Remember the Potentially Cool Thing (TM) that I mentioned might be happening to Ducksnorts? Well, you can take the "might" out of that sentence. I still can’t tell you what it is, so I’ll just tease a little more. But it really is cool, and it will be happening very soon.

Meantime, here are some odds and ends I thought you might find interesting.

• BP 1999 Top 40 Prospect List Review (SOSH). As you are no doubt aware, I love these kinds of studies. [via Baseball Think Factory]
• The Transaction Guy likes the Padres’ signing of Peavy. And why not?
• Charting Range (Baseball Musings). David Pinto is taking his play-by-play defensive data and displaying it graphically. It’s in the development stages, but this is very cool stuff.
• Speaking of graphical displays, Major League Charts is a fun tool. It seems more interesting than useful at this point, but I’m glad to see folks thinking in different ways. This is how breakthroughs are made.
• Some thoughts on the steroid situation from Only Baseball Matters, Baseball Musings, and Futility Infielder. Seems many of us are wondering why this concerns Congress.
• And here are the rantings of some possibly well-intentioned but perhaps overly self-righteous lawmakers. If there’s anything that this mess needs right now, it’s rush to judgment. Yes, I’m certain that will make it all disappear.
• White Sox 6, Padres 3 (ESPN). Most of the damage came against Darrell May and Justin Germano over the first four innings. Brad Baker, Chris Hammond, and Blaine Neal each spun a scoreless frame. Xavier Nady, getting the start at third, had two hits including a homer. The bomb was an opposite field shot off Freddy Garcia.

That’s all for now. More as it happens…