Well, I had a rather lengthy entry prepared for today but evidently I forgot to upload it last night. So it’ll have to wait until tomorrow, assuming I didn’t do something really stupid like delete it.

Meantime, check out Baseball America giving USD some props. The Toreros are the preseason favorite to win the WCC and are seen as a possible tourney team. Second baseman Mike McCoy (Jr.), outfielder Joey Prast (So.), outfielder/closer Tom Caple (Jr.), and left-hander Ricky Barrett all made the preseason All-Conference team, with Caple being named Player of the Year and Barrett Pitcher of the Year. Barrett is also cited as the best prospect in the conference, with Caple checking in at #9.

The Toreros swept UC Irvine this past weekend and head up to San Luis Obispo this coming weekend before making their home debut Friday, Feb. 8, against Oregon State. Should be fun.

Shifting gears, here is an example (U-T) of the kinds of tactics opponents to the downtown ballpark are using in an effort to keep the project from progressing. Regardless of one’s stance on whether stadia should be publicly funded, I find it difficult to imagine anyone supporting this sort of maneuver. These people are complaining that taxpayer dollars are being wasted? Pot, meet kettle.