First off, my condolences to the family of Darryl Kile, who passed away unexpectedly at the age of 33. From everything I’ve read, it sounds like he was one of the good guys in the game. He will be missed. It was a day of odd connections. Kile grew up in the next town over [...]
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Pedro Martinez Defeats Padres at Qualcomm
Went to the game last night against Pedro and the Red Sox. He had it working. Not to take anything away from the guy, but he did get to face the dreaded Gonzalez-Matos-Kingsale triumverate in both the fifth and the eighth. Between the futlity of the Padres offense and the number of Boston fans in [...]
Displaced New Yorkers Always Whine about the Pizza
Yet another disheartening defeat last night. Brian Lawrence shut down the Red Sox for seven innings, then gave up a couple of infield hits and a home run to Shea Hillenbrand, who couldn’t crack a 700 OPS last year but who leads the best team in baseball with homers this year. Go figure that one. [...]
Oliver Perez Earns First Big-League Victory
Thanks in part to the pitching of 20-year-old Oliver Perez and the hitting of backstop Wiki Gonzalez, the Pads managed to take two of the three games against Seattle. Perez picked up his first big-league victory and in so doing became the youngest ever to win a game for the Padres. Perez looked good early, [...]
Are the Padres Rushing Their Young Arms?
I’ve finally posted the May Padres Organizational Report. Take a look when you have a moment. The other day I alluded to the fact that Dennis Tankersley hadn’t yet mastered Triple-A and dismissed that as "another story for another day". Well, guess what; that day is today. One point that bears considering when discussing whether [...]
Handling Young Pitchers
First off, I want to rectify a statement I made yesterday. I misspoke in saying that Rodrigo Lopez missed most of the season due to injury; in fact, he spent half the year on the DL and actually worked 65 innings. Moving on, how about that pitching matchup last night, Lopez vs Brian Lawrence? Two [...]
Whole Lotta Shakin’ Goin’ On
Back to baseball. Whole lotta shakin’ goin’ on. As Ducksnorts undergoes changes, so do the Padres. I’ll briefly summarize recent activity. First, the Giants claimed southpaw Jason Pearson off waivers. Second, the Pads sent right-handers Jeremy Fikac and Dennis Tankersley to Mobile, and recalled lefty Oliver Perez and righty J.J. Trujillo from the same club [...]
New Search Engine Implemented
The new search engine has been implemented (in under two hours!). You can also check out a site map of Ducksnorts. I’m still tweaking the search results page. Again, this won’t affect functionality; I’m just going to try to make it look a little nicer. Let me know what you think. I’ll be back in [...]
Site Modifications — Update
Warning. No baseball content today. Just more administrative stuff. Proceed at your own risk. For those who may have missed it yesterday, some changes are taking place here at Ducksnorts. Because the original announcement may have come across as a bit cloak-and-dagger, I thought I’d give a brief explanation of what exactly is happening and [...]
Site Modifications
Administrative note. I won’t be posting updates to the blog this week while I make a few modifications to the site. No, we’re not going away; we’re just getting (I hope) better. Meantime, if you aren’t already doing so, please be sure to access this site via www.ducksnorts.com and not the old URL. At the [...]
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