Throwing it around

There’s snow on the ground still. It’s Super Bowl week but the only good thing about that means that baseball is not far off on the horizon. We’re at the 70 day mark until Opening Day. It sounds like a lot, but 10 weeks goes quickly.

-More on Joe Torre’s book, including Carl Pavano, Steroids and how the Yankees do business. [NY Times Bats blog]
-Andy Pettite is close to signing a 1-year deal with the Yankees. [MLB Trade Rumors]
-An update on Ken Griffey Jr. [The Real Mccoy]
-Kirk Radomski took a piss test for Doc Gooden, he says. [24 Hours from Suicide]
-Read about the top 10 prospects in the Colorado Rockies organization. [Baseball America]
-There’s already projections out from a lot of sources about how many innings Joba Chamberlain will get in 2009. [Roto Authority]
-Dustin Pedroia’s brother got busted for child molestation. [The Sporting Blog]
-Kenny Rogers is leaning towards retirement. [SI Truth & Rumors]
-Torre is attacked; called a twin of Richard Nixon. [Deadspin]
-An early season preview for 2009. [The Hardball Times]