While you were working...(11/30)

or watching The Office, which gives me an idea about learning the banjo.

Here's a little bit of a where are they now?

Roadcap to lead defending Champs

The Philadelphia Phillies have selected Steve Roadcap to lead the 2007 field staff for the defending South Atlantic League (SAL) champion Lakewood BlueClaws. Former Phillies infielder Kevin Jordan, veteran minor league coaches Joe Alverez and Ed Hodge will join Roadcap on the bench this season.

Roadcap, 46, is no stranger to managing a professional clubhouse. The Pottsville, PA native coached and managed in the Chicago Cubs organization from 1987-98. After leading Rockford to the playoffs in 1995 he was named the best managing prospect in the Midwest League by Baseball America.

Following his time with the Cubs, the current Elkview, WV resident joined the Seattle Mariners player development staff from 1999-2004 handling different roles that included the club’s minor league catching coordinator for the last two seasons.

That is just a bit wrong. Roadcap was the manager of the Rattlers in 1999, was a roving catching instructor foe a few years, managed Inland Empire in 2003, and managed the Rattlers again in 2004.

This was just too good a picture not to share:

From cardenalesdelara.com

Yep. That is Oswaldo Navarro (WI '05) sliding in headfirst with his eyes closed. Here is the headline and the first part of the story:

Navarro lo decidió
Con hit de Oswaldo Navarro en el cierre del noveno, Cardenales de Lara dejó en el terreno 4 carreras por 3 a Pastora de Los Llanos, colocándose a medio juego del comodín que poseen los llaneros. Alcides Escobar anotó desde segunda la rayita de la victoria.

Translated through a free internet translator:

From Navarre decided it

With hit of Oswaldo from Navarre in the closing of the ninth, Cardinals of Lara left in the land 4 careers for 3 to Shepherdess of The Plains, being placed to half a play of the wild card that possess the plainsmen. Alcides to Sweep noted from second the rayita of the victory.

Those free translators don't work very well, do they? I think that I have another resolution for January.

Foster headlining Curve's Hot Stove bill

ALTOONA, Pa. -- Former National League Most Valuable Player and two-time World Series champion George Foster will be the featured guest for the 2007 Altoona Curve Hot Stove Dinner & Benefit Auction, which will be held on Friday night, Jan. 26, at the Blair County Convention Center in Altoona.

I hope that goes better than his speaking engagement in Appleton for the NCAA Division III World Series.