Need to dive into another writing project. Will take most of the day. This will be brief.

Dire developments in Mesa. Kerry Wood is hurt again. People who watch for such things attribute his string of injuries to his inconsistent, hard-throwing motion. Seems Wood rarely uses the same motion for consective pitches. All he does consistently is throw hard. His poor mechanics plus hard throwing equals regular, chronic injuries. Some say Wood is better suited to the closer role. The thinking there is that closers throw fewer pitches per outing than starters. The same thinking is that Wood would be a dynamite, imposing, hard-throwing closer. More here.

Everyone needs a premiere closer. However, the Cubs were looking for Wood, Pryor (who's experiencing more arm trouble this spring, too), and Zambrano to become this generation's version of Glavine, Maddox, and Smotlz. Maybe not.

The Cubs have their fingers crossed, as they should.