Blast from the Past

Caught in the News and Notes section of the paper today:

MIAMI (AP) - The Florida Marlins hired five new coaches to work with new manager Joe Girardi. Gary Tuck will serve as Girardi's bench coach, Rick Kranitz as pitching coach, Jim Presley as hitting coach, Bobby Meacham as third base coach and Mike Harkey as bullpen coach.

The all-time great Mike Harkey moment was on August 25, 1992. Harkey made the boxscore of that day's game against the Padres without throwing a pitch. See, while he was warming up, he strained a groin muscle and had to be replaced by Jeff Robinson.

And you all thought Kerry Wood was the first can't miss guy who gets injured all the time.

Panic Alert

While my shinny new Mark Prior autographed baseball sits here staring me in the face, Fox Sports keepns fanning the Tejada flames. Now they suggest a package of Mark Prior and others is being considered for the trade.

Those of you who said that Furcal was too expensive at $13 million per year, is $13 million a heavier cost for a Furcal than would a Prior-Cedeno-Pie for Tejada would be?

The first one only costs money. The second, while landing you a better player, also opens holes that need to be refilled. The trade isn't just evaluated as Prior for Tejada. It's Prior for Tejada and whoever fills Prior's spot in the rotation.

Kevin Millwood? Angel Guzman and his Mike Harkey impersonation? That's the question.

It's not the dollars. It's the real cost.