Comments on: Philosophy Makes My Head Hurt

By: Tom Waits

Tom Waits — Wed, 13 Jun 2007 22:35:02 +0000

59: Their writing program was top-notch. Michael Chabon is the best known graduate. Regular English Lit, regular Humanities anything, was not so much then. Don't know what it's like now. They did lure the philosopher Derrida to give that side of campus someone to compete with the scientists, but I always thought that was a French guy taking a huge sum of money to have an excuse to travel to someplace sunny every so often.

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By: Didi

Didi — Wed, 13 Jun 2007 22:23:56 +0000

54: Their English program was excellent from the national ranking, right? I only found out they have a baseball team since we used to play tennis/pick-up basketball close by.

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By: Didi

Didi — Wed, 13 Jun 2007 22:15:33 +0000

Woohoo, the Padres have an actual Hitter Designated. Go PMac! Bocachica is still under the weather then? Go Padres!

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By: Steve C

Steve C — Wed, 13 Jun 2007 21:49:35 +0000

Branyan DHing tonight P-mac & Sledge are the corner OF

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By: Steve C

Steve C — Wed, 13 Jun 2007 21:14:42 +0000

Bard OPS monthly splits:
April - .731
May - .586
June - .871

Bard has not been that bad he just had poor may when he got back from the groin injury.

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By: Ben B.

Ben B. — Wed, 13 Jun 2007 21:00:57 +0000

Worth noting with Bard is that his BABIP is about .030 lower than we'd expect it to be based on his line drive %. If you add those hits back into his line, he'd be matching or exceeding Lo Duca's production.

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By: Tom Waits

Tom Waits — Wed, 13 Jun 2007 20:53:13 +0000

51: I walked past the ball field a lot, I could see it from my dorm window. But the team wasn't good and I lacked school spirit. Which is strange, because I'm the only person I know who picked Irvine instead of using it as a fallback because I didn't get into UCLA or UCSD.

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By: Didi

Didi — Wed, 13 Jun 2007 20:51:02 +0000

Ex-Padres:

Chris Oxspring, an old favorite from Lake Elsinore, is doing well. I hope he gets to the Show.
http://tinyurl.com/2kgpmt

Remember when Travis Chick was going to be great?
http://tinyurl.com/2upw5k

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By: Phantom

Phantom — Wed, 13 Jun 2007 20:39:44 +0000

49: I was particularly suprised with how Bowen’s OPS stacks up against Bard’s. Given that Bowen has just under half as many ABs as Bard (73 to 150), he would appear to project better on the long run (more xBH). You’d also have to guess that he’d throw out more runners than Bard since several of Bowen’s ABs have come as PH.

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By: Didi

Didi — Wed, 13 Jun 2007 20:39:26 +0000

35: The ballfield back then was nothing to talk about. Lots of chain link fences and concrete seats/bench and one vendor on wheels. The new one is still at the same spot right behind the parking structure next to Brent Event Center where the basketball teams play. About as nice as the Tony Gwynn Stadium with better scoreboard. I guess part of getting the baseball program back after a 10-year hiatus was getting the new ballfield. It’s a great place to watch a baseball game.

47: No Lo Duca, please. I’ll take Barrett but he’ll probably will want a longer term deal. Why not try Pete LaForest next season? I thought Luke Carlin was going to be a pretty good backup to Bard. His OBP in AAA is not bad with a decent LD%.

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