Bored

And I don't know anything, because Robothal is reporting that the A's are about to sign Garciaparra after all. They have quite the roster crunch on their infield at the moment. Not overly excited by this move as Nomar has done little to nothing the last two seasons.

Bracket Matrix Update Last Four In Maryland Penn State Kentucky Texas A&M Last Four Out Providence Virginia Tech Miami St. Mary's

Nice. Time for Bobby Crosby to start learning how to play second and third base as it's utility infielder time for you buddy. This probably also means Nomar Garciaparra will be retiring if the report was true that it was either that or sign with the A's and that doesn't appear likely now with Cabrera on board.

CRIPPLE FIGHT!!!!

al pm'd his pick to me and that is: Anibal Sanchez, SP And for my pick: Brad Ziegler, RP

POLL! What do you think of conference tournaments? Personally I think they are the reason why many don't pay attention to the college basketball regular season. What's the point of the scheduled conference regular season if every team in a conference can still win their title going into the final two weeks of the season? I view conference tournaments as nothing more than made for t.v. events that only accomplish in weakening the overall field of 65. Full TV Schedule for Week of 3/2 - 3/8 The Games Most of You Can See MONDAY #11 Villanova at Notre Dame, 7:00/4:00 PM, ESPN Baylor at Texas, 9:00/6:00 PM, ESPN TUESDAY #8 Michigan State at Indiana, 7:00/4:00 PM, ESPN Kansas State at Oklahoma State, 7:30/4:30 PM, ESPN2 Auburn at Alabama, 9:00/6:00 PM, ESPN WEDNESDAY #2 North Carolina at Virginia Tech, 7:00/4:00 PM, ESPN #13 Marquette at #3 Pittsburgh, 7:30/4:30 PM, ESPN2 #9 Kansas at Texas Tech, 9:30/6:30 PM, ESPN2 THURSDAY Tennessee at South Carolina, 7:00/4:00 PM, ESPN Providence at #11 Villanova, 7:00/4:00 PM, ESPN2 #23 Illinois at Penn State, 9:00/6:00 PM, ESPN Dayton at #17 Xavier, 9:00/6:00 PM, ESPN2 California at Arizona, 10:30/7:30 PM, FSN SATURDAY #1 Connecticut at #3 Pittsburgh, Noon/9:00 AM, CBS Michigan at Minnesota, Noon/9:00 AM, ESPN California at #21 Arizona State, 2:00 PM/11:00 AM, CBS* Kentucky at Florida, 2:00 PM/11:00 AM, CBS* #15 Missouri at Texas A&M, 2:00 PM/11:00 AM, ESPN2 Oklahoma State at #4 Oklahoma, 3:30/12:30 PM, ABC* Oregon at #20 UCLA, 3:30/12:30 PM, ABC* Maryland at Virginia, 3:30/12:30 PM, ABC* Texas at #9 Kansas, 4:00/1:00 PM, CBS Big South Championship, 4:00/1:00 PM, ESPN2 Washington State at #16 Washington, 5:30/2:30 PM, FSN Atlantic Sun Championship, 6:00/3:00 PM, ESPN2 OVC Championship, 8:00/5:00 PM, ESPN2 #6 Louisville at West Virginia, 9:00/6:00 PM, ESPN SUNDAY #19 Purdue at #8 Michigan State, Noon/9:00 AM, CBS* Alabama at Tennessee, Noon/9:00 AM, CBS* MVC Championship, 2:00 PM/11:00 AM, CBS #7 Duke at #2 North Carolina, 4:00/1:00 PM, CBS #18 Clemson at #10 Wake Forest, 6:00/3:00 PM, FSN WCC Semi-Final: #14 Gonzaga vs. TBA, 9:30/6:30 PM, ESPN2 WCC Semi-Final: St. Mary's vs. TBA, 11:30/8:30 PM, ESPN2

They're dropping like flies from the American team as Grady Sizemore, Brad Hawpe, and Joe Nathan have all pulled out plus Brian Fuentes will miss the first round of pool play due to "family issues." Shane Victorino was already added to replace Sizemore but no word on other replacements.

