I’ll cover a little bit of everything on this week’s press box podcast. First, the Missouri Tiger basketball team. Impressive 94-74 win over K-State, I think you need to start giving some credit to the Tigers. 17-0 at home. They play great at home, but how will the younger players rally around Carroll, Lyons and Lawrence on the road and come Big 12 and NCAA tournament time. Hear from Mike Anderson.
The Kansas City Star reporting MU AD Mike Alden talking contract extension w/Mike Anderson. Alabama could offer Anderson up to $2 million for their coach job. Gotta get that done.
Middle of the week here in Missouri, temperature was 65. I got the kids home from school and we were playing catch and pitching and hitting whiffle balls, it felt great to put the ball glove on again. It was perfect day with spring training starting for the major leaguers. I find it odd that rarely will you have an outfielder try to learn 2 nd base. An outfielder may move into to try third and most of the time first, but almost never 2 nd base. I can’t think of any other converted OF playing 2 nd base, but the Cardinals and Royals are trying it. Skip Schumaker with the Cards, Mark Teahen with the Royals.
Listen to Skip and Mark talk about their first day at second base.
The guy I feel for is Mark Teahen, two errors yesterday. His first came when he threw wide of the bag at 2 nd base to start a double play. led to three unearned runs in yesterday’s 12-5 loss to Texas.
I think Schumaker will make the adjustment a little better. I think he’s more athletic than Teahen and LaRussa may have a little more patience with Schumaker because of his lead off abilities and what he can do offensively. I almost get the feeling with Teahen, this is like a last ditch effort to save his career in Kansas City. Great kid, I hope he does well.
Old quarterbacks are getting the axe left and right in Missouri. A day after the Chiefs cut Damon Huard, the Rams let go 38 year old St. Louis native Trent Green.
This story is amazing, Kansas City Power and Light tried pushing through Worlds of Fun tickets for employees, meals at Royals games, and tickets for the Chiefs and Royals as legitimate business expenses for customers to pay, apart of the 17 1/2 % increase. Now the company has withdrawn those parts of the rate increase request.
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