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Ozzie Doesn't Think Garcia Will Be Ready
Published 7/22/2008 by Alejandro Leal at MLB Rumors - MLBTradeRumors.com
TUESDAY: Garcia was "very, very upset" by Guillen's comments.  His audition is tentatively scheduled for August 5th, and he believes he can help a contender this year. SATURDAY: Freddy Garcia is hard at work trying to rebound from labrum surgery.  Roughly a dozen teams are interested; they hope the ...

Tipping a hat to The Dean
Published 7/22/2008 by Jim at Sox Machine: Chicago White Sox blog
Tipping a hat to The Dean Hate to start this one out on a sad note, but there's no way around it : Like millions of other people, I grew up reading Holtzman in the paper -- Tribune during my time, Sun-Times before that. At the risk of smearing his reputation, he was probably the greatest influence on me, not just as a writer, but as a baseball thinker. I never recalled him overreacting in print -- at least in the last five to 10 years of his career -- and change never seemed to faze him. Instead of leaning on his wealth of experience to show how much better baseball used to be, he tied it to current events to illustrate that the game and its players hadn't changed ...

Baseball Today: Tuesday, July 22
Published 7/22/2008 by Art Martone (amartone@projo.com) at Projo Sox Blog
... IF YOU CAN'T BE HONEST WITH YOUR FRIENDS . . . Freddy Garcia is auditioning himself for a major-league job in the hopes he can provide pitching help for a contender down the stretch. Close friend Ozzie Guillen, noting Garcia hasn't even thrown off a mound yet as he recovers from shoulder surgery, says, "I don't see that happening." And Garcia, reports ESPN.com's Buster Olney, "very, very upset" with Guillen's comments. ...