The Loser League is underway! See the orignal entry on how the league will work. I'll do entries for each completed month. Through April the '79 Blue Jays are bringing up the rear in the A.L. East as they rank dead last in runs scored, highlighted by Danny Ainge who's hitting .186/.208/.229 in 70 at bats. NEWSPAPER STYLE RECAP FOR 2008 American League Date: 5/1/2008 TEAM WON LOST BATTING AVERAGE HOME RUNS RUNS BATTED IN 2002 TBA 18 10 T.Long KCA .404 A.Huff TBA 10 A.Huff TBA 28 1992 BOA 15 14 R.Johnson MNA .380 J.Rudi LAA 9 J.Rudi LAA 24 1988 BAA 15 14 W.Boggs BOA .357 K.Hrbek MNA 7 T.Brunans MNA 23 1990 NYA 13 16 T.Laudner MNA .355 T.Brunans MNA 7 W.Boggs BOA 23 1979 TOA 9 19 A.Huff TBA .351 A.Belle CLA 7 A.Berroa KCA 23 2005 KCA 16 11 WINS SAVES ERA 1989 CHA 16 12 F.Tanana LAA 5 E.Yan TBA 7 R.Dressle SEA 1.42 1991 CLA 15 13 C.Hough TEA 4 M.Macdoug KCA 7 R.Langfor OAA 1.64 2003 DEA 12 16 G.Harris BOA 4 OTHERS TIED W 5 F.Martine LAA 1.91 1982 MNA 10 18 T.Sturtze TBA 4 C.Hough TEA 1.97 OTHERS TIED W 3 M.Roney DEA 2.27 1980 LAA 21 8 1985 TEA 15 13 CUR HIT STREAK STOLEN BASES STRIKEOUTS 1979 OAA 13 16 R.Bosetti TOA 12 J.Cruz SEA 12 R.Clemens BOA 44 1980 SEA 10 18 K.Witt DEA 12 A.Cole CLA 11 F.Bannist SEA 41 L.Parrish TEA 9 R.Kelly NYA 9 T.Underwo TOA 38 T.Long KCA 9 R.Henders OAA 8 M.Perez CHA 38 OTHERS TIED W 8 A.Sanchez DEA 8 OTHERS TIED W 34 YESTERDAY'S GAMES TODAY'S SCHEDULE AND PROBABLE STARTERS CHA 8 at MNA 7 TBA-Sturtze(4-0, 2.95) at BAA-Tibbs(2-0, 3.90) TBA 10 at BAA 2 KCA-Hernand(2-0, 3.00) at TEA-Mason(2-2, 3.73) TOA 1 at BOA 3 TOA-Stieb(1-2, 4.18) at BOA-Viola(1-5, 2.70) SEA 0 at CLA 1 SEA-Abbott(1-3, 4.78) at CLA-Otto(0-2, 6.20) OAA 1 at LAA 2 OAA-Langfor(2-1, 1.64) at LAA-Tanana(5-0, 3.77) DEA 7 at NYA 3 DEA-Maroth(1-2, 5.00) at NYA-Leary(1-1, 3.27) KCA 4 at TEA 5 YESTERDAY'S BEST PERFORMANCES BATTER TM OPP AB R H RB BB Ks HR SB J.Sandberg TBA BAA 4 1 3 4 1 1 1 0 M.Stairs KCA TEA 4 1 3 3 0 0 1 0 T.Brunansky MNA CHA 5 2 2 2 0 0 1 0 C.Ripken BAA TBA 3 1 1 2 0 0 1 0 B.Higginson DEA NYA 5 1 3 2 0 1 1 0 PITCHER TM OPP INN H R ER BB Ks HR WLS C.Knapp LAA OAA 7.2 3 1 0 1 9 0 C.Cary NYA DEA 5.1 1 1 0 1 6 0 M.Norris OAA LAA 5.0 2 1 1 3 10 1 S.Hillegas CLA SEA 3.2 0 0 0 0 5 0 R.Rupe TBA BAA 8.0 3 2 2 2 4 1 W WHO'S HOT - BEST IN LAST 10 DAYS BATTER TM AVG AB H RB BB HR PITCHER TM IP H ER BB Ks HR WLS A.Huff TBA .286 21 6 10 5 3 S.Hillegas CLA 9 4 0 1 11 0 200 J.Castino MNA .500 28 14 6 1 3 R.Clemens BOA 9 4 1 1 10 0 100 J.Rudi LAA .353 34 12 9 2 4 C.Cary NYA 13 5 1 3 10 0 100 L.Sheets BAA .304 23 7 5 4 2 K.Patterson CHA 6 1 0 2 5 0 001 M.Stairs KCA .304 23 7 6 7 1 G.Harris TEA 14 8 1 5 16 0 202 WHO'S NOT - WORST IN LAST 10 DAYS BATTER TM AVG AB H RB BB HR PITCHER TM IP H ER BB Ks HR WLS T.Donohue LAA .111 27 3 0 0 0 G.Cadaret NYA 6 11 8 4 7 1 020 T.Hall TBA .148 27 4 1 0 0 D.Otto CLA 8 16 10 4 8 1 020 R.Schu BAA .120 25 3 1 