The Ellipses...

...Sammy Sosa is retired. Until someone offers him a job. Last you'll hear about this here.

...and with Kerry Wood almost certain to miss the first two weeks of the season, when does the MSM start asking if the two weeks missed now could have been saved if Wood hadn't wasted time pitching in relief last August for a team going nowhere?

...so who thinks Jim Hendry's prediction of "30 starts" for Wood sounds like it needs the Steven Wright punchline, "Not in a row!"

...and with Carlos Zambrano going Atkins, we have to say, "Smart move."

...to solve Dusty Baker's issue of "I don't know what a lame duck is," I suggest he walk around with a picture of President Bush in his pocket. Or a mirror.