Happy Trails?
Saturday, March 8th, 2008
Well, the first roster cuts of Spring Training came on Friday, as Matt Wieters, Chris Tillman, Kam Mickolio, Esteban Yan, and Ryan Keefer were assigned to minor league camp. So it looks like the Opening Day roster won’t feature the numbers 58, 76, 82, 75, or 81.
We also won’t see #43 at all this season. New Oriole pitcher Troy Patton will miss all of 2008 after undergoing surgery to repair a small tear in his left shoulder. This will mark the second straight season that an O’s pitcher in #43 has been lost to injury, following Sendy Rleal in 2007. Is it the Curse of Sidney Ponson?
I made a few minor corrections to various pages of the site, including fixing some bad links and updating Corey Patterson-related content, now that he’s officially an ex-Oriole. He signed a minor league deal with the Cincinnati Reds earlier this week.
A few links to pass along today. First, Matt Silverman, who has written three books about the New York Mets (most recently collaborating with Mets by the Numbers mastermind Jon Springer on a book that’s right up my alley), has just started his own sports blog. It’s a good read from a diehard baseball fan.
For those who don’t keep tabs on my baseball card blog, yesterday I linked to the personal website of Steve Pappas, son of Milt Pappas. He’s got some great tidbits about his father, who’s one of best to ever put on an O’s uniform (and certainly the best #32). Steve’s also an avid player of APBA, and he’s got lots of information about his hobby on the site.