Greene, Peavy, and Baseball-Reference Sponsorships

by Geoff Young on Aug 29, 2002

Things Not Baseball

Thanks to some "interesting" driving decisions on the part of yours truly, we missed Pat and Oscar’s in Mission Valley by several miles last night. Although at first glance this may appear to be a tragedy of epic proportions, the fact that we ended up at D.Z. Akin’s made it worth the while. If you’ve not been there, I highly recommend it. Even the East Coast deli snobs I know like the place. I had the #33: corned beef, swiss cheese, and cole slaw on an onion roll. A slice of heaven.

Good reading:

This is getting too predictable. Khalil Greene homered and singled three times in four at-bats against Bakersfield. In just 168 at-bats, he’s fifth on the club in homers. Justin Germano makes his third start for the Storm tonight.

Did ya see Jake Peavy battle Roy Oswalt last night? Pretty impressive. He’s gonna be a lot of fun to watch in a few years.

Last but not least, you may have noticed that Baseball-Reference.com is allowing folks to sponsor pages for a fee. Sean Forman does a tremendous job with this site, and it ain’t cheap to maintain. If you’ve been there and you like it, think about contributing to the fund and getting your name slapped onto a page. I’ve managed to get five pages so far:

  • Adam Eaton — My favorite player
  • Mark Kotsay — My wife’s favorite player
  • Mike Darr — Saw him at Rancho Cucamonga several years ago
  • Gary Matthews, Jr. — Can’t think of Darr without thinking of Matthews
  • Brady Clark — To the best of my knowledge he is the lone USD grad in the big leagues right now

Two others I wanted were already taken. I just saw "Field of Dreams" for the first time this weekend, so of course I looked up Moonlight Graham. No dice. The other was Brian Lawrence but Ducksnorts reader and fellow Pads fan Vinay Kumar beat me to that one. I don’t mind; it’s nice to know that B-Law’s page is in good hands. :-)

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