2 0 D.Sisk BAA 6 17 8 3 2 0 010 C.Martinez CLA .179 28 5 2 0 0 J.Bonderman DEA 6 14 9 2 5 1 011 G.Gaetti MNA .231 26 6 1 0 0 M.Young BOA 6 11 7 2 7 0 010 INJURY REPORT L.Milbourne, Seattle - 1 more games C.Wilkerson, Texas - 2 more games B.Anderson, Baltimore - 2 more games T.Pena, Boston - 5 more games E.Wedge, Boston - 7 more games C.Gomez, Tampa Bay - 10 more games E.Munson, Detroit - 1 more games R.Gotay, Kansas City - 1 more games M.Sweeney, Kansas City - 1 more games In the National League, the '82 Reds and '88 Braves are dead locked for the worst record. The Reds are hitting a dreadful .236 as a team while the Braves are last in team ERA by a wide margin at 5.23. NEWSPAPER STYLE RECAP FOR 2008 National League Date: 5/1/2008 TEAM WON LOST BATTING AVERAGE HOME RUNS RUNS BATTED IN 2008 WAN 18 10 A.Galarra CON .441 C.Hayes CON 8 S.Rolen PHN 28 2000 PHN 17 11 G.Perry ATN .387 J.Leonard SFN 7 R.Zimmerm WAN 26 1993 NYN 16 12 J.Girardi CON .373 S.Rolen PHN 7 E.Karros LAN 25 1998 FLN 9 18 B.Gilkey SLN .365 OTHERS TIED W 6 J.Leonard SFN 23 1988 ATN 9 20 J.Mabry SLN .356 T.Cromer SLN 23 1985 PIN 18 10 WINS SAVES ERA 1981 CHN 14 13 R.Reusche PIN 5 S.Garrelt SFN 8 R.Wolf PHN 1.09 1995 SLN 14 15 M.Krukow SFN 5 M.Dejean MLN 8 J.Jones HON 1.13 1991 HON 14 15 R.Wolf PHN 5 D.Holmes CON 7 M.Krukow SFN 1.28 2002 MLN 13 14 OTHERS TIED W 4 OTHERS TIED W 5 D.Bird CHN 1.53 1982 CIN 9 20 K.Gross LAN 1.57 1993 CON 18 11 CUR HIT STREAK STOLEN BASES STRIKEOUTS 1985 SFN 18 11 L.Harris LAN 9 S.Finley HON 16 M.Soto CIN 47 1992 LAN 14 13 B.Gilkey SLN 9 G.Perry ATN 13 D.Gooden NYN 40 1998 ARN 13 15 J.Morriso PIN 8 O.Smith SDN 11 T.Candiot LAN 39 1981 SDN 11 17 Y.Benitez ARN 8 V.Coleman NYN 11 OTHERS TIED W 36 A.Fox ARN 8 C.Floyd FLN 10 YESTERDAY'S GAMES TODAY'S SCHEDULE AND PROBABLE STARTERS HON 5 at ARN 2 MLN-Sheets(2-3, 6.37) at CHN-Martz(1-2, 4.50) PIN 8 at NYN 0 LAN-Hershis(3-2, 3.60) at FLN-Larkin(0-1, 6.61) CIN 3 at SLN 4 SDN-Eichelb(1-2, 4.38) at PHN-Person(2-3, 2.67) CON 2 at SFN 6 PIN-Rhoden(2-2, 5.13) at WAN-Bergman(2-1, 5.52) ATN 3 at WAN 6 MLN 0 at CHN 1 LAN 5 at FLN 6 SDN 0 at PHN 4 YESTERDAY'S BEST PERFORMANCES BATTER TM OPP AB R H RB BB Ks HR SB T.Pena PIN NYN 4 2 2 3 0 0 1 1 J.Leonard SFN CON 4 2 2 1 0 2 1 0 E.Davis LAN FLN 5 1 2 2 0 1 1 1 M.Webster LAN FLN 5 2 1 2 1 2 1 1 T.Lee ARN HON 4 1 1 2 0 0 1 0 PITCHER TM OPP INN H R ER BB Ks HR WLS D.Bird CHN MLN 9.0 1 0 0 1 5 0 W M.Krukow SFN CON 9.0 4 2 0 1 7 1 W R.Wolf PHN SDN 7.0 5 0 0 0 6 0 W J.Hanrahan WAN ATN 3.