My favorite color is red… no, blue. Next?
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Linkage…
- Ask BA (Baseball America). Jim Callis discusses the recently revealed top 100 prospects list, touching on the near-misses, including Padres farmhands Jaff Decker, Reymond Fuentes, and Cory Luebke. [h/t Watson Files]
- Dorfman understood baseball’s mental side (MLB.com). Peter Gammons remembers the late Harvey Dorfman, one of the most respected men in baseball who worked with, among many others, former Padres Bob Tewksbury and Greg Maddux.
- Even for Hall of Famers, Spring Training remains baseball’s proving ground (Baseball Hall of Fame). Gammons relates a fun story about Carl Yastrzemski and San Diego’s Ted Williams. [h/t BBTF]
- Pictures From Peoria (Avenging Jack Murphy). Looks great. I’ll be out there on Sunday; anyone else?
- Byrnes back in the game, assisting GM Hoyer (Padres.com). Fluff piece on former Arizona GM Josh Byrnes, who is now the Padres senior VP of baseball operations.
- Baseball Stat Acronyms Pronunciation Guide (Beyond the Box Score). I am one of the few people I know who pronounces “OPS” as “Ops.” I get ridiculed for it on occasion, which matters a lot.
- 1955 MVP: A Detective Story (Joe Blogs). Posnanski talks (and talks) more about the late Duke Snider.
- Profiling Masterson (Hardball Times). Lucas Apostoleris takes a closer look at former SDSU Aztecs right-hander Justin Masterson.
- Fourth Time’s the Harm (Baseball Propsectus). Jeremy Greenhouse investigates the issue of pitcher stamina.
No Blue? Man it must have killed you when the Padres switched from brown to blue! How about Sand?
SteveC … just so you stop worrying about it, I’m pretty sure that you missed GY’s comma … he did not say “no blue” … he said “no, blue” … which, imo, means he changed his mind, mid-sentance … his favorite color *is* blue … so i’m guessing he was happy with the switch from brown to blue … unlike many of us … who despise all things blue … especially Steve Garvey
@LynchMob ah gotcha thanks!
New Question: One word, Black or Bochey?
Why do you hate Pavement? What is your deal man? Seriously?
And a fourth-part follow-up to my question…. who is your favorite music artist and/or band?
What moment do you like best:
- when Ray Kinsella asks his dad if he wants to have a catch;
or
- when Roy Hobbs smashes the bomb into the lights;
or
- when Willie Mays Hayes scores from second on the Jake Taylor bunt.
As the Padres starters start their second outings of the Spring, where is Clayton Richard? He hasn’t pitched and I’ve heard no reason why? I have him in several fantasy leagues and am worried.
@Steve–I wouldn’t worry about Clayton; he ran the QB challenge in camp, and the MLB channel did a brief feature on him last night, a promo for tonight’s “30 Teams in 30 Days” about the Padres (8PM Pacific). He ought to be getting some innings soon.