So Long.. For now

OK Sports fans it will be five days until this half of the Woerners can post again. Will be out of touch with the modern world for a while so here is what to look out for....

One story is going to dominate baseball news next week. What was Charlie Manuel drinking when made his all star selection. Omar who? That is my reaction to his pick of Omar Infante (right) to make the all star team. That is coming from a man whose idea of a date in Friday night was me, Skip Caray and the Braves. There has never been a bigger Braves fan but this pick is stupid. Ranked 88 in slugging percentage out of 128. Enough said.  It should be noted that Manuel chose the reserves to players that were voted to the all star game by fans but are unable to play.

See my previous post to see what I think of Manuel leaving Steven Strasburg off the team. The National League manager accomplisihed one thing. A lot of people are going to tune it just to see if Infante does anything. I will be one of them and will bring updates to The Corner. As I said in an earlier post, the game is about the fans but they didn't make this choice. It will make for an interesting night.

Andruw Jones also appears to be headed for the headlines. Apparently the Chicago White Sox are considering releasing the best defensive centerfielder of the last ten years, 5 time all-star and 10 time golden glove winner. They may well do it and therefore open to doors to one of their competitors to pick up Jones for the off season. He might be getting old, 33, to keep up out in center field but he is still young enough to get his bat back to old form. Who knows what else will happen but depend on The Corner to report it. The other half of the dynamic duo will keep you posted.