Gettin’ psyched about Hall of Fame voting? I honestly can say that this is the first time I’ve ever gotten excited about it. Then again, this is the first time Tony Gwynn has been eligible. Tim Sullivan talks about HOF voting history in Sunday’s San Diego Union-Tribune, focusing on the fact that there never has [...]
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What’s Up with Wells?
With Randy Johnson headed back to Arizona, the Padres are finding their rotation options a bit limited. Apparently Kevin Towers and David Wells are still talking, but nothing much is happening. This sounds a lot like after the 2004 season, when the two of them did a weird dance involving tacos and Wells ended up [...]
Wednesday Links (3 Jan 07)
Slow news day, so we’ll run our link roundup a little early this week. Before we do that, though, a quick update on the book: I just finished Chapter 3 yesterday, and I’m about halfway through Chapter 6 (I’m working out of sequence in part because the Hall of Fame vote hasn’t taken place yet [...]
State of the ‘Snort 2007
I hope you had an excellent New Year’s celebration. We managed to stay awake, which is a victory of sorts around here. Anyway, I’m one of those annoying people who sit down and write a list of things to do in the coming year. I don’t call them resolutions, because that term implies a finality [...]
Wrapping Up 2006
Before we crash headlong into the new year, I thought it’d be fun to take a lightning quick look back at 2006. First, I offer thanks to everyone who participated in the madness this year. Despite not moving back to our own domain until mid-March, Ducksnorts received a million page views in 2006. You all [...]
Friday Links (29 Dec 06)
It’s Friday. Time for the last link roundup of 2006. Go crazy: A baseball star’s death is shrouded in mystery (Los Angeles Times). Former Padres third baseman Chris Brown is dead at age 45 due to burns suffered in a fire at his home. Very strange, sad story. A Brief History (Lookout Landing). In light [...]
Ducksnorts Player Cards
My best ideas aren’t mine at all. I stole this bit of genius from Brew Crew Ball. I’ve created “player cards” for current Padres players on the major-league roster. Basically these are pages that contain a photo (if I have one) of the player plus links to more information on that player. Current links are: [...]
Two Articles on Gwynn
Not much going on at the moment, so what better time to talk about Tony Gwynn? In the days leading up to the Hall of Fame election, that’s exactly what ESPN’s Tim Kurkjian and MLB.com’s Barry Bloom have done. The piece by Kurkjian (hat tip to Nick G. in yesterday’s comments) focuses on Gwynn’s approach [...]
Sledge to Bat Leadoff?
A Bill Center article in this morning’s San Diego Union-Tribune suggests that Terrmel Sledge could lead off for the Padres in 2007. Quoth manager Bud Black: We’ve talked about the possibility of Terrmel in that role and when you look at the statistics, there are indications he can do it. Black doesn’t explicitly mention what [...]
Looking Forward, Johnson Rumors
I hope you are having an excellent holiday season. I’m still recovering from bad science fiction movies, but other than that, all is well. Two quick items on the table today. First, my latest article is up at Hardball Times. It’s a silly list of wishes for each of the 30 teams for the coming [...]
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