A right fielder

After I heard Byrnes signed with Arizona yesterday, I started thinking about who else would be available to the Bucs so that they could avoid putting Craig Wilson in right field, something they appear desperate to do. It didn't take long before one named popped into my head, Sammy Sosa. My dad came home from work and told me that Greg Brown was on Paul Alexander's show last night had speculated similarly. He'll be cheap come spring training when no one wants to sign a player widely viewed as a pariah and a fraud. He'll be a big name that our common senseless front office will probably assume will sell tickets, and based on the fact that he's a Latin American baseball player that wears #21, he's probably a big Roberto Clemente fan and might not be averse patrolling his right field grass in Pittsburgh, especially if we're one of the few teams offering him a contract.

Of course, he's washed up, he's a fraud, he's been a terrible teammate the last couple years, and if his numbers come anywhere close to what they were last year in Baltimore (.221/.295/.376 with 14 homers and 45 RBIs in 380 ABs) he'll be run out of town quicker than Derek Bell. If the opportunity presents itself, I'll be surprised if that stops Dave Littlefield.