no wireless at the hotel in St. Pete and my phone (which I'm using to update this right now) is dying. But I've called in updates. Go to delcotimes.com for the latest.

From earlier today...

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla-Phillies assistant GM Ruben Amaro and Ryan Howard's agent, Casey Close, met outside the Abbott Avery Chancellor Cook room shortly after 9 a.m. in what appeared to be a last-minute effort to hammer out an agreement before today's arbitration hearing between the player and the club.

But after Close met with Howard briefly outside the same conference room, all parties retreated inside, behind closed doors, at the Renaissance Vinoy Resort and Golf Club. The hearing appears to be underway.

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Back in Clearwater.... Jimmy Rollins spoke for the first time in camp. Apparently he talked for quite a while, but I wouldn't know since I was on Ryan Howard Watch 2008.

But thanks to some teamwork for my media brethren, you can read all about what Jimmy had to say in tomorrow's (Thursday's) Daily Times.