not much to say, other than that these two weeks can't go by fast enough. in the meantime i'm really enjoying the blogs of beat writers of various teams:

- roch kubatko: "The Orioles have noticed that Bedard's command suffers when he slows down. We all suffer when he slows down. But he was outstanding today. "
- peter abraham: "Carl Pavano will throw batting practice tomorrow but the hitters may not swing. If only it could be that way in the games for him."
- derrick goold: "[TLR] spots pitcher Adam Wainwright, tells the righthander he could 'score some points' in the fifth-starter competition by taking over. Wainwright gets up and says: 'I don’t really know what to say, but I need those points.'"