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 S A.Osuna HON ARN 1.0 0 0 0 0 2 0 S WHO'S HOT - BEST IN LAST 10 DAYS BATTER TM AVG AB H RB BB HR PITCHER TM IP H ER BB Ks HR WLS T.Lee ARN .286 28 8 10 5 4 D.Bird CHN 9 1 0 1 5 0 100 B.Almon PIN .321 28 9 6 4 3 T.Candiotti LAN 9 4 0 2 13 0 100 L.Smith ATN .435 23 10 5 2 2 M.Krukow SFN 17 11 1 2 13 1 200 P.Burrell PHN .286 28 8 4 5 3 O.Daal ARN 10 6 1 1 12 0 011 R.Lankford SLN .351 37 13 6 10 2 R.Reuschel PIN 16 11 3 3 8 0 200 WHO'S NOT - WORST IN LAST 10 DAYS BATTER TM AVG AB H RB BB HR PITCHER TM IP H ER BB Ks HR WLS J.Uribe SFN .114 35 4 1 1 0 T.Lollar SDN 7 14 11 9 6 2 000 R.Belliard MLN .138 29 4 0 1 0 S.Mura SDN 11 16 10 3 11 5 030 M.Trillo SFN .135 37 5 0 3 0 G.Harris CIN 6 8 8 7 5 1 000 G.Richards SDN .160 25 4 0 2 0 J.EichelbergerSDN 9 10 8 6 4 1 020 T.Hundley NYN .120 25 3 2 1 0 G.Minton SFN 6 11 6 3 3 3 000 INJURY REPORT L.Salazar, San Diego - 6 more games B.Evans, San Diego - 5 more games C.Cedeno, Cincinnati - 8 more games D.Gladden, San Francisco - 1 more games M.Trillo, San Francisco - 5 more games C.Jones, Colorado - 14 more games T.Hundley, New York (NL) - 1 more games T.Dunwoody, Florida - 3 more games G.Zaun, Florida - 7 more games K.Jordan, Philadelphia - 1 more games M.Lieberthal, Philadelphia - 1 more games A.Sanchez, Milwaukee - 4 more games R.Machado, Milwaukee - 4 more games And finally I'll post a selected boxscore from each month this one featuring the before mentioned, offensively challenged '82 Reds being no hit by Doug Bid of the '81 Cubs on April 17th. 6,799 lucky fans witnessed history at Wrigley! BOXSCORE: 1982 Cincinnati Reds At 1981 Chicago (NL) Cubs 4/17/2008 Reds AB R H RBI AVG Cubs AB R H RBI AVG E.Milner LF 3 0 0 0 .262 I.Dejesus SS 4 0 0 0 .204 R.Oester 2B 4 0 0 0 .250 J.Morales RF 3 0 1 0 .205 L.Biittner 1B 2 0 0 0 .150 B.Buckner 1B 4 1 3 1 .321 D.Walker RF 3 0 0 0 .111 B.Bonds CF 4 0 0 0 .156 W.Krenchicki 3B 3 0 0 0 .154 S.Henderson LF 4 1 0 0 .259 D.Concepcion SS 3 0 0 0 .073 T.Blackwell C 2 0 1 1 .379 P.Householder CF 3 0 0 0 .184 M.Tyson 2B 4 1 2 0 .306 A.Trevino C 3 0 0 0 .250 K.Reitz 3B 3 1 1 2 .255 B.Berenyi P 1 0 0 0 .200 D.Bird P 3 0 0 0 .000 A-M.Vail PH 1 0 0 0 .429 G.Harris P 0 0 0 0 ---- B-M.O'Berry PH 1 0 0 0 .000 -- -- -- --- -- -- -- --- Totals 27 0 0 0 Totals 31 4 8 4 A-Pinch Hit For Berenyi In 6th Inning B-Pinch Hit For Harris In 9th Inning Reds............ 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 0 0 1 Cubs............ 1 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 - 4 8 0 Reds (4-12) IP H R ER BB SO HR PC ERA B.Berenyi LOSS(0-5) 5 6 4 3 1 3 2 103 9.38 G.Harris 3 2 0 0 1 1 0 39 0.69 Totals 8 8 4 3 2 4 2 Cubs (7-8) IP H R ER BB SO HR PC ERA D.Bird WIN(1-2) 9 0 0 0 1 6 0 118 2.21 Totals 9 0 0 0 1 6 0 ATTENDANCE- 6,799 DATE- Thursday, April 17th 2008 TIME- Day WEATHER- Average T- 2:19 LEFT ON BASE- Reds: 2 Cubs: 6 DOUBLE PLAYS- Reds: 1 Cubs: 0 ERRORS- A.Trevino HOME RUNS- B.Buckner(2nd), K.Reitz(1st) STOLEN BASES- E.Milner(3rd) SACRIFICE FLIES- T.Blackwell WALKS- E.Milner, J.Morales, T.Blackwell HIT BY PITCH- L.Biittner STRIKE OUTS- R.Oester, D.Walker, W.Krenchicki, P.Householder, M.Vail, M.O'Berry, B.Bonds-2, K.Reitz, D.Bird GIDP- K.Reitz WILD PITCHES- B.Berenyi-2

