My computer is still holding up okay; thanks for asking. The Padres sure do find some interesting ways to lose ballgames. Ryan Klesko getting thrown out at third on a no-out grounder to short in the 13th, Gene Kingsale not bunting with Tom Lampkin on first and nobody out in the 14th. I’m no great [...]
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Computer Problems, Chick Hearn’s Passing, and a Few Baseball Items
In the daily drama that is my computer, I’ve managed to access my hard drive. I still can’t boot to it but after several hours of research and just plain messing around with things, I discovered I could boot to the CD drive. Not really a long-term solution but it’ll have to do until I [...]
Khalil Greene, Mark Phillips, and Jason Bay
Sigh. Computers are just plain evil. Yesterday I was trying to get my CD writer to work (it’s been giving me trouble ever since I switched to SuSE) when a very bad thing happened. Long story short, I can no longer boot. So I fired up my little P-II notebook and did a little research. [...]
Geeking at Comic-Con
I’m spending most of my time this week at Comic-Con being an even bigger geek than usual, so today’s entry will be brief and somewhat scattered. In other words, business as usual. Very quickly, here are a few sites I’ve recently discovered (in no particular order) that you might find interesting: Diamond Science WillCaroll.com WhiteSoxInteractive [...]
Nady, Baker, Greene, and Germano
Hey, Padres won a game. Woo-hoo! Did ya see the bomb that Bubba Trammell hit off Mark Prior? Oh, my. And Tom Lampkin came through in a big way. Speaking of the Cubs, how about that walk-off job by Edgar Renteria to cap a six-run ninth the other night? As exciting as it was to [...]
Deadline Deals
Traffic school. Ugh. Can’t wait to spend an entire Saturday hanging out with a bunch of folks who got caught in a speed trap. In my case, the cops were hiding out in a church parking lot. A church parking lot. I ask you, is nothing sacred? Ah well, such is life. The thing is, [...]
Leaf Quits, Phillips Struggles, Tucker Blows Smoke
As you may know, former Charger QB Ryan Leaf retired at the ripe old age of 25. This begs two questions: What took him so long? The Spanos family gave him a boatload of money and he then married a cheerleader whose father is a prominent local financial hotshot. Leaf was taking a real risk [...]
Sickels and Win Shares: Prelude
I come from a family of English teachers. When I was in high school, I used to grade papers for my Mom’s junior college composition classes. I myself received a B.A. in English. For several years I worked as a proofreader and copy editor for a large publishing house and then on my own as [...]
Game Recap and Farm Report
Did ya miss me? Never mind, I don’t want to know. I’ve been absent due in part to my disgust with the looming labor situation, which has put me in something of a foul mood when it comes to discussing baseball, and in part because I’ve been spending a lot of time this past week [...]
Sitting on Top of the Padres Dugout
More wacky Bud Selig stuff: Former minority partners charge Selig, Loria with fraud (CBS SportsLine). Go get ‘em, boys. Good chat with Tony Gwynn over at ESPN.com. Closer to home, Monday night, thanks to my buddy Don, I had the best seats I probably will ever have at a big-league game. We sat literally on [...]
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