Slightly OT; One trip, and a lot of baseball

Filed:July 24th, 2009 Brian Myrow celebrates his game-winning hit with teammates Lastings Milledge and Ian Snell (Cubbie Nation) No, I've not met my untimely demise, so sorry to those e-mailers who seem to keep wishing it. You know who you are. No, I'm sitting in a hotel room in Toronto, a few days into my summer tour around baseball. I'm actually in the middle of a week-long road trip, checking out how the other half lives around the game. It's a week of pretty much non-stop baseball, between catching live games, and tracking the Cubs on MLB.tv. Yes, I caught the Phillies series, and to be honest, I saw enough to still feel as encouraged about the Cubs second-half prospects today as when they left Washington. I keep hearing noise about the Dodgers being the NL cream of the crop this season. I've seen them six, maybe seven times, and they're good. I mean, they need some more power, and another middle-of-the-rotation guy, but they're good. The real talent...