Happy Halloween!

by Geoff Young on Oct 31, 2003

Happy Halloween! New look is pretty scary, ain’t it? Ah, the joy of CSS. Don’t worry, it’ll all be back to normal soon enough.

My latest article is up over at Primer: Baseball Primer’s 2003 Managers of the Year. Feel free to chime in on the relative merits of Alan Trammell or whatever.

Seriously, if you have any thoughts at all on the award and who you thought should have won (or who you thought deserved more or less consideration than Primer authors gave them), stop on by and join the discussion. Go on, it’ll be fun.

In other news, Alex Belth has done another terrific interview, this one with Pat Jordan, author of A False Spring, among other books. Jordan’s thoughts on Roger Clemens (one of my least favorite ballplayers of all time) are particularly intriguing.

Closer to home, the Padres are making some noise in the free agent market. Not a pitcher or a catcher, but a reserve outfielder. Or maybe two. Familiar names:

  • Popular OF Kingsale close to minors deal (U-T). Who would’ve believed he’d be available? Also, former Dodger Joe Ferguson has signed on as a roving catching instructor. Wonder if he can still strap on the gear.
  • Padres have their eye on re-acquiring Owens (U-T). And another former Padre whose popularity far exceeded his talent. (No nastygrams, please; I actually like Eric Owens a lot, but if he’s the key to your team’s success, your team is in serious trouble.) Sad phrase of the article: “…should they deem Gary Matthews Jr. too expensive…”
  • Hoffman first on Padres’ agenda (NC Times). Kevin Towers talks about the unusually large number of agents calling him, thinking he has oodles of money to spend; his desire to retain Trevor Hoffman; and his overall strategy of patience in the free agent market. Other items of note: Pitching coach Darren Balsley and bullpen coach Darrel Akerfelds have re-upped for one year, and first-round pick Tim Stauffer is doing well in instructional league.

And elsewhere, there’s this bit of lunacy.

Finally, a few items of note that have nothing to do with baseball:

Have a safe and happy Halloween. Later…

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