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After Texas Rangers beat writers from the Fort Worth Star Telegram and the Dallas Morning News suffered hysterical blindness after watching Monday’s preseason workout, publishers from both newspapers announced they would be combining their Rangers coverage to save on employee health insurance premiums.

A day after Cubs manager Lou Piniella said he is considering moving Alfonso Soriano down in the lineup, the Cubs left fielder held a press conference announcing he is willing to re-learn how to play baseball for 2009.

Pitchers and catchers are scheduled to report today — everywhere but in the Texas Rangers camp. Team president Nolan Ryan gave pitchers an extra week of off because he said he’s worried they might get hurt.

The Cubs recently unveiled a million-dollar ad campaign that encourages fans to take part in Feb. 20's single-game ticket sales, an extremely frustrating process that leaves many fans out in the cold after hours in tickets.com's "Virtual Waiting Room," only to find that ticket scalpers across the country somehow miraculously acquired thousands of tickets which have long been sold out.

The Cubs today announced that famed rockers Elton John and Billy Joel will play a concert at Wrigley Field July 21 and at least one person is extremely excited

ESPN bald talking head Scott Van Pelt's afternoon radio show isn't particularly interesting, insightful or amusing, but Monday it was all of that when Van Pelt nearly "choked on his own vomit" after learning baseball commissioner Bud Selig made an $18.5 million salary in 2007. His nearly six-minute rant about Selig's pay earned him a suspension from the show and the devotion of many die-hard baseball fans who wondered the same thing Van Pelt said.