Pedro Martinez is scheduled to throw off the mound for the first time early next week. He's been doing long toss but hasn't thrown from the mound since last season.

By law, there must be at least four Pedro updates a month.

Jose Valentin went 0 for 4 in a make beleive extended spring training game yesterday.

I assume it takes more than one game to shake off the cobwebs of not swinging the that for a few weeks. Though how long exactly can we call it extended spring training? It is June afterall. Its already beach season.

Carlos Beltran is scheduled for an MRI on his knee today.

If we have to throw one of our bloggers into a volcano or something to appease the Injury Gods, then I'm willing to make that sacrafice.  There's like 10 of us here at the Foot, they can have anyone but Sidd. What were teh odds though, Green, Alou and Beltran all at once? Did someone break a mirror by dropping it on a black cat? Or drink Jobu's rum? You think Omar feels like Llyod Bridges in Airplane getting all these injury reports.  Sitting at his desk, gets the call that Beltran's down now too…feeling like he picked the wrong week to quit sniffling glue.