So I got Opening Day tix yesterday. We’re way down in the right field corner. The phone operator gave me a few choices, all of which were more or less in the same area. I told her I didn’t care, that if she could get me in the park, I’d be ecstatic. And I am.

Very little time today, so it’s bullet points again.

Stolen from the Fanstop board folks (they read the coolest stuff ):

• Lake Elsinore Storm Year in Review – Part I (Yahoo). Compares Josh Barfield to Jeff Kent; mentions Freddy Guzman, Michael Johnson, USD alum Greg Sain, and a handful of others as possible future big-league contributors.
• You CAN Mess With Texas. Every Time (Management by Baseball). An interesting take on the A-Rod deal, from a slightly different angle. More outstanding work from one of the best baseball writers on the Web.
• Pedro Guerrero and the Dark Ravine (Big Bad Baseball). Don Malcom’s articles are always entertaining and often informative. This one takes a look at Guerrero’s good team/bad team splits. It’s only one player, and it’s hard to say where this will lead. But I like the question Don asks and the fact that he is willing to ask it.

Stuff I found all by myself:

• Healthy Klesko rarin’ to play (NC Times)
• Padres purchase lefthander Huerta from Mexican League (Channel NewsAsia). Old news, of course, but a little more info on southpaw Edgar Huerta.
• Edgar Huerta (Mexico City Tigers [in Spanish]). I’m assuming that first sentence says his fastball has been clocked at 96 mph. This also contains Huerta’s statistical record in the Mexican League. "Intriguing" remains the best word to describe him at this point.

Off to pay some bills. More later…