I saw “Kevin Kouzmanoff interview” in the search logs this morning, and then an article showed up in the U-T, so I figured since we’re going to be real busy this week, now would be a good time to throw these out there:

• Batting Around with Kevin Kouzmanoff (MLB.com, via Teepee Talk). This is from March 2005, but it’s a pretty entertaining read.
• Hot prospect at hot corner (San Diego Union-Tribune). Here’s an interesting tidbit: Kouzmanoff lived in Bonita from age 2 to 11.
• Parallels to the past (San Diego Union-Tribune). Of course, no talk of Kouzmanoff would be complete without comparing Josh Barfield to Roberto Alomar. Maybe it’s best for Barfield that he is in Cleveland, where such comparisons won’t be made. I’m a big Barfield fan and I think he’ll be a fine player, but he’s no Alomar:
  

  Alomar vs Barfield, through Age 23

  	AB	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS+
  Alomar	2391	.286	.343	.394	107
  Barfield	539	.280	.318	.423	94

  Yes, we’re all bummed that Barfield is gone. No, he’s not a franchise-type player in the vein of Alomar. Time to let go and wish Barfield well in Cleveland.

Happy reading. We’ve got Padres Pitcher Smackdown coming up all this week. You don’t know what that is yet, but you will…