Hamels: 'Nothing to worry about'

TAMPA - Just drove over the Causeway to George M. Steinbrenner Field from Clearwater where the Phillies will take on the annoying (and pretentious) Yankees this afternoon. Clearly the biggest story here - after Cole Hamels, of course - is Kyle Kendrick taking the mound in what could be a make-or-break outing. But back to the Yankees for a minute ... they certainly have a right to strut the way they do because they almost made the playoffs last year.

Still, the WFC Phillies must have breathed a sigh of relief this morning when Hamels told us that his left forearm trouble is something that occurs every year and might clear up with a shot and/or some rest.

Meanwhile, Hamels says he's going to feel good about getting out of Florida for a few days.

Stay tuned to CSNPhilly.com because we will be updating the main stories over there throughout the day.

All set

Dear Reader,OK, here's the deal -- "Finger Food" is now a blog on CSNPhilly.com. Yep, that's right. Just click on the "Blogs" tab on the main page and it will take you to a specially designed page.

Or, just go to this URL to cut out the middle man. However, in the near future typing in johnfinger.com will automatically guide you to a new page. You will have to do nothing -- hell, keep the same bookmarks. Nothing is going to change aside from who gets to count the number of visits.

Bottom line, folks, bottom line. All about them digits.

Meanwhile, Finger Food is the blog and "Center City" is the column. OK, the title column is a little too old-fashioned for my tastes, so let's just call them essays. I'll be an essayist in the same way in which some dudes are "humorists." Then again, a humorist is someone they only think is funny on NPR.

So just scratch that whole last paragraph except for the part about Finger Food being the blog and Center City is the column (or whatever). Just look for three-to-five Center City things per week.

There it is. All cleared up. We'll dive into it this week so be ready.

Love, jrf

I know, I know...

Hey, I hear you. I'm just as anxious to get back at this as you are, but we're just going to have to be patient a little while longer. In the meantime, I'm writing the daily "Center City" feature for CSNPhilly.com, which I'm sure is already listed amongst your bookmarks. I also will be covering the baseball winter meetings from December 8 to 12 in dreary old Las Vegas, so be sure to check out CSNPhilly.com for all of the nuggets that come out of there, as well. Or, better yet, come on out to Vegas... I hear there are things to do there for insomniacs and others that keep vampire's hours.

Nevertheless, keep checking back and I will post updates as to the status of this little dog-and-pony show as I get it.

So get going over to Center City... you can always come back later to browse around.