Base Hits: Spring Training, Projections and Submariner Scouts

A quick set of Base Hits while I prepare bigger posts for later this week...



Pete Kerzel at PressBox offers his 5 Questions for Spring Training.

Like me, he needs to add a 6th item. Brad Bergesen.

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Camden Crazies is coordinating 2010 fan projections for the team. Go over there and help him out.

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Mel Antonen of USA Today takes a look at how the Cincinnati Reds left Sarasota, how the Orioles moved in and the repercussions of the shuffling:

The Orioles had reached agreement with the city and Broward County to overhaul Fort Lauderdale Stadium, but the city couldn't persuade the Federal Aviation Administration to drop its demand that the team pay $1.3 million a year for upkeep of the executive airport that is next to the field...

The Orioles meant between 30,000 and 40,000 visitors during March with 20,000 hotel-room nights sold, according to the Greater Fort Lauderdale Convention & Visitors Bureau, but baseball was a slim slice of tourism in the area, which attracted 10.8 million people in 2008.

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I was skimming through the Orioles directory this weekend. Did you know Todd Frohwirth was a pro scout for the team? I didn't. I used to love watching that guy pitch, him being a submariner and all. Gary Roenicke is a scout too.

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Jay Trucker takes a look at the round physique of relief pitcher Matt Albers.

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The Wayward Oriole bemoans the realities of technology encroaching on his blogging.

Long story short, Wayward O is probably going to be forced to change up publishing platforms -- unless Google comes to its senses. Hopefully this move will pave way for nifty redesign or something but most likely it will pave way for swearing and broken links.

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Camden Depot has an interesting interview with the makers of "Pelotero", a documentary about baseball in the Dominican Republic.

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I'll leave you with Ichiro. If someone can make a video like this for Nick Markakis, it would make me very happy.