago Sun-Times :: Chicago Cubs :: 3/20/2008
MESA, Ariz. — Kerry Wood has returned to the Cubs’ pitching schedule today as suddenly as back spasms sidelined him Wednesday. He was tentatively scheduled for an inning of today’s game against the Colorado Rockies. If he doesn’t pitch today, the plan ...

Giants 2B Durham scratched from lineup (AP) — Yahoo! Sports - MLB News 3/20/2008
San Francisco second baseman Ray Durham was scratched from the Giants' game against the Los Angeles Angels on Thursday because of tightness in his left hamstring. Durham played Wednesday night in a 6-2 loss to the Chicago Cubs in Scottsdale. He was ...

Spring cleaning: Cubs send down trio — Major League Baseball News 3/20/2008
The Cubs trimmed the spring roster on Thursday, assigning right-handed pitchers Sean Gallagher and Jose Ascanio to Triple-A Iowa, and sending outfielder Josh Kroeger to the Minor League camp.

DeRosa following Idol competition — Major League Baseball News 3/20/2008
No matter how American Idol contestant Michael Johns finishes in the competition, he wants to sing the national anthem at a Cubs game this summer. Johns is friends with Cubs second baseman Mark DeRosa, and the two have been keeping in touch since the ...