You may have noticed that Ducksnorts won the NL West in the World Series of Blogs. To all of you who got me to the NL finals, I say thanks. Now I need your help again. We’re getting spanked pretty hard by the Cardinals (’96 flashback, anyone?), so spread the word and help get Ducksnorts [...]
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Frustration and Hope
First off, let’s get this out of the way: That was a horrible, horrible way to lose a game yesterday. One out from a shutout of the Yankees on their home turf. Boom. Boom. So much for that. My hope for the Pads on this road trip was that they would win at least one [...]
Three Years of Blogging
Pads got spanked. Curt Schilling vs Ismael Valdez; you were perhaps expecting some other outcome? Right. Anyway, it says here that I’ve been blogging now for three years. Egads. I’m not a big anniversary kind of guy, but this does give me an excuse to throw out some props to everyone who reads, links, talks [...]
Educating Damon
Does anyone know who plays for San Diego? –Johnny Damon Now that Mr. Damon is a folk hero in these parts (thanks for the motivation, dude), I thought it might be helpful to give him a brief primer on who plays for San Diego. Sorry, make that first place San Diego. Brian Lawrence – He’s [...]
Buzzkill
Don’t shoot the messenger, but the recent track record of high school shortstops taken in the first round isn’t real encouraging. Check this out (stats are for 2004 unless otherwise noted): Name Tm Yr No Status Burrus,Josh Atl 01 29 .310/.366/.474 in A-ball, moved to OF Cameron,Troy Atl 97 29 .232/.288/.379 in Indy ball, moved [...]
Blindsided
The first day of the 2004 First-Year Player Draft is complete. We didn’t talk about Matt Bush at all in the days leading up to the draft, because we didn’t realize he was on the radar. All eyes were focused on the triumverate of Stephen Drew, Jeff Niemann, and Jered Weaver. After last year’s draft, [...]
WTF?
No time today. Good finish to the homestand, gives the guys some momentum heading into the belly of the AL East. But the big news is Matt Bush. In a bizarre twist, the Padres nabbed local shortstop Bush (Mission Bay HS) with the first pick overall and have already signed him for $3.1M. This according [...]
Mailbag
I don’t have a stupid little story to lead in with today, so let’s get right to the letters. Seems we touched a few nerves in the May 24 entry. This makes us very happy. From Jeff #287: Damn, Geoff. You hit the nail on the head with every one of your points. I couldn’t [...]
Drafting a Plan, Planning a Draft
Four runs in three games against the Rockies doesn’t inspire a lot of confidence, but at least the Padres managed to avoid being swept. Brian Lawrence looked terrific. Unfortunately he made the mistake of surrendering a run, which cost him a shot at the win. Shawn Estes had no command (60 strikes, 57 balls; six [...]
May Recap
I’m more than a little disgusted after the last two games against Colorado. Adam Eaton actually pitched pretty well Monday night. One mistake to Jeromy Burnitz did him in. But two runs combined against Jason Jennings and Aaron Cook? Another bases-loaded, one-out situation that results in zero runs? Justin Germano and Khalil Greene looking like [...]
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