Well, it looks like the Washington Nationals will be the Washington Nationals - at least for one season. Which is a shame. I am sure there are a lot of kids (40 year-old adolescents count as kids) in Northern Virginia and Las Vegas because Les Expos won't be coming to their town. And, there are probably a lot of kids in Washington D.C. sad because their afterschool program or the local library will shut down as tax dollars are going toward MLB.

Bah.

I am too busy making arrangements for the first family trip in more than 15 years to write more about the DC Nats. But, I'm also too much of a sucker for a good sob story not to care.

Anyway.

My mother, sister and I are going to be in Arizona for week in March. Apparently, they play baseball there around that time.

I have an interview with a player in the Oakland A's organization coming up next week (he just has to OK the text and I'll post) and hopefully, an interview I had planned in April with a certain pitcher and his father with a long last name will finally come to fruition.

Some other works include the First Pitch seminal work, the list of names to remember for July and the long awaited push of Elephants in Oakland beta - the first step in going from a blog to a true website that happens to house a blog.

The EIO beta has been shelved so many times in the last 18 months you would think that it was an NBC sitcom. But, slowly, but surely it is coming around. Some have signed up to partake in the testing and analysis. They are very lucky and will be thanked.