Shameless plug time. Ducksnorts has been nominated for Best MLB Blog of 2005 over at Red Reporter. The polls are now open. You know what to do. As always, thanks for your support.

The Padres have dealt Adam Eaton, Akinori Otsuka, and Billy Killian to the Rangers for Chris Young, Adrian Gonzalez, and Terrmel Sledge. [Update: Tip o' the cap to Nick G. for breaking this one in the comments to Tuesday morning's post.] Understand that Aki is one of my all-time favorite Padres. And I still think [...]

So, I’ve been playing around with this Frappr! tool. Feel free to add yourself to the map so we can see how far the Ducksnorts empire stretches. Other Stuff As mentioned the other day, I am working on Ducksnorts: Best of 2005. I’m compiling information now, then I’ll go back and add post facto commentary. [...]

Okay, here’s the plan. This week we’ll be looking at starting pitchers. Mon: Brian Lawrence and Jake Peavy Wed: Woody Williams and Adam Eaton Fri: Tim Stauffer and Pedro Astacio Next week we’ll wrap up the 2005 in Review series with the relievers. Other stuff on the horizon: I’m working on a Ducksnorts: Best of [...]

Won’t they stop already? Just catching up on the latest flurry. New and improved chart at the end. Chris Oxspring to Japan for Cash The Padres have sold the contract of RHP Chris Oxspring to the Hanshin Tigers of the Japanese Central League for a reported $550k. On the one hand, I’m real sorry to [...]

Thanks to Richard B. Wade for the heads-up in Monday’s comments that Baseball America‘s Padres Top 10 prospects list is now available. I’m preparing a lengthy post for Wednesday morning that has nothing to do with this, so I can’t comment much other than to say these names look a lot better than what we’ve [...]

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