Forty-nine years.
 
That's how long the city of Dayton had to wait to get professional baseball back to town.
 
Special guest John Turnbull recently sat down with the Dayton Dragons’ VP of Stadium Operations Gary Mayse, and Owen Serey, the Assistant of Media Relations to talk about the March 31st Reds/Marlins game…the first Major League game [...]

Lots of moves today as the teams began submitting final rosters…
 

The Arizona Diamondbacks placed pitcher Randy Johnson and outfielders Carlos Quentin and Jeff DaVanon on the 15-day disabled list Saturday.
The Houston Astros announced that the club has purchased the contracts of right-handed pitchers Brian Moehler and Rick White from Triple A Round Rock. Additionally, the [...]

 
My, how the mighty have fallen…
As expected, right-handed pitchers Mark Prior and Rocky Cherry, and outfielder Angel Pagan have been optioned to Triple-A Iowa. Prior, 26, went 0-2 with a 6.97 ERA (8 ER/10.1 IP) in four spring training contests (three starts).
 
 
 

Matt Garza by Bill Richardson, Baseball Digest Daily
 
I hate to question moves by Terry Ryan, but I really don’t like this one…
The Minnesota Twins announced prior to tonight’s game that they have optioned righthanded pitcher Matt Garza to Triple-A Rochester.
Garza was 0-0, 1.50 (12.0 ip, 2 er), allowing nine hits with five walks [...]

Zach Minor was one of three surprise demotions made by the Tigers (Photo by Bill Richardson, Baseball Digest Daily)

The Tigers optioned the contracts of RHP Zach Miner, INF Ramon Santiago and INF Chris Shelton to Triple-A Toledo.
The Minnesota Twins announced that they have reassigned the following players to Minor League camp: lefthanded pitcher Mike Venafro, [...]

The San Diego Padres today reassigned infielders Manny Alexander and Royce Huffman, and catcher Luke Carlin to minor league camp.
The Washington Nationals today announced that first baseman Travis Lee requested and received his unconditional release after informing Nationals Vice President and General Manager Jim Bowden that he did not have the passion to play any [...]

At a Spring Training game on Thursday, March 22 against the Kansas City Royals, Baseball Digest Daily writer Scott Edelman caught up with Oakland A’s designated hitter/catcher Mike Piazza in the visiting clubhouse at Surprise Stadium in Arizona.
After a 2006 rebound season with San Diego, in which he batted .283 with 22 home runs and [...]

Lots of news today as we prepare for the season next week…
The Minnesota Twins announced prior to today’s game that they have placed outfielder Lew Ford and infielder Alejandro Machado on the 15-day disabled list, and lefthanded pitcher Francisco Liriano on the 60-day disabled list. The club was also informed that lefthanded pitcher Randy [...]

(Joe Mauer by Bill Richardson – Baseball Digest Daily)
 
The Twins announced that All-Star catcher Joe Mauer has a stress reaction in his left leg. According to the Baseball Injury Report:
 
“Mauer has developed a stress reaction in his left fibula (outer bone in the lower leg). The MRI done on his left leg revealed the [...]

The Kansas City Royals officially announced on Wednesday that Alex Gordon will start the season as the team's third baseman. Three cheers for the new phenom, and congratulations to Dayton Moore and the Royals on another great decision!