As you might imagine, the finale at Qualcomm was a bittersweet event. Although I’ve never been a great fan of the stadium (especially since the Chargers cut off the view of Mission Hills to accommodate the Super Bowl folks), I have many fond memories of the place and it is odd to think that I’ll [...]
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Howard, Nady, and Vazquez
One of my favorite things to do at a record store is rummage through the world music section. You can usually find something for under eight bucks. Sometimes it doesn’t work out, but more often than not I’ve ended up with some pretty cool stuff. Right now I’m listening to Maori music. It’s got Western [...]
Roy Gleason
Went up to LA this weekend, caught the Dodger-Giant game Saturday night. Barry Bonds went 0 for 2, with two walks (one intentional) and a sac fly. But the interesting story in this game was that of former Dodger Roy Gleason, who played with the club briefly in 1963 before being shipped to Vietnam. While [...]
Thoughts on the Giants Series
Wow, did anyone expect Jason Schmidt and the Giants to be able overcome Mike Bynum and the Pads? Bynum has allowed 13 homers now in just under 28 innings. That, my friends, is amazing. Right-handed hitters are slugging .741 against him this year. Southpaws, meantime, have a 563 OPS. Can you say, "situational lefty"? Random [...]
Mailbag
So my "Statewide Special Election" pamphlet arrived the other day (oh, it’s special alright). I try not to get too political here or in real life, but since this is more comedy than politics, here are my new favorite candidates: Trek Thunder Kelly An artist from Venice, Kelly’s statement asks Californians to vote for him, [...]
This and That
History is easy to forget, even when it’s just two years old. But it needs to be remembered. I took a moment to re-read my own words from that day, and they still resonate for me. Please take some time today to remember those who were lost in (and those who survived) the events of [...]
Padres Lose to Giants
Not much good to say about last night’s game. Ben Howard was all over the place. Luther Hackman was right down the middle of the plate. Ramon Vazquez played like a guy who knows he’s lost his job. Silver linings? A few: Although he had just one single to show for it, Sean Burroughs continued [...]
Barfield, Greene, and the Catching Situation
First off, I’d like to thank one of my faithful readers for pointing out an error I made in yesterday’s entry. Derrek Lee did, in fact, play at Rancho Cucamonga during his Cal League tenure, not at Elsinore as I stated. I was working from two different sources, one of which didn’t have the team [...]
Josh Barfield, Part II
Listening to Neil Young Harvest at the moment. Picked up the CD a while ago, just opened it. Haven’t heard this in probably 20 years, except for the radio songs. You ever hear Tori Amos’ version of "Heart of Gold"? Sounds nothing like the original, has some really messed-up guitar sounds on it (thank you, [...]
Comps for Burroughs
Taking a little break from the Josh Barfield stuff to focus for a moment (since we’re in that general frame of mind already) on Sean Burroughs. Last February I compared Burroughs to HOFer George Brett. Long story short: I said that Burroughs would need to hit about .285/.318/.416 last year to duplicate Brett’s output as [...]
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