More from the Valley of the Sun

This is the slowest time of the year for a sports fan like me. Football season over, baseball season not yet to begin, the Olympic done. A quick surf thru the sports channels this afternoon and all I came across was rodeo, indoor football, women's college basketball (on 2 channels!) and Italian League soccer.

It will be a different story next weekend with the Sox first game from spring training set for saturday afternoon.

I stole this:
Pitching Schedule
From the desk of Don Cooper ...
Monday's intrasquad game will feature: Mark Buehrle, Brandon McCarthy, Lance Broadway, Ray Liotta, Bobby Jenks and Neal Cotts.
March 1 vs. Colo: Jose Contreras, Jon Garland, Charlie Haeger, Javier Lopez and Arnie Munoz.
March 2 vs. Ariz: Freddy Garcia, Jeff Bajenaru, Chad Bentz, Rusty Tucker, Paulino Reynoso, Cotts and Corwin Malone.
March 3 at Ariz: Buehrle, Dustin Hermanson, Liotta, Broadway, Cliff Politte.
March 4 vs. Ariz: McCarthy, Lopez, Munoz, Haeger, Tucker, Bentz.

No other notes, other than reports that Uribe is out of shape and the Sox are considering dealing Crede (I hope they don't).

We'll find out tomorrow whether or not Minnie Minoso gets into the Hall of Fame. What a great character - he deserves it!