The moment you’ve been waiting for has arrived. No, Yvonne Strahovski isn’t coming over for dinner; I’m talking about the Ducksnorts 2009 Baseball Annual.
I may be biased, but I think this is the best Annual yet. I’m pleased with both the content and the presentation (big tip o’ the cap to Chris Bauer for the [...]
By Geoff Young
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Tagged Baseball, chris bauer, dashboards, depth charts, expansion draft, graphical analysis, haiku, jake peavy, matt vasgersian, minnesota twins, minor league affiliate, paul depodesta, san diego padres, Spring Training, tim redding
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Shifting gears a little, one idea I have for the Ducksnorts 2008 Baseball Annual is a chapter devoted to three or so former Padres that didn’t make our lists of top players in franchise history (2007 Annual) but whose accomplishments deserve attention. I’m knee deep in the 1969 season, so one of my subjects will [...]
Welcome to the calm before the storm. Not much going on right now, but the Opening Day roster is starting to take shape.
Right-hander Scott Strickland will be waived today, leaving righties Kevin Cameron and Mike Thompson as the leading candidates for the final two bullpen spots. Kevin Towers and Bud Black both think highly of [...]
First off, baseball bloggers rock. I need to acknowledge several fine folks for mentioning the Ducksnorts 2007 Baseball Annual. Much appreciated!
Thank You!
AaronGleeman.com
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March 14, 2007 – 12:48 am
My grandmother died in January 2006 after living a long and rich life. Born in Albany, N.Y., not far from the Baseball Hall of Fame, she inadvertently fueled my passion for the game when I was a young boy. A friend of hers worked as the house doctor at Dodger Stadium in the mid-’70s and [...]
Most of you already know this, but for anyone who has been living in a cave over the winter, I quit my job in November to work full time on the Ducksnorts 2007 Baseball Annual. I’m very pleased to announce that, thanks to the help of many kind folks, the project is nearly complete. Here’s [...]
February 14, 2007 – 7:37 am
There is no great writing, only great rewriting.
– Louis Brandeis
Are we there yet?
– me
I have a small favor to ask. I’ve got three chapters that need a good read through, and I could use your help. One is on the ‘98 season, one is on Gwynn’s 3000th hit, and one is on Kevin Towers’ trade [...]
January 18, 2007 – 6:00 am
The following excerpt is taken from the Ducksnorts 2007 Baseball Annual, tentatively scheduled for March 2007 publication. This is part of a chapter that focuses on the San Diego Padres’ World Series season of 1998.
The Padres kicked off the season in style, dismantling the Reds, 10-2, in Cincinnati behind new ace Kevin Brown, who [...]
December 21, 2006 – 6:00 am
Since the only thing I posted yesterday was pictures of teddy bears, I figured I’d go all out today and tackle everything else. Well, maybe not everything, but a lot.
I’m currently researching the 1998 Padres World Series team for the book. In a bit of serendipity, a couple of transactions have taken place that indirectly [...]
December 16, 2006 – 12:39 am
I had my first Ducksnorts book interview on Friday. It probably would’ve gone better if either of us had realized we were doing an interview. Anyway, I was hanging out at Starbucks and Some Guy asked me a bunch of questions about the book while I was trying to work on it. Here’s a rough [...]
