Down the Left Field Line:
Life, Baseball & Eric Byrnes

Bay Area native Randy Johnson has signed a one year contract with the San Francisco Giants.
Let’s see…that leaves the Diamondbacks without a number 3 starter, number 4 is “a player to be named,” number 5 is a rookie (Max Scherzer) with limited professional experience. (Is there anyone else out there who also thinks pitchers [...]

On the birth of their daughter, Chloe. Eric says she is the world’s greatest baby. Sleeps through the night.
Unfortunately, I caught only the end of the radio interview where he talked about her. More details as I find them out.
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I have just finished reading Steve Gilbert’s latest edition of MAILBAG. It is full of ideas for trading Eric Byrnes.  How quickly you forget what he did for you in 2006 and 2007. Yes, it is unfortunate he was out for most of 2008 with an injury, but even before then a lot of you [...]

This is a fan’s rant.
News Item:
Melvin sounded a little more certain when it came to where Conor Jackson would be playing. Jackson, who played first base in 2006, 2007 and the first part of 2008 was moved to left field when a hamstring injury sidelined Eric Byrnes.
Jackson played well out there and [...]

This is a topic to which I will return from time to time. For now, just a few observations off the top of my head. A friend of mine who works for the “Guest Services” division of the Arizona Diamondbacks told me that the organization had laid off 31 people including her boss recently. I [...]

“There is a change in services for Saulo…here it is:
Service location has been changed.
Visitation will be 5 - 8 p.m., Friday, Dec. 5, 2008 at Hansen Desert Hills Mortuary and Memorial Park, 6500 E. Bell Road, Scottsdale, AZ. 480-991-5800. Funeral services will be held at 1:00 p.m., Saturday, Dec. 6, 2008 at Shadow Rock Congregational [...]

If anyone was looking for the “Good News” entry, I actually wrote the “Good News” blog entry on another blog, on a website created for a circle of friends on Live Video who wanted to make sure we got to stick together in case LV went down. One of the members of this site is [...]

Here is the service info on Saulo: Visitation will be 5 - 8 p.m., Friday, Dec. 5, 2008 with funeral services at 1:00 p.m., Saturday, Dec. 6, 2008 at Hansen Desert Hills Mortuary and Memorial Park, 6500 E. Bell Road, Scottsdale, AZ.
In lieu of flowers please make donations to:
Saulo Morris Benefit Fund
Wells Fargo Bank
655 E. [...]

I have just heard of the passing of Saulo Morris, the kid I posted here about under the title Good News a few days ago. Saulo was 18 years old and had been battling leukemia since March 2007. He was doing OK, in remission, until about 6 months ago when the leukemia returned with a [...]

of the New York Giants, has written the latest chapter in that growing book, “Athletes, Guns and Night Clubs Don’t Mix.”
His encounter with a bullet, from his own gun, was pointed out to me by a colleague at my radio station, who started his comment with, “Well, you probably would never hear a story like [...]