Chronicles of the Lads

ONE WEEK IN
Well, after the excitement of pitchers and catchers reporting, we have to admit the fact that nothing has happened in the last seven days. To sum up:

- Jered Weaver got so drunk -- How drunk was he? -- Jered Weaver was so drunk that he was unable to be around others.

I need to contract the police of the LBC to follow me and my crew around some weekend night. My friends frequently are unable to be around others, and the long arm of John Law might add some decorum to the proceedings. I, for one, am glad we have police forces to keep drunken twenty-three-year-olds away from others when they need to be.

- Ervin Santana can't pitch in the World Baseball Classic. But then he can. But he won't.

We still don't know about Bartolo or Kelvim. Actually, I think the only guy we know for sure is going is Scot Shields.

Look, I'll watch the WBC games when they're on in my time zone, because it's baseball and I'm just dying for the games to start, but I don't care who wins. I just have no motivation to cheer for the US team. I mean, there are a few guys on the team I like ... Shieldsy, of course ... Chase Utley. And, um ... well ... yeah. Go America!

I don't know how well the US team is going to do in this thing, because I don't think the US team is going to care as much as some of the other teams. I get the impression from some of the comments of players in involved from the Latin countries that they think it's a big thing, a big honor, and that they're excited about representing their countries. I'm just not hearing that from the US team, so I don't know.

I might have to adopt a country by the time the games roll around. We'll see which country ends up with the most Halos on their squad.