Random Ramblings

The Oakland Athletics got an additional bonus from the Atlanta Braves in completing the Mark Kotsay for Joey Devine trade,as Oakland also acquired righthanded pitcher Jamie Richmond.
Richmond pitched for the Rome Braves last season and started the game that we saw Rome against Greensboro last year.
The native of Canada was 7-6 with a 3.05 ERA in Rome and will likely be assigned to High A ball this year.

The Pirates announced the coaching staffs for this season (finally) and it is pretty much the status quo with one exception.
Brad Fischer takes over at State College replacing Turner Ward as the Spikes boss,but the systems other managers stayed in place with Trent Jewett at Indianapolis,Tim Leiper at Altoona,Jeff Branson in Lynchburg and Gary Green in Hickory.
No word on the Hillcats or Crawdads coaches,but Sid Bream (all of people) will be State College's hitting coach.

The Braves have decided to move the Richmond Braves to Gwinnett County GA in 2009.
Gwinnett is building a new field and the Atlanta suburb will give the Braves flexibility in calling players up.
The Braves owns their AAA franchise,so they can do the move with ease.
The bigger question is what team and what league will wind up in Richmond?
The Richmond spot will have to be filled by a franchise moved from another city,so stay tuned!

The GOP looks to be in total disarray after the win in Michigan by Willard "Mitt" Romney.
3 winners in 3 states and imagine the race if Fred Thompson wins in South Carolina (shooting for the moon) or Mr.9/11 wins in his debut in Florida!
I know most politicos like to talk about the fabled brokered conventions that never seem to occur,but this is a possibility for the GOP this time.

Last night's love fest debate in Nevada for the Democrats was kinda dull....

Watched Fox's debut of the Terminator series and loved it.
Great job by being reasonably loyal to the films history and was loaded with action.
I recommend it highly for fans of the film series or action/Sci-Fi.

New Jersey Devils return to action tonight against their troublemaking neighbors from Long Island at 7.
Battling Bob here to watch and coverage here tomorrow.

Photo Credit
Richmond-David Cross
Richmond Ballpark-RMA.org