Class-A All-Star teams have been announced. In the California League, Tagg Bozied and Jake Gautreau will make the trip to Wilmington. Xavier Nady and Oliver Perez surely would have gone had they not been promoted. Midwest League representatives are pitchers Justin Germano, Cory Stewart, and Rusty Tucker. Congrats, guys! Be sure to check out the [...]
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Padres First 22 Picks of 2002 Draft
Here are the Padres’ first 22 picks from yesterday (comments abstracted from Baseball America and MLB.com): Khalil Greene, ss, Clemson U., R/R, 5-10, 190, 10/21/79. Good power for a middle infielder; solid plate discipline. May move to second base due to lack of range. Michael/William Johnson, 1b, Clemson U., L/R, 6-2, 220, 6/25/80. Short stroke; [...]
Padres Nab Greene with First Pick
Yikes, sorry ’bout that font explosion the other day. Forgot to close a tag. Ah, the joys of coding by hand. Anyway, draft day is upon us and the Pads grabbed Clemson shortstop Khalil Greene with their first pick at #13. Local kids Cole Hamels and Royce Ring went at #17 to the Phillies and [...]
Weekend Recap
I’ve been keeping notes all weekend, just didn’t have a chance to post ‘em. So here goes… Friday Padres destroyed by Milwaukee, 12-1. Dennis Tankersley pounded. He’s throwing well, just learning the difference between what he can get away with in the minors and what he can get away with in the Show. Hitters are [...]
Nevin, Burroughs, Tollberg Hurt
Oh boy, where to begin. Phil Nevin, it turns out, broke his left arm and will be out a minimum of six weeks, probably longer. Sean Burroughs, meantime, will be shut down for three weeks. The Padres are optimistic that his shoulder will not require surgery. They are less certain about Brian Tollberg. If you’re [...]
Padres Eye Hamels in Draft
The good news is, the Padres found the bats. The bad news is, everybody’s hurt. Mark Kotsay led the charge, as the Pads tallied 11 runs against Dennis Stark and company. Stark, who walked four in the first inning alone, somehow managed to work into the sixth. Kotsay drew two walks and slammed a mammoth [...]
Padres Lose to Rockies in Extra Innnigs
Tough loss last night against the Rockies. Brett Tomko worked eight strong innings but was let down by some sloppy defense, poor clutch-hitting, and a questionable decision by third-base coach Tim Flannery. With the struggling Sean Burroughs sitting out his second straight game, Phil Nevin played third and committed a first-inning error that led to [...]
Toreros Earn Invite to NCAA Tourney
USD beat Pepperdine Sunday to take the WCC championship. That earned the Toreros their first ever trip to the NCAA tournament, as the #3 seed in the regionals at Tempe, Arizona. A tip of the cap to Rich Hill and his squad. Good luck, guys. San Diego State, unfortunately, did not make the dance despite [...]
Tankersley Homers, Earns First Big-League Victory
Very cool. I’m back on the Internet again, thanks to this handy US Robotics 5686 Modem I picked up yesterday. I’m slowly figuring out how to use the software that comes with SuSE Linux 8.0 (today’s entry was typed in KEdit and uploaded in Konqueror, two programs I’d never used before last week). Back to [...]
Quick Trip Around the Minors
Apologies for going incommunicado on you. Between not having Internet access at home and spending most of my waking hours building and fixing other people’s web sites, finding time to update my own site has been tricky of late. So while I have a moment let’s see if we can catch up on some things. [...]
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