This Time Last Year
Fri, Oct 21, 2005
by Geoff Young
Don’t mind me, I’m just rummaging through the archives.
- Oct. 20 - Looking for a drink to name after my band, reading Neil Peart and Bill Bryson, listening to Deathcab for Cutie. [Found the drink. Just picked up the new Deathcab for Cutie CD: good stuff, although mellower than the last one.]
- Oct. 13 - Remembering Ken Caminiti. [Can't believe it's been a year. Still miss him.]
- Oct. 11 - Examining the impact of Petco Park on hitters. [Need to revisit this now that we have two years of data.]
- Oct. 7 - Lamenting the promise of an inactive winter. [At least there was no Joey Gathright or Rule V Roulette.]
- Oct. 6 - Comparing Sean Burroughs to players in recent history with similar numbers. [Edgardo Alfonzo? Craig Biggio? So far, it's more like Carlos Febles.]
- Oct. 5 - Whining about Baseball Prospectus’ difficulty in recognizing that Tony Gwynn was a much better player than Ichiro Suzuki is. [Suzuki didn't do himself any favors by hitting .303/.350/.436 in 2005.]
- Oct. 4 - Discussing the relative merits of Khalil Greene and Jason Bay with Charlie Wilmoth. [This was fun. I need to do more stuff with other bloggers.]
- Oct. 1 - “The Padres scrapped and battled, and slowly began to believe they could win… But for all the positives, we are left frustrated and disappointed by a season that could have been so much more.” [It's amazing to look back now and see just how similar 2004 and 2005 were for the Padres.]
Okay, that’s enough self-indulgence, even for a Friday. Later…
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