SCOTTSDALE, Arizona -- Heading out to Mesa soon, so just a few notes for this afternoon's game:

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• You can discuss The Trade That Shall Not Be Named in this BCB diary. Although, it was already summed up by one commenter, who said the new rumor is "total nonsense".
• Bruce Miles grilled Lou Piniella about the recent lineup changes and got him to admit that he's still tinkering:
  Piniella did his best Thursday to say these changes aren't necessarily permanent.

  "I didn't say it was permanent yesterday," he said. "I wanted to take a look at it. I think the big thing is it gives Soriano more time to get his legs stronger. Out of the leadoff hole, you've got to be able to run. He's about 80-85 percent, coming along fine. We don't have to rush him."

• The Cactus League is doing fine financially again this year; the Cubs are on track to possibly set a record for average attendance.
  

Ryan Dempster starts today for the Cubs. He will face the Angels' Ervin Santana. All of the Angels' spring games are on radio in Los Angeles this year, so you can hear it via the MLB.com Mediacenter.

MLB.com Gameday (and yes, this is the correct link. Yesterday, I put "Seattle" in there instead of "San Diego". Thankfully, someone posted the right link in the comments.

Discuss amongst yourselves.