First off, if the site seems a little different today, that’s because it is. In preparation of bigger things to come, I’ve made some changes, most of them fairly minor. But, for those who like to know what’s going on, here is a brief summary:

• BaseballJunkie.net and Boyd’s World added to the Hot Links
• masthead text ("one fan’s take on the grand ol’ game of baseball") fixed; been driving me nuts
• XHTML validator button removed; I’m still trying to code these pages as cleanly as possible so that they’ll load quickly into your browsers but at this point, being 100% standards compliant is not a priority
• copyright information updated
• Yahoo Groups and Google Search areas cleaned up a bit
• font sizes in Navigate and Hot Links increased for better viewability
• main text area background color changed to a "softer" teal; hopefully this provides greater contrast and improves readability

Anyway, apologies to those among you who are bored by this kind of stuff. I like to know what’s going on at sites I visit, and I feel it’s only right to let you know, too. If you have any thoughts on any of the changes made, or on any others that you’d like to see made, please let me know. Without you, this site is nothing.

Okay, with all that admistrivia out of the way, on to other things. Really all I have today is this nugget from yesterday’s Baseball America chat session with Allan Simpson. Therein, he identified local southpaws Royce Ring (SDSU) and Ricky Barrett (USD) as potential first-rounders in the June draft. Rancho Bernardo High’s Jake Blalock, younger brother of Rangers’ überprospect Hank Blalock, was mentioned as a possible darkhorse candidate. I haven’t seen any of these guys play yet but I’ll definitely let you know when I do.

That’s about all for now. Big announcement about the site forthcoming in the next few weeks. Stay tuned…