The New York Yankees are apologizing to fans. The team apologized to its fans saying it wasn't their fault Derek Jeter, Alex Rodriguez, Johnny Damon and Bernie Williams had departed for the World Baseball Classic. In a sign posted near Customer Service, the team writes "Thank you for expressing your concerns. We are sorry that certain players will not be present for portions of spring training. These players have elected to participate in the World Baseball Classic.

The Florida Marlins have cut the fat from their payroll and are planning on trimming the facial hair of players next. The team's new manager Joe Girardi wants his players to be clean shaven meaning no goatees, mustaches or beards when players begin reporting for spring training on Feb. 18.

A top executive at Morgan Stanley tried to use his company's connections to become a New York Yankees honorary batboy. Guy Chiarello wanted to celebrate his 20th anniversary with Morgan Stanley at Yankee Stadium. To achieve his goals, he sent a number of e-mails to Robert Nederlander Jr. , whose father is a part-owner of the Yankees. Chiarello, the investment bank's chief technology officer, suggested that many of his 1,500 employees would buy tickets or contribute to a charitable donation on behalf of the team. He also said he would not mind being part of the grounds crew working to the strains of YMCA.

A California graphic artist decides to catalog the colorful and unusual rantings of the official North Korean News Agency, KCNA. Reuters reports KCNA is the only regular source of the views of the secretive government of Kim Jong-il available to diplomats, journalists and scholars. But, there was no way for them to search the archives of KCNA until Geoff Davis, fighting boredom during a rainy San Francisco spring, decided to hone his Web design skills on a topic he followed in news reports on the North Korean nuclear crisis.