Going around the Spring Training horn:

The latest from Florida and beyond.

With Moffatt away we are relying on you, the readers of Da Box, to provide articles and commentary on the Jays for discussion today.

You earn bonus points for 80s references.

How Scandinavian of me.

Opening the windows and breathing in petrol
An amateur band rehearsing in a nearby yard
Watching the tele and thinking about your holidays

There have been numerous prospect lists published recently by the usual Baseball Websites. Trying to rank some prospects for a forthcoming fantasy draft I got hopelessly confused, so I threw a few sets of results, that were freely available, into a spreadsheet and ranked them. The results seemed interesting enough to share.

Here are the players that the fans peceive as the best and worst fielders in the league.

I tell you something, I know what you're thinking.

While jumping around baseball cyberspace, this juicy article from 1996 was brought to my attention by Doug Pappas, who in turn credits a Primate for the link.

This is the story of how a lowly member of a 22-person ownership group rose to control the Milwaukee Brewers, before moving on to play Commissioner.

To greet you with a smile.

The latest news & views from Spring Training.

Plenty of good seats are available at The Ballpark In Arlington. Every so often, I attend a game by myself and pick the best seat available on game day. Four years ago, I sat in the 3rd row behind the first base dugout. Last year, I sat in the 10th row behind home plate. This year, I expect to sit in the dugout and play a couple of innings in left field.

Here's the latest from Spring Training and beyond.

Sometimes I wonder if we don't misinterpret as a sportswriter's malevolence what is actually just his ignorance.

I do, however, have several rivals.