Comments on: Padres Sign Latos, Beat Bucs

By: Geoff Young

Geoff Young — Fri, 01 Jun 2007 14:07:34 +0000

#67: Brian, I think that could be arranged.

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By: LynchMob

LynchMob — Thu, 31 May 2007 23:30:44 +0000

Heads-up, Anthony, and anyone else with a BP subscription … another article today looking at the GameDay pitch data … http://www.baseballprospectus......cleid=6291 … a look at “deceleration as pitches make their way to the plate and pitcher fatigue” … amazing stuff!

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By: LynchMob

LynchMob — Thu, 31 May 2007 23:16:57 +0000

60 … yup, Corvallis … see Frappr (http://www.frappr.com/ducksnorts)

4 … I’ve never driven from Portland to Eugene … Eugene is to Corvallis a bit what LA is to SD … other than the Emeralds, I try to minimize my exposure … back to the question (drive time from Portland to Eugene) … 3 hours max … straight down I-5 … so might be closer to 2 depending on where in “Portland” you are starting … it’s a short 2 hours from PDX (the Portland Airport) to Corvallis (which is ~10 miles off I-5) … and it takes me about an hour to get to Eugene … and I think getting from I-5 to the Eugene ballpark (which is a *classic*) is pretty straight forward …

Road Trip? Meet Up? Opening Day is Sunday, June 24th at 4pm.

The other idea would be 4th of July … it *will* be a sell-out … the fireworks are not *great*, but the ball park and setting are, as I said before, *CLASSIC* … Americana at its FINEST … but I’ll likely be down in San Diego for 4th (a pilgrimage I’ve done the last 2 years as it has coincided with the BP Pizza Feed … hmm … I ping’d the BP guys a month or so ago on that, didn’t get a reply … time to ping again) …

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By: Didi

Didi — Thu, 31 May 2007 22:00:00 +0000

Keith Law on teams’ drafting tendencies:

http://tinyurl.com/3xges5

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By: Didi

Didi — Thu, 31 May 2007 21:57:23 +0000

65: That sucks. I hope he gets better so the Red Sox will still trade with the Padres.

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By: Didi

Didi — Thu, 31 May 2007 21:55:48 +0000

Nice article about Cust:

http://tinyurl.com/353gbs

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By: Brian G.

Brian G. — Thu, 31 May 2007 21:39:28 +0000

Geoff, Rather than a stop off in Sacto, maybe I could get you to come to the Bay Area?

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By: Didi

Didi — Thu, 31 May 2007 21:34:45 +0000

63: Nah, he’ll be moving up pretty quickly if he can pitch as well. Probably going to be a potential middle relieve/setup man. I say, definitely, quicker than 4 years if he does well.

I think Joe Nathan was a converted SS and it took him about 2 seasons. Granted, he’s very good but I don’t think it’s starting over for Matt Bush.
Anybody knows how long it took Trevor, Woody, and Santana to convert to pitching?

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By: Steve C

Steve C — Thu, 31 May 2007 21:33:54 +0000

OT: has anyone checked in on George Kottaras? he is hitting .191 with .286 OBP and a .291 SLG. I guess the east coast has been rough on him.

http://www.minorleaguebaseball.....pid=435459

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By: Joe Mama

Joe Mama — Thu, 31 May 2007 21:31:49 +0000

Huge right-handed bat acquired for the outfield:

Padres claim Bocachica off waivers
The San Diego Padres today claimed outfielder Hiram Bocachica off outright waivers from the Oakland Athletics.

http://www.mlb.com/news/press_.....mp;c_id=sd

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