Baseball Update:
Following the light fight down in Florida, the Rays were able to beat the Yanks 7-6.
Andy Pettitte was scratched from Wednesday's start because of elbow irritation. Too bad, I'm sure he would been great during that pretend fight during the game.
Neither Clay Buchholz or Francisco Liriano were stellar in their spring training starts on Wednesday, but Buchholz and his Red Sox teammates were able to edge out Liriano and the Twins 12-7.
Cameron Maybin hit two and his teammates added 3 more homers in the Marlins 13-7 victory over the Cardinals.
The Astros will be without right-hander Felipe Paulino for at least a month due to a pinched nerve inhis upper right arm.
The Blue Jays are down a pitcher after Casey Janssen found out he had a torn labrum and will miss the remainder of the season.
Juan Lara who was injured in a car accident in November was released and then resigned by the Indians to a minor league contract dropping him from the 40 man roster. The team will pay for his medical expenses.
The Mariners have dropped pitcher Horacio Ramirez. The pitcher was acquired during a trade with the Braves. For more Braves news, head over to our Braves Blog.
The Reds are one step closer to joining the Dodgers in a move west for spring training. The city of Goodyear, Arizona has agreed to fund the estimated $33 million it would take to move the Reds from Sarasota, Florida.
The Umpires had a funfilled night of bowling. Of course, the fun was for a good cause at the first annual BLUE for Kids World Series of Bowling.
Bill Wrigley, Jr. said his company has not decided whether they would bid for naming rights for Wrigley Field if they should become available.
Good news, suspensions are unlikely for those players implicated in the Mitchell Report. Now can we finally move on?
Nascar Update:
Roush Fenway Racing officials have decided not appeal the penalties levied against the 99 Ford driven by Carl Edwards.
Tony Stewart is still bashing goodyear. So we'll take this time to point out a funny post that ranks Tony's rant against other all-time greats.
Kasey Kahne on the rise? Doesn't it seem like he can only pull it together in even numbered years? So that means 2008 will great for Kasey.
She has a crazy racing pedigree that includes an uncle that won the Nascar Cup Championship so it's no surprise that she's looking to climb the racing ranks. Click here to learn about Chrissy Wallace.
Ned Jarrett will be waving the green flag at the start of the Food City 500 while his son Dale drives in his final Cup series race.
News & Notes: Mt. St. Mary's punched its ticket to the big dance after defeating Scared Heart 68-55 and capturing the Northeast Conference championship...Another team looking to put on their dancing shoes is Portland State who picked up their first ever invitation by winning the Big Sky Conference trounament with a 67-51 win over Northern Arizona...The Celtics make it 10 in a row with a 111-82 killing of the Sonics...But 10 in a row doesn't really compare with the Rockets 20 straight which they picked up after beating Atlanta 83-75...Sid the Kid was out for the Penguins game against the Sabres but judging by the 7-3 score, they didn't really miss him...Dallas Stars forward Steve Ott was suspended for three games without pay for a hit against Colorado defenseman Jordan Leopold that resulted in Leopold leaving the game with a head injury...Job security is hard to find especially after you've been with a team for 16 years. Just ask recently fired Broncos GM Ted Sundquist...I'm so nervous for Jared Lorenzon right now, I could eat that super gross strawberry jello concoction, after sources revealed the Giants signed David Carr to a $1 million deal...Olympic sprinter Justin Gatlin showed off in front of NFL scouts at Tennesseee's pro timing day. I wonder if they mind that he's banned from Olympic competition because of his whole doping violation...Five Cuban players are missing after they played the US in a qualifier for the Beijing Games. Under the US's "wet foot, dry foot" policy Cubans who reach the US can remain in the US and even apply for residency after a year. I'm surprised the whole team didn't go missing...Following yesterday's bus throwing incident, John Daly was dqed from the Arnold Palmer Invitational after missing the Bay Hill pro-am.
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It's been fun blogging with you,
Kate
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