Whoop de doo.

Apparently it could happen as a condition of leading the Trib out of BK.

I thought maybe people here would like to see this.

Their 14 year old daughter found her in a bedroom in their home. No initial signs of foul play. Thoughts and prayers go out to the family. How sad.

This just appeared, I thought it was nice. There's an explanation as to why it hadn't appeared sooner.

This weekend on local WGN they're going to be showing the Randy Hundley Fantasy Camp special. According to the listings, it is on Saturday 3/14 at 6:30 p.m. and Sunday 3/15 at 10:30 p.m. It runs 30 minutes. Since this is a local Chicago showing which I don't get here in L.A., plus I'll be in Mesa this weekend anyway, I would very much appreciate it if some kind soul here could see their way to recording in somehow. My e-mail is beercubbie@yahoo.com. Thanks in advance.

http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2009/writers/jon_heyman/03/02/manny.dodgers/index.html?eref=T1&bcnn=yes

I know there was a previous Ramirez thread, but it's fallen down into the abyss. Jon Heyman, normally Boras' mouthpiece, reports that McCourt might be fed up (read done) with all things Manny. While Torre and Colletti plead with him otherwise, McCourt is known around LA for being emotional and well, vindictive. if McCourt's petulance prevails, Ramirez actually just might find himself without a team, since apparently not even the Giants have the resources to spite the Dodgers.

McCourt had a good point in an LA Times article this weekend. He offered Ramirez arbitration and was turned down. Any arb decision can't contain deferred money, so it isn't as if McCourt wasn't prepared to pay him in full. Plus, what McCourt left unspoken was that Boras blew a chance to submit an outrageous arb number that he stood a good chance of winning. While McCourt's an ass, there's still a lot of sentiment here in LA that Ramirez and his agent can just take a hike.

http://www.smugmug.com/gallery/7274325_fLPCB/1/468090168_F6GJb#P-1-15

For those that are interested, Warren Wimmer, one of the camp photographers, has put up 1000's of photos taken the week of camp. There are many pictures of former Cubs like Kessinger and Beckert along with us old camper guys too.