Dust off those Dirt Cleats

I was checkin out my blog and realized somethin pretty important: There really is nothing sports oriented on here yet, which is one of the main problems I created the blog in the first place. I think its about time that I discussed some topics I think are fairly important and relevant at this point in time.



CUBS UPDATE:

I'd first like to discuss the conclusion to the Closer battle that has ensued this spring between Kevin Gregg and Carlos Marmol. After letting last year's All-Star closer Kerry Wood get away to the Indians (along with Mark DeRosa...still pissed about those two) the Cubs went out and picked up 30 year old Right handed pitcher Kevin Gregg, who saved 29 games for the lowely Florida Marlins last year. This made for a competition between him and 26 year old Marmol, who was the dominant setup man for the Cubs last year. With Marmol's blistering heat and extremely high strikeout rate last year, a lot of people thought it would be a no brainer to put the Dominican Republic native in the closer slot. However while Marmol was busy being just mediocre in the World Baseball Classic, Gregg was crusing through spring training and hasn't givin up a run the entire preseason. So, when it came to decision time, Gregg was the clear choice, at least for the beginning of the season. Gregg looked very comfortable in the closer position last year, and will begin this season with his new team the same way.