ARLINGTON, Texas -- Bill Parcells was in a chatty mood Wednesday -- about baseball. Not about Terrell Owens or the Dallas Cowboys.
"I'm coming out of my hole on Friday," Parcells said when asked about Owens and the team's draft last weekend.
Parcells was on the field before the Texas Rangers played the Baltimore Orioles, who are managed by Sam Perlozzo, described by the Cowboys coach as "a very good friend of mine."
Owens signed a $25 million, three-year contract with the Cowboys on March 18. Parcells was in Florida watching spring training games then, but still hasn't commented publicly about the signing of T.O.
For the first time in his four drafts with the Cowboys, Parcells didn't talk to reporters last weekend.
"I didn't have anything to say," he said Wednesday.
The Cowboys have a rookie minicamp this weekend, and Parcells is scheduled to speak to the media Friday afternoon and again Sunday. The coach said he'd answer football questions then.
A huge baseball fan, Parcells had seats in Rangers owner Tom Hicks' field-level box for the game against the Orioles.
Before the game, Parcells visited the Orioles clubhouse and met with Perlozzo, who he has known for a long time through his friendship with Lou Piniella.
Parcells spoke on the field during batting practice with Rangers manager Buck Showalter and was animated as he talked with several players. Hank Blalock, Brad Wilkerson and Mark DeRosa laughed as they listened to the Cowboys coach.
While chatting briefly with reporters about baseball, Parcells said he attended about 25 games in March when he spent time at his home in Jupiter, Fla. That is the spring training home of the St. Louis Cardinals, managed by his friend Tony LaRussa.
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