News flash: Bud Selig is still an idiot. Baseball’s almost here! USD Schedule. Alumni game Jan. 19. Woo-hoo! SDSU Schedule Home opener against UC Riverside Feb. 5. Lake Elsinore Storm Schedule. Home opener against San Bernardino Apr. 11. Mark Phillips is going to start in Double-A? Very interesting…
Archive for January 2002
Sabermetric Look at 2001 Lake Elsinore Storm
Lousy week at work. In a rather manic effort, I have thrown together a sabermetric look at last year’s Minor League Team of the Year: 2001 Lake Elsinore Storm Recap. Among other things, it includes pitching logs of every start. Did you know that a Storm starter allowed more than one home run in a [...]
Padres Top 30 Prospects, First Installment
Posted the first installment in the Padres Top 30 prospects. The middle 10 will be posted a week from today, the top 10 a week after that. Enjoy!
Baseball America’s 2002 Preseason All-America Teams
Not entirely baseball related but very amusing nonetheless: The Cheap Seats Bar & Grill Holy smokes: Stat Based Baseball Baseball America has released its Preseason All-America teams. Former Padre draftees Alberto Concepcion (Southern Cal, C, 1999, 2nd round) and Kevin Howard (Miami, 3B, 1999, 22nd round) made the Second Team, as did San Diego State [...]
New Minor League and Prospect Web Sites
Minor League and prospect sites are popping up all over the place. Gary Reed, formerly with About.com, has resurfaced at FloridaStateLeague.com TheMinorsFirst.com is a promising newcomer. They’ve just released their top 100 prospects for 2002. Actually, right now only the top 50 are up, with the second half to follow next week. Sean Burroughs is [...]
Happy New Year
Happy New Year! I’m back. Putting the finishing touches on the Padres Top 30 prospects. Thanks to a few recent acquisitions it’s actually going to be the Top 31. Already did a writeup on Jason Anderegg, so he’ll be in there at #31. That first installment will be ready to go this Friday. Hope you [...]
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