ESPN is reporting that as well. At this point I think he's just trying to skip out on Spring Training.

"I've made a huge mistake."

King Henry III, Walter Matthau, Jimmy Carter, Julie Andrews, Rod Carew, Randy Quaid, and Mark McGwire.

I believe their primary announce crew for their Thursday night regular season games will be Matt Vasgersian and Harold Reynolds although it was reported when Costas signed on that he would be calling some games.

Quicky entry here. First off I'm currently working on a list of the 100 greatest baseball players of my lifetime. Whether I actually finish it is another story as I've tried to do similar lists like this before and always ended up chucking the whole thing. Hey it's World Baseball Classic time and for this entry just going to very quickly put together my own Team USA. I did this a for 2006 (LOLZ Dontrelle Willis) so might as well do it for 2009 since I need an excuse for an entry. This time around though I'm going construct a roster based on a more standard baseball roster rather than the extreme reliever heavy WBC rosters. This is totally based if no one was injured and if Alex Rodriguez wasn't a TRAITOR TO OUR COUNTRY! Starters C.C. Sabathia Brandon Webb Tim Lincecum Roy Halladay Relievers Joe Nathan Jonathan Papelbon Brian Fuentes Brad Lidge Heath Bell David Price C: Joe Mauer 1B: Mark Texeira 2B: Chase Utley 3B: David Wright SS: Alex Rodriguez LF: Matt Holliday CF: Grady Sizemore RF: Nick Markakis DH: Chipper Jones Bench Brian McCann Lance Berkman Dustin Pedroia Jimmy Rollins Evan Longoria Curtis Granderson

Cody Ross, OF

The Oakland A's to Fremont deal is officially dead. So what's next? Is Bored our only A's fan here? I know that San Jose and Sacramento are frequently discussed as alternatives, but I don't see either one being viable, especially right now. Ahem. I agree though that I don't think any deal for a new stadium will be done any time soon unless the economy suddenly does a 180. Won't surprise me if the A's are still in the Coliseum for another decade.

South Africa has a 17 year old pitcher on their roster by the name of Dylan Lindsay who the Royals signed a couple of months ago. I'm interested in getting a chance to see him pitch.

Final WBC rosters were set today so might as well get this thread up for the tournament that begins next week. Ya it's still hard to take it all that seriously but it's the closest thing to real competitive baseball we have until April 5th. All games will be televised live on either ESPN, ESPN2, or MLB Network. And I'll just predict now that the U.S. blows it in pool play again. Full Schedule Pool A - Tokyo China Notable Players: None Chinese Taipei Notable Players: None Japan Notable Players: Ichiro Suzuki, Daisuke Matsuzaka, Kosuke Fukudome Korea Notable Players: Shin-Soo Choo Pool B - Mexico City Australia Notable Players: None Cuba Notable Players: None Mexico Notable Players: Adrian Gonzalez, Joakim Soria, Oliver Perez South Africa Notable Players: None Pool C - Toronto Canada Notable Players: Justin Morneau, Jason Bay, Russell Martin Italy Notable Players: Frank Catalanotto United States Notable Players: Jake Peavy, Dustin Pedroia, David Wright Venezuela Notable Players: Miguel Cabrera, Carlos Zambrano, Francisco Rodriguez Pool D - San Juan Domincan Republic Notable Players: Alex Rodriguez, Jose Reyes, Hanley Ramirez Netherlands Notable Players: None Panama Notable Players: Carlos Lee, Manny Corpas Puerto Rico Notable Players: Carlos Beltran, Carlos Delgado, Javier Vazquez

