Found March 03, 2009 on Simon On Sports: Yardbarker Blogger Network
Joe Nathan is out of the World Baseball Classic so naturally the Americans went with Latroy Hawkins as his replacement? Huh? Why go with the Black Farny when the real Farny is Available? I am confused. [MLB]
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