Cheap Shots

- Dusty Baker told fans yesterday that his opening day lineup would be Corey Patterson, Todd Walker, Nomar Garciaparra, Aramis Ramirez, Jeromy Burnitz, Derrek Lee, Todd Hollandsworth, Michael Barrett and Carlos Zambrano.

Any takers that Patterson swings at the first pitch? And misses?

- Mark Prior threw 51 pitches in a 4 inning simulated game. Afterwards, he said that he'd know he's completely healthy after he pitches in a game and emerges pain free.

Does that mean he wasn't pain free yesterday?

- Dick Vitale was on the radio on Monday and said that the success of coaches like Bruce Webber shows that there are a lot of coaches working at levels below Division I that could be successful in a big program.

So, a man who made his career by cozying up to big time college coaches like Gollumn to a gold ring, now says that college coaches are a dime a dozen?