I have this crazy dream of seeing all of the MLB stadiums before I die. So far I’ve seen the stadiums for the A’s, Giants, Cubs, White Sox, and the Yankees (the house that Ruth built).

A few weeks ago I was in Chicago so I decided to take in a few baseball games. The first game I went to U.S. Cellular Field to see the White Sox/ Rangers game. The game was a blowout with the Rangers winning but I was really there just to see the field. So, since all I really wanted to do was watch a few innings then walk around the stadium, I decided to purchase cheap seats thinking it wouldn’t really matter where I was sitting. Well, that was a big mistake. Apparently, if you purchase seats in the 500 level for the White Sox you aren’t allowed to go anywhere else but the 500 level. Needless to say I wasn’t very happy.

From what I could see of the park, it was very nice and clean. It wasn’t really that impressive of a park but I will say that our seats albeit in the 500 level, were still very nice seats. The view of the park was wonderful and the concessions were very close as well as the restrooms. Now if only Michael Young and Jermaine Dye could have played better for me.

Could the Oakland A’s be taking a look at Pedro Martinez? How about the Los Angeles Angels? There is a good chance that Billy Beane has contacted the agent of Pedro Martinez recently. In fact most if not all of the AL West could use some starting pitching. It is really surprising that we haven’t heard more about teams being interested in Pedro.

Pedro dazzled in the World Baseball Classic and there is no reason to believe that he won’t be an effective middle of the rotation pitcher if he can stay healthy. The AL Central could use him too. The Chicago Whitesox (not to mention their crosstown buddies now that Carlos Zambrano is on the DL) have to do something about Jose Contreras and his 8.31 ERA. Kenny Williams can’t be happy with the way he has started the season and my guess is the Whitesox will be making an offer to Pedro very soon. Somebody out there will bite on Pedro and he could very well be of some help for a team that needs SP.