Early musings

Some random thoughts since the auction/draft:

* I vowed that I would be more patient this year and that I would pace myself in terms of watching games or the following the live scoring at the website. That lasted about 24 hours...I did abstain from the Nationals-Braves game but did watch the Pirates-Braves wild opener and then last night, flipped back and forth among all 4 games.

* DirecTV's free preview of its MLB package is a good thing...still can't imagine purchasing it though.

* In the course of fifteen minutes on opening day, the Edition went from first to last...(thanks to Jeff Francis). Bet Ed's happy with the rain...

* There is a chat feature at the website on the live scoring page...scroll to the bottom after the reserve players...expect to see everyone there tonight

* Watched the Giants-Dodgers game last night as I'm scouting some players I'm interested in trading for (how's that for a tease?) Didn't get to see the Giants score but am glad they finally did. I'm trying to figure out how many starts I can manufacture from my staff by activating bad starters against the Giants. Maybe I'll track those stats separately.

* Matt Capps looked awful vs. the Braves...he had no command of his pitches...I wonder if his arm is bothering him...and the Pirates just released their closer of the future...