I cover three teams at RotoWire - the Cubs, the Rockets and the New York Giants. For the most part, the Giants are easy except for the kicker position. It's bad enough that with the Rockets I've had to deal with Tracy McGrady and Yao Ming the last several years. I'd much rather be talking about skill development, team role and opportunity than endlessly reporting on some guy's rehab and timetable and X-ray and MRI - can't they just put those guys out of their misery like they do horses?
But the Rockets was kindergarten stuff compared to the Cubs who for years had Mark Prior and Kerry Wood. Thirty-two percent of the notes in the entire RotoWire database are on either Prior or Wood. So you can imagine my relief when not only was Prior gone, but also Wood. Then the Cubs sign Milton Bradley, and already he leaves the game with tightness in his left quad. You know what that means? That means about 10 hours of my life between now and Opening Day will be spent monitoring and updating Milton's precious quad.
Oh well, at least McGrady finally had the decency to opt for season-ending microfracture surgery.