His take: Hey Schmucker, are you going to provide some real time reporting during Oriole games like Roch used to do, or if not, will that be done on some other Sunpapers blog? It was both informative, and particularly helpful for the out of town fan. Also, can you bring us up to date on why the Ponson arbitration case against the Orioles has never been addressed or resolved? In over a year and a half of asking, could never get an answer from Roch.

My take: I'll definitely be doing some in-game reporting on the blog, but it's a lot easier when the team is in town and I'm actually at the game and can check directly with O's officials on stuff. Tough to do that from a distance when the team is on the West Coast and the game starts at 10:10 EDT. I do, however, keep in touch with Sun beat writer Jeff Zrebiec during road games. Don't blame Rocco on the Ponson thing. We -- Roch, me, Jeff, Dan -- have been trying to get to the bottom of that for quite awhile. Talked to Ponson's agent (Barry Praver) in the spring and he, like the Orioles, claims there's nothing unusual about the long wait for a hearing, but I've never seen anything like it.