Light.

San Diego gave righthander Edwin Moreno a non-roster invite to big league camp. The Edmonton Cracker-Cats of the independent Golden Baseball League released righthander Dan Touchet. The Fort Worth Cats of the independent American Association signed catcher Kelley Gulledge, son of Rangers Vice President of In-Park Entertainment Chuck Morgan. The Yomiuri Giants signed infielder Edgardo Alfonzo. Marlins General Manager Michael Hill was the Rangers' 31st-round pick in 1993. The outfielder-first baseman out of Harvard (where he was the football team's leading rusher) was an Erie Sailor in 1993 and a Hudson Valley Renegade in 1994, hitting .223/.323/.330 in those two seasons. Yeah, I did it. I Facebooked "25 Things" (http://www.facebook.com/note.php?note_id=48999089485&id=831393986&index=0). (I discovered the Hill note while researching number 5 on my list.) The same year that Texas took Hill with the draft's 871st selection, Seattle used a pick 870 slots earlier on a 17-year-old shortstop from a Miami high school. Ten years after that, Hill was Florida's assistant general manager, while the shortstop was a Texas Ranger, and baseball's best player, when he says he told his wife of less than a year: "I just don't see the light. Where is the light?" Today, the answer to that question is easy for me. Rangers pitchers and catchers report in four days. It can't come soon enough. =========================================================== To join the free Newberg Report mailing list so you can get e-mail deliveries of every edition of the newsletter, daily minor league game recaps, and frequent Newberg Report News Flashes, go to www.newbergreport.com and click the "Mailing List" link on the top menu bar. (c) Jamey Newberg http://www.newbergreport.com If you want to be removed from this list, please e-mail me at newbergreport@sbcglobal.net