Baseball's spring training games officially start today. I'm not counting Boston's massacre of Division 3's Northeastern University, 25-0. This is baseball, Valentine. There's no style points, we only count wins.
***MLB ADD$ TWO MORE PLAYOFF TEAM$***
I don't know why they thought this was a good idea (Money), but Selig couldn't wait to push this thru (Money). Sure, it might make the regular season a little more exciting because more teams will have a chance to get into the playoffs (Money), but it also waters down the playoffs (More Money). The team that wins the World Series can't really be called "The Best Team In Baseball," anymore just because they won a tournament. Last year, the 'World Champion' Cardinals may only have been the fifth or sixth best team, who happened to get hot at the right time.
I don't care how they arrange the schedule, They are hamstringing the best teams, the teams who proved over 162 games, against everybody, that they deserve to be playing for the Championship. I just can't understand the thinking (Money).
***AROUND THE HORN***
## Johnny Damon's agent, the irrepressible Scott Boras, says that the unsigned Damon is taking the "patient approach" in the marketplace. He has to: he's not sifting through offers, he's pleading for someone to talk to him. Boras can't even bring out his usual routines, the One Dumb Owner or the 'Mystery Team,' because no one is that dumb and it's no mystery. Johnny is done for.
## Does anybody remember former Phee-nom, Brien Taylor? The Yanks managed to negotiate a $1.55 million deal with Brien's mom to bring him into the Yankee fold some 20 odd years ago. Taylor pitched one year in Double-A and did well. Over the winter, however, he got into a bar fight, injured his pitching shoulder and was never effective again. The 40-year old Taylor is back in the news having been arrested on drug charges. At least now we know where the money went.
## Syracuse University basketball fans report that S.U. mascot, Otto the Orange, a man dressed as a large round orange, has been updated. They have replaced his eyes with something a little more impressive. Apparently he's had a vasectomy, too, since he's now seedless.
***THEY SAID IT***
"Mississippi State's nonconference football schedule this fall: Jackson State, Troy, South Alabama and Middle Tennessee State. What, Electoral College wasn't available?" -- Dwight Perry
"Talking about the electrical blaze at Fenway Park: "Instead of calling 911, Boston fans just heckled the fire until it left." -- Jimmy Fallon
"Wonder how many folks will be turning into this week’s NASCAR race, not in hopes of watching two cars crash into each other. But in hopes of watching another fuel truck flambe'." -- Janice Hough
"Ryan Braun says he'd bet his life that an illegal substance was never in his body. Hey, maybe MLB can nail him for gambling." -- Carl Steward, Oakland Tribune
"There's a new mob museum in Las Vegas: It's similar to the Baseball Hall of Fame, only with fewer rule-breakers." -- Brad Dickson
Sad news from my hometown. Santina Paino has passed away in her 92nd year. She was buried with a Yankee pinstripe ribbon in her coffin. I never saw the lady without a smile on her face and we will miss her.
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