!@**#!

Clare called yesterday on her way to the library.  “I’m pissed off,” she informed me.  (This is about as blue as the child gets around her father.)  Why?  “There’s no baseball until Wednesday.”

On a somewhat related note, the White Sox signed Jose Abreu, a Cuban prospect, last week.  Abreu has never had a single minor league at-bat, let alone in the majors, and won’t record one until he’s 27.  No matter.  Abreu still received a six-year, $68 million contract. 

And in all the baseball world, there wasn’t a single female player worth scouting.  But the ladies are still welcome to cheer.  They ought to boycott instead.