KNIGHTS ENTER FREE AGENT MARKET

Make Run At Bernitt
Considered Top Off Season Target

Givemeabreak
Nashville


With the 2009 Spring and Fall seasons behind them, it should come as no surprise to learn that the Nashville Knights have begun looking ahead to the 2010 campaign.

Sources close to the Knights have confirmed that in addition to a beefed up off season training and conditioning program, the Knights have also let it be known that they will be aggressively involved in the upcoming free agent market.

The Knights move into the free agent race comes on then heels of a team press release announcing that 2009 All Star Steve Ray has elected to opt out of the final year of his contract and will be heading North to play in the "You Damn Yankee League"

Along with Ray's departure, it has also been rumored that Jon "Rocket" Rotker, who missed most of the 2009 season while rehabing from a late season injury in 2008, is himself looking at testing the free agent waters and will possibly bail out on the Knights.

When contacted at his off season estate in Jackson Hole, Wyoming, Knights Head Coach Bill Gubbins would only confirm Ray's departure while adding that the club expected to make a strong run at retaining Rotker. "We consider Jon a Knight, and once you've been on the dark side, it's hard to go back into the light" added Gubbins.

When pushed for insight on what other plans the Knights had for this off season, Gubbins didn't waste a second before saying "Pitchers and free agents." Gubbins then added that for the first time in years, the Knights have let it be known that they will open the checkbook and make a run in the free agent market.

"Specifically" said Gubbins, "we want to make sure that we resign free agent Don Bernitt." Continued Gubbins, "after watching him play in 2009, it's no doubt that Don has lost a few steps as he has aged, but at the same time, those appear to be steps most players never had."

Although attempts to reach Bernitt were unsuccessful, reports say that Bernitt, who is planning to climb Mt Shasta next June, has made progress in overcoming a late season knee injury and was seen climbing Mt LaConte in the Smokey Mountains and Eagles Peak in Colorado over the past few weeks.

With just weeks to go until Thanksgiving, it's now hot stove time for the Knights and the rest of the league. If initial indicators hold true, it appears to be only a matter of time before we again hear........

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