Meaningless exhibition games are just two days away but hey at least it's baseball. Here's a TV schedule for this week. WEDNESDAY Giants vs. Indians, 3:00 PM/Noon, MLBN Red Sox vs. Twins, 7:00/4:00 PM, MLBN THURSDAY Astros vs. Braves, 1:00 PM/10:00 AM, ESPN Diamondbacks vs. Indians, 4:00/1:00 PM, MLBN FRIDAY Cardinals vs. Mets, 1:00 PM/10:00 AM, MLBN Padres vs. Indians, 5:00/2:00 PM, MLBN SATURDAY Rays vs. Phillies, 1:00 PM/10:00 AM, MLBN Twins vs. Yankees, 5:00/2:00 PM, MLBN I'm assuming the MLB Network games will just be the local feeds and apparently the Indians have a lot of their Spring Training games televised. Who knew?

Bracket Matrix Update Last Four In Maryland UNLV San Diego State Virginia Tech Last Four Out Kansas State USC Cincinnati Oklahoma State

Full TV Schedule for Week of 2/23 - 3/1 The Games Most of You Can See MONDAY #6 Louisville at Georgetown, 7:00/4:00 PM, ESPN #15 Kansas a #3 Oklahoma, 9:00/6:00 PM, ESPN TUESDAY Penn State at Ohio State, 7:00/4:00 PM, ESPN Florida at #18 LSU, 9:00/6:00 PM, ESPN Texas A&M at Nebraska, 9:00/6:00 PM, ESPN2 WEDNESDAY #2 Connecticut at #8 Marquette, 7:00/4:00 PM, ESPN Virginia Tech at #12 Clemson, 7:30/4:30 PM, ESPN2 #7 Duke at Maryland, 9:00/6:00 PM, ESPN Texas Tech at #25 Texas, 9:30/6:30 PM, ESPN2 THURSDAY West Virginia at Cincinnati, 7:00/4:00 PM, ESPN #19 Xaver at St. Joseph's, 7:00/4:00 PM, ESPN2 #16 Purdue at Michigan, 9:00/6:00 PM, ESPN #5 Memphis at UAB, 9:00/6:00 PM, ESPN2 #17 Gonzaga at Santa Clara, 11:00/8:00 PM, ESPN2 SATURDAY Georgia Tech at #4 North Carolina, Noon/9:00 AM, CBS Georgetown at #10 Villanova, Noon/9:00 AM, ESPN Cleveland State at #24 Butler, Noon/9:00 AM, ESPN2 Notre Dame at #2 Connecticut, 2:00 PM/11:00 AM, CBS Illinois State at Creighton, 2:00 PM/11:00 AM, ESPN2 Arizona at #21 Washington, 3:00 PM/Noon, FSN #3 Oklahoma at Texas Tech, 3:30/12:30 PM, ABC* #7 Duke at Virginia Tech, 3:30/12:30 PM, ABC* #18 LSU at Kentucky, 4:00/1:00 PM, CBS Ohio State at #16 Purdue, 4:00/1:00 PM, ESPN #25 Texas at Oklahoma State, 6:00/3:00 PM, ESPN #17 Gonzaga at San Diego, 7:30/4:30 PM, ESPN2 #22 UCLA at California, 9:00/6:00 PM, ESPN SUNDAY #8 Marquette at #6 Louisville, Noon/9:00 AM, CBS #11 Missouri at #15 Kansas, 2:00 PM/11:00 AM, CBS* Tennessee at Florida, 2:00 PM/11:00 AM, CBS* #9 Michigan State at #20 Illinois, 4:00/1:00 PM, CBS Maryland at N.C. State, 7:30/4:30 PM, FSN Oregon State at Oregon, 10:00/7:00 PM, FSN

Hey you remember last year we had a third postseason tournament added in College Basketball Invitational? Okay maybe not, but trust me it did take place but don't ask me who won. Guess what? We now have four postseason tournaments this year. Say hello to the CollegeInisder.com Postseason Tournament. This was announced a month ago but hell if I noticed. That now brings the total number of postseason bids to 129.

Frank Francisco, RP

Felipe Lopez, 2B/3B/SS/OF

The deal to build the A's a new park in Fremont is officially dead. Really outside the fact that I live slightly closer to Fremont than Oakland, there wasn't a whole lot I liked about the deal. Popular belief is that the A's will now turn their attention to San Jose where the current ownership has wanted to move all along.