Caught the Harry Potter movie Friday night. I was expecting to be let down, given all the hype, but it actually was pretty entertaining. Almost as entertaining as the news footage of people burning their Harry Potter books (I wonder how much they paid for those books?). Actually, they weren’t burning them; apparently these folks [...]
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Caminiti Arrested for Cocaine Possession
Phil Nevin, Ken Caminiti. They’ve been linked since Nevin was drafted first overall by the Astros in 1992, when Caminiti was playing third base in Houston. Nevin was to be his heir apparent. It never happened. Several years later, and quite by accident, Nevin ended up replacing Cammy at the hot corner in San Diego. [...]
Bozied, Harrington, and Stewart
John Manuel at Baseball America sees newly signed Tag Bozied making his Padre debut at Lake Elsinore next year, alongside Jake Gautreau, who is impressing folks with his work at second base. Still no progress on the Matt Harrington front. Dave Stewart is justifiably upset after being rebuffed again in his attempts to become a [...]
Magadan Retires, Bozied Signs
Couple items of interest involving Padre third basemen. First is on one of my faves, veteran Dave Magadan. He’s retiring to become the Padres’ minor league hitting coordinator. I couldn’t be happier that a guy with his approach at the plate will be teaching his craft to the young Padres’ hitters. The other involves one [...]
Thoughts on the Arizona Fall League
I’m back from Arizona. Yo, Bill, thanks for putting me up for the weekend. The AFL was a blast; I’ll give a more complete report later but for now, I just have to say that Hank Blalock is a stud. He might be the best of the young AL third baseman from San Diego (Eric [...]
Kevin Towers, Contraction, and Internet Baseball Awards
I’ve been busy researching Kevin Towers’ trading record as GM of the Padres, and I finally have something to show for it. Check out my analysis of Towers’ first year as GM. Let me know what you think. Other years will follow, and at some point I may take a look at his drafts. Elsewhere, [...]
Economics of Baseball, Contraction, and the Arizona Fall League
Fascinating stuff over at Forbes.com on the economics of baseball. Everybody has their pet reasons for hating Bud Selig’s asinine plans to contract MLB. Here’s what ESPN.com’s Jim Caple has to say. Hank Blalock is destroying the AFL to the tune of .337/.431/.750. Two sets of numbers really stand out for me: 15 walks against [...]
Contraction Links
More general contraction wackiness over at ESPN.com courtesy of Sean McAdam. And Joe Sheehan weighs in on the subject over at Baseball Prospectus. Sean Forman at Baseball Primer is putting together a grassroots “Tell the Commissioner What you Think about Contraction” movement. In other news, my buddy Theron just pointed me toward the Baseball Survivor [...]
Hank Blalock, Grady Fuson, and Matt Vasgersian
The A’s are trying to get the Rangers to cough up Hank Blalock as compensation for signing Grady Fuson? Now that takes guts. Great article on Game 7 over at ESPN.com: Rolling a seven Closer to home, the Pads signed second baseman Damian Jackson to a 1-year, $625k contract. Not bad, in this day and [...]
Diamondbacks Win World Series Despite Brenly
Congratulations to the Diamondbacks on winning their first World Series. I still can’t believe they managed to overcome Mariano Rivera in the bottom of the ninth, to say nothing of their own manager’s continued boneheaded decisions. I’ve stated in other forums that out of respect for idiots, I’ll no longer refer to Bob Brenly as [...]
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