Because I find this sort of thing fun, I spent some time over at MinorLeagueBaseball.com looking at splits last year for some of the Pads’ prospects. Today, Ft. Wayne… Hitters Vince Faison, OF AB H 2B 3B HR BB SO BA OBP SLG vs LHP 25 5 0 0 0 4 8 200 310 200 [...]
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Habañero Pistachios and D’Angelo Jimenez’ Move to Second Base
USD moves up a notch in the BA poll to #23 after their weekend sweep of Michigan. New culinary discovery: habañero pistachios. If garlic and Mexican food burn your mouth, steer clear; but if you like Thai food or Indian vindaloo, you’ll do just fine. Man, they rock. Found ‘em at Trader Joe’s. Early returns [...]
A Day at Tony Gwynn Stadium
Toreros beat Michigan again yesterday, 9-4. I couldn’t make that game but I did get out to Tony Gwynn Stadium for the first time this year. They’ve redone the scoreboard. It now includes a video screen for replays, crowd shots, etc. Pretty cool. The only negative is that it’s the scoreboard is a very bright [...]
Padres Prospects, Ron Gant, and Phil Nevin
This just in: The Baseball America Top 100 prospects. The Padres are well represented, with six players (only the Cubs, with seven, have more). 4. Sean Burroughs, 3B 16. Dennis Tankersley, RHP 28. Jake Peavy, RHP 39. Xavier Nady, 1B 54. Mark Phillips, LHP 77. Jake Gautreau, 2B 92. Ramon Vazquez, SS In other news, [...]
New Article and Cool Site
It’s been a while since I’ve posted an actual article, and I’ve been feeling kinda guilty about it. So I went and whipped up a little something for you. It’s called In the Driver’s Seat: Making Contact and Hitting the Ball Hard. Enjoy! Found a cool site while researching the article: Sports-Wired.com. I haven’t checked [...]
Baseball Books Arrive
Cool new site worth checking out: www.baseballjunkie.net. Put together by some Baseball-Primer regulars, it offers a sensible, less militant brand of sabermetrics. I guess that’s what some folks might call kinder and gentler. I call it good. Have a look for yourself. Hit the mother lode today, with Baseball Prospectus, Sickels, and STATS Player Profiles [...]
Baseball America Ranks Padres Prospects
Sean Burroughs ran the fastest timed mile the other day in camp. Came in at just over 5 minutes. The Baseball America Prospect Handbook showed up on Saturday. Among the comments on #11 ranked Ben Johnson was this interesting nugget: "His numbers were boosted by The Diamond at Lake Elsinore, where he hit .332 as [...]
Deivi Cruz Ages Three Years in One Day
Recently acquired utility infielder Deivi Cruz is 29 years old, not 26 as earlier reported. Minor-league infielder Bernabel Castro, thought to be 20, now is believed to be somewhere between 21 and 24. Both players remain in the Dominican Republic as they try to straighten out their paperwork. Meantime, Puerto Rican shortstop Ramon Vazquez, who [...]
More Mike Darr
More about Mike Darr’s untimely passing. Padres.com Nevin visits Darr accident site Friends, family remember Darr Padres players, staff have fond memories of Darr SignOnSanDiego.com Padres crushed by loss of Darr Darr tragedy leaves team trying to go on Darr remembered by entire Padres’ organization Padres’ Darr mourned by many In other, happier news, we [...]
Trust Fund for Sons of Mike Darr
Just a quick heads-up to anyone who might be interested, a trust fund has been set up for the young sons of Mike Darr. Donations may be sent to the following address: The Mike Jr. and Matthew Darr Fund c/o The San Diego Padres P.O. Box 122000 San Diego, CA 92112 Thanks.
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