Burnsy was live in Tucson once again, and once again we were joined by a member of the Arizona Diamondbacks: starting pitcher Dan Haren.  Haren will be on the mound tomorrow in Goodyear, but will not be on the mound in the WBC this spring.  It’s not from a lack of offers, in fact he got an intriguing one from Team Mexico.  Haren, for those who don’t know, is part Mexican.  In the end, though, Haren says the WBC takes a heavier toll on starting pitchers, and he could not justify wearing down in August or September due to this early action.  Actually, wearing down has been a persistent criticism/outcome for Haren, and this offseason he started throwing later in the year to avoid a similar fate.  Haren, of course, also hopes the D-backs avoid a similar fate to the one in 08’.  He believes that they will, and also believes that Manny will be re-joining the Dodgers sometime soon.

Speaking of Manny- Burnsy sees some parallels between the Manny-Dodgers situation and the Warner-Cardinals contract talks.  Warner, who is set to become a free-agent on Friday, is negotiating with the one team that can offer him the most (in every sense), and the Cardinals cannot afford the ghosts of 98’ to return by allowing their franchise QB to walk.  In the end, Burnsy does not think that Warner will.  This despite some tough talk from Warner’s agent.  Sounds familiar, doesn’t it Dodgers fan?

Eddie Johnson also joined Burnsy to discuss the Suns dire situation.  Dire as in the team is beat up, and about to play the following schedule (omitting Toronto, of course):

At LAL

LAL

At Orlando

At Miami

At Houston

At San Antonio

Dallas

Cleveland

I can hear the lottery balls ringing…

 

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