The Padres claimed catcher Tom Wilson off waivers from the Toronto Blue Jays and DFA’d Brandon Villafuerte to make room for him. Wilson isn’t highly regarded defensively, but he can hit a little, especially against southpaws (.299/.387/.421 last year). Wilson draws some walks and hits some doubles. He’s from Fullerton. He played with the A’s [...]
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Go Away, Already
Before we get started, I’d just like to clarify something I said yesterday. I made a flippant comment about anti-depressants. Just for the record, I’m not actually on any medication. However, if I were, I wouldn’t deny that fact for 14 years before coming clean. Speaking of which, can we all just agree to ignore [...]
Jeff Cirillo
Continuing the Padres’ Offseason of Bewilderment™, third baseman Jeff Cirillo is coming to San Diego (U-T) from the Mariners in exchange for Kevin Jarvis, Wiki Gonzalez, and Dave Hansen. Minor leaguers also are a part of the deal, although names have not been announced (speculation has centered on Mariners’ farmhand Brian Sweeney). A boatload of [...]
Content Management Systems: Bane for Bloggers or Tools of Satan?
Aargh! I hate these freakin’ things. I’ve been messing around with PHP-Nuke off and on over the past several weeks. Like Linux and British sports cars, it’s pretty cool when it works but it doesn’t work often enough to be of actual use. So much promise. User comments. Polls specific to a particular entry. Threaded [...]
Dig Deep the Wells, Padres
Apologies to J.D. Salinger for the headline, but I couldn’t resist. Neither, apparently, could the Padres, who have inked soon-to-be 41-year-old left-hander David Wells to be–wait for it–the #1 starter in the rotation this year. According to reports, he’s guaranteed $1.5M, with incentives possibly pushing it as high as $7M. Here is his ZiPS projection [...]
A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Blog Last Night
So as I’m preparing to welcome in the new year with a few minor changes to the blog (you can’t stop me, you can only hope to contain me!), the Padres go out and sign David Wells. I’m going to need some time to digest (pun intended) this one before I offer commentary. Expect a [...]
Ends and Beginnings
No baseball talk today. Just want to say thanks to everyone who’s stopped by to check out Ducksnorts this year and especially to those of you who have dropped a note or three. I learn a lot from y’all and very much appreciate all the feedback. Without you, I wouldn’t be doing this. Big, big [...]
Jake Peavy: A Closer Look
Before I resume with my frantic end-of-year desk-clearing activities, I’d like to take a quick moment to congratulate LaDainian Tomlinson on his record-setting season. What he accomplished on the football field (1600+ rushing yards, 100 receptions) is nothing short of miraculous given the general lack of talent around him. There isn’t much worth watching on [...]
Goodbye, 2003: Clearing the Proverbial Desk
Hope you all had an excellent Christmas/Hannukah/Kwanzaa/Festivus. Now that the year is almost at end, it’s time to reflect… Aw, to heck with that. I’m just going to talk about a bunch of different stuff that I’ve been meaning to get to for a while but for one reason or another haven’t. So if you [...]
Prospecting
I had a chance to visit Petco Park the other day. Still needs a little work, but it’s looking real good. Genius that I am, I forgot to bring my digital camera so no pix. Tried to circumnavigate the stadium by foot, but thanks to all the construction, that’s nearly impossible. Of course, I didn’t [...]
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