I really wish that Cubs coach Lou Piniella would just make up his mind about what to do with the Cubs rotation and bullpen. It’s obvious the the bullpen needs to have a lot of work done with it. Both Bob Howry and Scott Eyre have been pitching HORRIBLE thus far this season. Neither have been worth the big reliever dollars that they were paid to do so last season. Neal Cotts started off really well, and has been horrible as of late. Will Ohman had rough start, but has gotten a lot better. Micheal Wuertz has a really good start, but hasn’t been as effective as of late even though his ERA is only 1 something. That leaves Ryan Dempster as the closer. He’s a been fairly effective closing out 9 out of his first 10 opportunities. The one save he did blow was a heart wrenching loss. He’s had a few problems with some non-save appearances as well.

This takes me to where Lou Pinella has been a little hairy with what he wants to do. First, they announce that Dempster is coming out of the pen to become their fifth starter, and that Angel Guzman is going to…

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So did any of you guys read the article on how Ken Griffey Jr. handled a heckler when they were playing the Los Angeles Dodgers over the weekend?

Basically as the story goes a Dodgers fan was sitting near the Reds dugout, and felt the need to heckle and yell and Griffey every chance that he could get. Having fun with it, Griffey started to fire back at the fan, who was larger in size with “Shouldn’t you be wearing a support bra?”. Then during the 6th inning Griffey sent somebody into the clubhouse to get the largest jock strap they had.

The Dodger fan was having a good time with it, and started twirling it around like a helicopter or a stripper, what ever trips your trigger. After a few more innings and some exchanged smiles, when Griffey came back in, the fan apologized to him and was telling him what he really thought of him. It pretty much boiled down to Griffey still having the prettiest swings in the majors, of which he still does.

See now this is what pro athletes should be all about. A good major of them will not give fans the time of day besides maybe…

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In a word? No. No, he is not going to be the Yankees savior and the answer to all of their questions.

Here’s why:

The Yankees need a whole lot more help then one starting pitcher. This will give them The Rocket and Pettitte as their one two combination again, but several years later. Does these guys have same amount of gas left in the tank as they did when they last played in New York together? I don’t think so. Wang is grossly overrated, and the rest of the rotation is either injured, coming off injury, or freshly called up from the minors, including Phil Hughes, who is already on the DL after only two starts. You’d have to assume that Carl Pavano’s career is pretty much over too at this point. Sure he made an opening day start, but again has found himself on the DL. Kei Igawa has been horrible for them as well, giving a lot a taters and walking to many players. He was actually optioned back to their A league affiliated to go back and work on the basics again.

The Yankees relievers will all be totally gassed by the end of the season, if they stay…

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Man, I can’t help but feel sorry for Ryan Langerhans, young outfielder who was traded on Sunday from the Braves to the A’s for a player to be named later and cash considerations. He’s had a rough go at things so far this season, starting the season by getting only three hits in 44 at-bats. There was a small group of hands that would dress up in hands costumes, and it always gave me a chuckle.

Anyway, he played two games in centerfield for the Athletics, and had a costly error that ended up costing the game for them against the Red Sox, and was 0-4 with two strikeouts and a walk. He was shipped off to the Nationals last night for Chris Snelling. Just as he got to know a few new players after spending his career in Atlanta, he gets sent back to the National League East to a rival team of his former Atlanta Braves. And not to mention he goes from first in the East to dead last.

He is at least taking it well, and joking about it.

“You just have to laugh. I’ve never seen anything like that,” Langerhans said, “but I enjoyed my time here. I…

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Greetings readers!

I just wanted to give you guys a heads up and an apology for my inactivity writing entries. I’ve been putting in a lot of over time at my everyday job. In fact I worked 15 hours yesterday coding away.

I’ve got several entries started, several others thought out, and other fun things planned for the future. I just need time to finish them off, proofread them and publish them off.

After this week hopefully I can resume my normally bi-daily entries.

On a more serious note, I just wanted to get my condolences out to the Josh Hancock family, the Cardinals reliever who was so tragically killed in a car accident this weekend. He was one of those guys who wasn’t really flashy or anything, but he went out and always did his job with no questions. It’s horrible for anybody to loose a family member, teammate or a friend, especially when they are well loved and loved life. He was really a class act. We will miss you greatly.