When did sportscasters and sports writers become opinion makers and shouters rather than reporters and storytellers? I miss the storytellers. Maybe it was radio? The responsibility of describing the scene lent itself to entertaining insights.

We have a guy in Phx who does the Suns games on TV who won't shut up. He makes inane observations and often talks through plays. He adverbially challenged. His vocabulary is limited. Last night he actually said, "Freethrowwise, he missed both shots." He wasn't trying to add flavor to his speech by saying it. That's what he thinks and that's what came out of his mouth.

It's pet peeve of mine. I was spoiled listening to the last of the great radio voices. Most every major league town had a radio announcer that stayed on for decades. Those guys taught us the game. They never tried to be more than the game. Ernie Harwell taught us all that baseball was more than a game.

OK.

League moves are limited. Just waiting and watching to make sure than none of my stud players suffers an injury during the exhibition season. Tony Womack is my 2nd baseman on both teams. I like Womack; he played a couple of years for the D-Backs. He started the dramatic bottom-of-the-ninth rally that beat the Yankees and the unhittable Mariano Rivera in the 2001 World Series. Tony is a very streaky hitter and sometimes does bonehead things when he's trying too hard. For instance, Thom Brenaman, D-Backs TV guy and son of Hall of Fame broadcaster Marty Brenaman and a broadcaster who has a clue, once said in high-frustration: "Tony Womack just swung at ball six" when Tony was trying too hard put a ball in play rather than take a walk. With Tony's speed, he should try and get on base as often as possible. SBs baby, we need the SBs.

Anyway, I am thinking I need a back-up 2nd baseman. Placido Palanco is available in the Diamondhacks league. To get him I need to drop an outfield. Dropping an outfielder will leave me with three stud outfielders. If anyone gets hurt, I'll be hurting. As a general rule of thumb it is harder to get infield help once the season has started than it is to get outfield help. I have some time to think about it. My league mates haven't been too active to date. Polanco will be available. I will probably do it.