A Day of Thoughts

I'm excited to announce that baseball season is just around the corner (in case you don't know by now) and I can finally sit down and watch a regular season game on TV. It's truly a long off season for me, but I think its worthy.

I was surprised to hear today that the Detroit Tigers decided to cut Gary Sheffield. He is sitting at 499 home runs and he still had a year left on his contract. The Tigers are now in the book for the 14 mills that he was set to earn this season. So, who needs a DH? Where is he going to land? The Twins need some power. So does the Royals. Or even the Orioles. Anybody?

Former Astros Curt Shilling announced his retirement a few days ago through his blog after a 20 years career in baseball. He is definetely remember most for taking the Phillies (in '93), the Diamondbacks (in '01) and the Red Sox (both in '04 and '07) to the World Series than the one season that he wore the Astros uniform. Schilling arrived in Houston in 1991 along with pitcher Pete Harnisch and outfielder Steve Finley in a trade that sent then Astros first basemen Glenn Davis to the Orioles. Maybe the Astros were just making room for someone named Jeff Bagwell at that time. In his only year in Houston, Schilling pitched out off the bullpen, appearing in 56 games going 3-5 with a 3.81 E.R.A. In a move that perhaps shouldn't have never been done, the Astros shipped Schilling to the Phillies right before the 1992 season started in return for reliever Jason Grimsley (this is the same guy whose house was raided by federal agents agents in 2006 in connection with the investigation in steroids use, AND he is also in ESPN's list of Baseball Biggest Cheaters) Grimsley never threw a pitch for the 'Stros as he spent his only season in Houston in the minors. And as for Schilling, once he got to Philadelphia, the legend began. Good luck.

Did anyone see the designs of the new stadium the Marlins are getting? It look awesome! The Marlins were in dire need of a new home and, even though they have won two World Series in the last decade or so, were unable to finance a deal until now. Also, once the team moves into its new crib (probably around 2012) they will change its name to the Miami Marlins. The next team that should step up and get a new stadium done is the Oakland Athletics. They have got to get out of the Coliseum. That place looks ancient!