...After having season ending shoulder surgery, Boston RHP Curt Schilling isn't making any concrete plans on whether or not he's going to pitch come the 2009 season.
"We're in the initial phase of my rehab," he said. "Whether I was a plumber or a pitcher, I'd have to do it just to have use of my shoulder and arm. There's no real critical decision-making point for a good five, seven or eight weeks from now, until I need to decide whether I want to progress past the normal surgery rehab into very specific job rehab and we'll figure that out then."...With Eric Byrnes likely done for the long term, the Arizona Diamond Backs are looking at outfield options, which may or may not include Barry Bonds - a former Arizona State Sun Devil. This according to Nick Piercoro of The Arizona Republic, here's what Josh Byrnes - the Snakes GM had to say.
"I don't want to talk about him specifically but, believe me, we've considered a lot of options. There is sort of no one obvious option right now, but there are a lot of considerations."Honestly, take that for what it's worth.
...The Detroit Free Press is reporting that the Tigers first round draft pick Ryan Perry (who they just signed) could see time in the Majors come September. With the signing, Perry will collect a $1.48 million dollar signing bonus.
...Albert Belle, remember him? He seems to have come out of hiding or whatever to voice his displeasure in the CC Sabathia Trade.
"Imagine that the Cleveland Indians trade away another great player because they didn't want to pay him," said Belle from his home in Arizona. "The saga continues."
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"When is Larry Dolan going to sell the club?" said Belle. "I could buy a piece of it. There are a lot of people on teams making a lot of bad decisions. You don't always have to spend a lot of money. Look at what Billy Beane does in Oakland."
He also goes on to talk about how he'd like to be an owner, and how the Seattle Mariners wanted to hire him as a roving instructor - but he turned it down because they were going to pay him "peanuts". I think it's time for Albert to disappear again.