Do not attempt to adjust your monitor. In honor of the beginning of the Padres’ final season in Mission Valley, we’ve adopted the good ol’ hamburger and mustard look.

I don’t have anything insightful to say today, and I haven’t had a chance to "play" with the site for a while, so what the heck. Some days you write the Gettysburg Address; other days you scribble on the tablecloth.

If you like the new look, let me know. If not, relax; the old look will be back by the end of next week.

Meantime, a couple quick items of note as spring training comes to a close:

• Anderson, Kelly cut (padres.com). Xavier Nady has won the starting job in right field, Clay Condrey is the fifth starter, Keith Lockhart somehow managed to make the club, and in a reversal from earlier sentiments, Mike Bynum will stick with the Padres as a long reliever. Still undecided: who will back up Gary Bennett behind the plate.
• Break out the crystal ball: Primer’s Annual (Really Bad) Predictions Contest v. 2003. Better get your entries in, quick. Here’s mine.