Well, as expected none of the 3 players the Yanks offered qualifying $13.3M bids for the 2013 season were accepted by the players. Swish and Soriano are most probably going elsewhere. Hopes are high that the Yankees can get another 1-year deal for Kuroda, but he may head home to Japan to finish up his very respectable career.

Ex-Yank fan fav' Tino Martinez will be in Florida as their hitting coach. There was some talk of him being hired for the same position by the bosox and glad we don't have to see him in wrong team colors, Don Mattingly is bad enough in Dodger blue.

First nearly real snow up here in the Twin Cities overnight. Just a dusting and should be gone this week but hopefully there's some good inside time upcoming: great for writing.

I will be re-ordering copies of Rose this week and I will continue to offer inscribed copies for the same list price of $14 -- plus shipping for the next 12days or so as I continue to donate $5 from every sale to this amazing kick-starter campaign for my friend David. Click here to see what I'm talking about.

Meanwhile still awaiting receipt of screenplay toward potential re-write as well as hopefully a writing deal and/or interest in some of my pre-existing completed work. Project seems much more up my alley than the dour/dark script I read a few weeks back.

Just had to turn down my 2nd request as hitchin' preacher man as I have a travel conflict.

Stay warm today.

Cheers
B