Comments on: Party Like It’s 1989

By: Ben B.

Ben B. — Thu, 21 Feb 2008 09:52:44 +0000

Heath Bell answered some questions at the NC Times yesterday and was hilariously honest in some of them. He wouldn’t want the team to acquire Bonds, but he says it would have one benefit for him: “But at least I wouldn’t throw strikes to him and have the umpire call it a ball.”

http://nctimes.com/articles/20.....162184.txt

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By: LynchMob

LynchMob — Thu, 21 Feb 2008 04:24:25 +0000

John Sickles did a “all questions answered” session recently … check out this one …

Top 5 or 10 prospects in 2009?

by Galt on Tue Feb 19, 2008 at 09:56:36 AM PDT

[new] 2009
Assuming that people aren’t promoted ahead of schedule, and NOT including potential 2008 draftees.

Hitters:

Wieters
Teagarden
Lars Anderson
Elvis Andrus
Triunfel

Pitchers:
Kershaw
Price
McGee
Tillman
Latos (sleeper to move forward)

… hmmm, I like it!

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By: malcolm

malcolm — Thu, 21 Feb 2008 03:14:14 +0000

25, I hope Josh is getting paid for that.

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By: Masticore317

Masticore317 — Wed, 20 Feb 2008 23:00:34 +0000

Here’s an interesting article about pitchers similarity scores derived from pitch types and ball motion. Kevin Cameron comes across as the most unique pitcher in baseball, and his most comparable pitcher is Mariano Rivera.

http://www.hardballtimes.com/m.....s-part-ii/

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By: osidepadre

osidepadre — Wed, 20 Feb 2008 21:24:07 +0000

Re#15. Great point about Adrian and Blanks. The way Khalil hits in the day as well as on the road if I'm him I'm counting the days until I can call Wrigley home.

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By: SDSUBaseball

SDSUBaseball — Wed, 20 Feb 2008 21:23:51 +0000

8: I agree. There is really no reason that Padres should be in a position where KG is their only option in 2 years. 2 years is plenty of time to find someone to replace KG. At 10 m/yr he is not worth the chunk of our payroll his salary will demand especially if he OB skills do not improve. Even with his recent fluff comments I cant imagine KG wouldnt be happier playing in a home park that doesnt completely destroy his game.

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By: Ranger31

Ranger31 — Wed, 20 Feb 2008 20:31:51 +0000

#20 That was brilliant, thanks for the link.

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By: Didi

Didi — Wed, 20 Feb 2008 20:14:47 +0000

Take a break, gents.

I’m LOL over this, best to get ready for ST:

http://tinyurl.com/2wymyy

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By: Steve C

Steve C — Wed, 20 Feb 2008 19:29:32 +0000

Well it depends on what you mean by developed, Derrek Lee seems to be a good hitter just never reached SD...

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By: Phantom

Phantom — Wed, 20 Feb 2008 19:28:45 +0000

17: I guess we can really only go off of what he has said and either take that with a grain of salt (a la CM), or trust it. I'm inclined to put some stock in what he's saying, but everybody spins PR, so who knows? I totally agree about our hitting prospects. I hope that Headley performs well this year (and by extension, makes the team). Antonelli seems to be the real deal as well.

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