Notes and Links
Sat, Apr 9, 2005
by Geoff Young
Stuff’s been piling up on the virtual desk again. Here you go; now it’s your problem…
- Rain, Fogg and a loss at home (U-T). No run support for Brian Lawrence, as Pads lose, 3-2, to Pittsburgh. On the bright side, Ryan Klesko hit a bomb to the right-center on a damp night. He also had this to say: “Everybody’s probably going to go, ‘Here we go again at Petco’ … I’m not going to go there again.” Very encouraging.
- Young in for lengthy rehab (Padres.com). Eric Young’s spectacular catch in Thursday’s home opener has cost him at least two months, possibly much longer. Young seems like a good guy to have around the clubhouse and he immediately became a fan fave with that catch; here’s hoping he can come back and contribute later in the season. Veteran utility infielder Jesse Garcia comes up from Portland to take Young’s place on the roster.
- Charlie over at Value Over Replacement Blog offers his thoughts on Friday night’s contest between the Pads and Bucs. He likes the Swinging Friar. Or maybe he doesn’t, I’m not sure.
- The Man Who Hung the Stars (San Diego Reader). A nice little article on Jerry Coleman.
- 42nd Annual Big Black Table Baseball Preview. Will Leitch offers his thoughts on the upcoming season and kindly links to Ducksnorts. [Thanks to my friend Jeff at Syntax of Things for the heads-up.]
- Scout.com gives us their preview of the Mobile BayBears. Get the lowdown on what’s shaping up at the Pads’ Double-A affiliate.
Also, I’ve added some more links to the blogroll on the right:
- The relatively new site Hardball Dollars has a section on the Padres payroll. This is a great resource. Use it well.
- You probably already know about Baseball Graphs. Studes is always up to something interesting over there.
- I’ve also added a link to the old site just in case you want to see some of what I did before Ducksnorts moved to A-B/MVN.
There you go.
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April 9, 2005 at 6:26 pm
Tim Stauffer update … he pitched last night in the AAA Portland Beaver’s 2nd game … here’s a quote from http://www.minorleaguebaseball.com : Beavers starter Tim Stauffer went six innings, allowing two runs on four hits, walking none and striking out four while displaying good control.
(Another note from that game: Josh Barfield broke the Beavers’ scoring drought in style, though, belting a game-tying, two-run home run to straightaway center field with two outs in the top of the ninth to send it to extra innings.)
Here’s a box score for the game … http://www.minorleaguebaseball.....p;did=milb … wow, that minorleaguebaseball.com web site could use some work … it was hard for me to find this box score … and it’s not a great box score (doesn’t show IP, for example).
Here’s some good info from the Portland Beavers … http://www.pgepark.com/beavers/gamenotes.pdf
April 9, 2005 at 6:29 pm
I’m going to try to activate those links for you … I forget if this works in these comments …
Beaver’s lost 2-0 to River Cats, Stauffer pitches well
Portland Beavers’ Game Notes
April 9, 2005 at 6:29 pm
Eh, I guess that doesn’t work …
April 9, 2005 at 7:12 pm
The other pitcher I’m excited about in the Padres’ farm is Travis Chick … here’s a link to the box score for his first start of the season for the Mobile BayBears (AA) … http://www.minorleaguebaseball.....x_mobaax_1 … thru 5 IP, he’s only given up 2 H and 1 BB with 5 K’s