Good Morning HomeSiders. Open your windows and take a deep breath. Do you smell that? That's BASEBALL in the air. As the last lines of the national anthem are sung and the roar of the flyovers are fading, we can begin the 2008 season.
While there are still many moves yet to be announced, the first move to directly affect my emotions is the willingness of OF Chris Snelling to accept assignment to Lehigh Valley. As a result, Mike Spidale has been reassigned to Reading into an already crowded outfield situation in Baseballtown. Greg Golson, Jake Blalock, Javon Moran, Jeremy Slayden and Brandon Florence already reside there, and one of them is probably headed back to Clearwater. Something is going to have to give before the R-Phils open on Thursday. The situation is not any better with the Threshers. They already have 5 outfielders: Quintin Berry, Gus Milner, Jay Miller, Julian Williams and Matt Spencer.
Fans with comcast cable can see the Phillies preseason finale against the IronPigs at 2:00 today on CW 57, which is channel 254 on my system in Manchester. One other note about the Phillies game tomorrow. It is on CBS-3 in Philadelphia, which was just moved this week on my cable system to channel 256, so if you are looking for it tomorrow afternoon, try it there. Then there is the National League opener in the nations capital tonight on ESPN. This Braves v Nationals game will feature a presidential first pitch and a nice look at the beautiful new Nationals Ballpark.
I am sure there will be more news to come and players being moved and/or released today, so keep an eye open here and remember if you hear something before I do, please share!!
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