BEGONE INJURY BUG! and Other Newsyness

If you haven't had the pleasure of watching the new Peabody movie, I highly encourage it.  There was enough going on to keep my 4 year old engrossed but it was all pretty tame and there was a ton of adult humor in the movie.  Good job movie making people.

On to the Newsys:

Pre-Game Fixin's: More Splitting of Squads

The Cubs will be doing Split Squad duties again today.  Hopefully, the guys in Las Vegas didn’t pound The Strip too hard last night.  Mike Olt gets some more game time, albeit at DH.  Hopefully we will get word soon that his shoulder is A-OK and he will be ready to go by Opening Day.  If not, and he needs a month in the minors (don’t think he would) then we might have to rethink the Service Time discussion.

Also, let me know what you think of the layout.  In the regular season I will try to get Cubs lineup, opposing lineup along with handedness of the pitchers for both teams and some basic stats.

The Records, They Be A Fallin' and other Newsy-ness

Took the T-Tot (my Son) to the bowling alley last night.  Bumpers, a move to a heavier ball and some bad
performance by me meant that T-Tot had a good lead on me through 7 frames.  Thankfully, my mechanics came back and I pulled out the victory.

Did I mention I am terrible at bowling?

Mike Olt - Baezing All Over The Mariners, And Other Newsy-ness

Look, Ma! I remember
how to use this!

Ahhh...Spring Training, the time when Winter is destroyed by the forces of all that is good in the world...BASEBALL!!!!

It's also a time for gross over-reaction for all fans.  "ZOMG! OUR PLAYER IS AWESOME!" "DAMN GM GETTING RID OF THIS AWESOME PLAYER!!!!!!!!1!!1!!" And then in mid-May folks can't understand/forget why player X is performing the way they are.  It's like dating someone.  For the first few months, they can do no wrong...then BOOM, you realize you are dating a horrible, terrible person and curse everyone around you for not telling you.

Or something like that. (Good God, that is A LOT of caps in the opening paragraph)