Brewers and Bucks notes, etc...
With spring training underway, it'll take a lot for me to write about the NBA now...But how Bucks' GM Larry Harris got rid of Keith Van Horn's contract I'll never know, but he pulled a number on Dallas. The Bucks got Alan Henderson (who is a free agent after this season) and Calvin Booth.

The Bucks also traded Mike James, who had been playing well as of late, for Reece Gaines and two future second round draft picks.

What does it mean? The Bucks have cleared out a lot of cap space. They only have 8 players signed going into the off season. They have a lot of flexibility.

The Journal Sentinel has a look at the Brewers situation at shortstop. I'll just say that if JJ Hardy doesn't win the winning job, you know that he has really disappointed the Brewers' brass. I like Bill Hall off the bench, but he has yet to show that he is worthy of everyday Major League duty.

Deion Sanders is endorsing a new hot dog maker. I'm glad this invention was made, because making a hot dog is so difficult as it is. Finally Prime Time has showed us the way. And the thing is $50!

Eric Gagne hurt his knee playing pepper and is expected to miss six weeks. Now I guess we know why all the professional parks have "no pepper" signs everywhere. The Dodgers are saying that Gagne should miss about six weeks. These are the same people that told us Brad Penny was going to miss one start, so if you do the math that means Gagne's "six weeks" should equate to about missing four years.

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