February 2007 Archives
Manny has arrived at spring training. Can we please stop talking about the auction now?
[via Extra Bases]
Originally posted on Extra Bases
“That’s a bad thing,” said 44-year-old Kevin Cloutier of Westford, who was enjoying spring training with his family. “I would have hoped if it took $13 million to get a guy like Curt Schilling, we would have done that. People are paying $17 million for a Barry Zito. You’ve got to get a Curt Schilling for 13. That’s going to be a problem for us. You can’t get too cocky because you have a lot of pitchers. You never know what happens.”
There's a lot of truth to these statements, and I think one of the most honest ones is the last - You never know what happens. Will Schilling be able to effectively continue after this season? Would he want to? I'm as big a fan of veteran pitching as the next guy, but I really don't think the Sox will let Schilling go next season just because he's gone free agent. I've gotta go with my gut on this one and trust Theo.
Yeah, I know. I'm sorry for the title. I just couldn't resist.
I've been keeping a light eye on things and I have to admit being a little bit nervous when I saw Wily Mo Pena and the Sox enter arbitration. Of course friends were completely confident that we'd get him, but I wanted to see it before I believed it. Now we know for sure. Wily Mo is on board for the season.
[Via MLB
Spanning Sync is a very handy piece of software that provides long-sought functionality - two-way synchronization between iCal and Google Calendar! The idea seems to be something similar to .Mac's syncing between two macs. Unlike .Mac, however, Google Calendar can be written to via web interface. This is a huge feather in Google's cap, and allows this functionality to be so useful. Stuck on a PC, or just a computer you don't want your password in the keychain for, at the office? No problem. Just add an event to your google calendar and Spanning Sync will bring it down to your mac at home for you.
Beware, though - the software is in beta and should be treated with caution until its full release.