First Cuts, 2K8

Remember the first round of cuts in Major League? Well those red tags went up in 12 players lockers today. In the great words of Jake Taylor, they all just died and went down to the minors. Here's the quick list of those reassigned and a key release from last year's squad.

Horacio Ramirez - Released from the team. I feel for the guy. He went 8-7 although his ERA was horrendous - above 7. Not nearly talented enough to be a starter in this league, but went out last year and worked his tail off as our fifth starter. Although I'm excited about our rotation without him, we shouldn't be all that happy to see him go. Let's give him some credit for going out there every fifth day and working with what he had, and compiling a winning record.

Phillippe Aumont - our first round pick this year was sent to the minors. An immensely talented righty hopes to be a stud in our rotation in the next few years, but definitely not ready for the Bigs yet. He did look very good though in his first spring outings of his career.

Annnd not many surprises among the rest.
Joe Woerman
Yung Chi Chen
Jair Fernandez
Adam Moore
Brant Ust
Bronson Sardinha
Mark Kiger
Bryan LaHair
Brodie Downs
Stephen Kahn
Robert Rohrbaugh

and to hold us over until the seasonal opener..........


MLB 2K8 is HERE!!


So I finally got to sit down and play the only real option we proud 360 owners have for a baseball simulator this year. Curse you Sony for owning the rights to The Show. That game is ballin'. But anyway, 2K8 is actually much better than I was expecting. Besides Bedard not being on the initial roster (thank you XBox Live for free downloads) and pitching and baserunning being insanely difficult, we finally have a game that looks genuinely real. It's the little details and subtle movements that real players make during games that catch your eye. Ichiro's routine is animated perfectly (although does he seem a little chubby to anyone else?) and if you watch Dontrelle Willis, he even has the little shoulder shrug after every pitch. His hat is also perfect.

Looks like somebody sucks with the laser. That's what would happen if I let 2K8 get in the way of my uber laser pwnage.

However I am ashamed to admit that this game has taken a backseat to Halo 3. My spring break demanded it. I have a week straight free of any responsibilities here on campus, and pwning noobs was by far my number one priority. But I guarantee you that once baseball season starts, I will need 2K8 to step up and dominate my life, which I have no doubt will happen.