October 20, 2008 – 7:49 am
Life happened this week; the book, not so much. I did make up some ground over the weekend — put in about 10 hours on Saturday and another 4-5 on Sunday. It’s not as much as I’d have liked, but it’s better than nothing.
In addition to the actual writing, I’m playing a lot with design [...]
By Geoff Young
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Tagged boston terrier, design elements, focas, gill sans mt, justin germano, oprah, palatino linotype, paul mcanulty, pitchers, sam carter, sg 1, smitty, times new roman
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October 13, 2008 – 5:24 am
I’m still making good progress on the Ducksnorts 2009 Baseball Annual. This week I worked on player profiles and dashboards. My goal was to complete eight of ‘em, but I ended up doing 13. Next up: a few more full profiles to write, plus several shorter pieces on guys who didn’t contribute as much; I [...]
By Geoff Young
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Tagged critical eye, fan base, jack fuller, john moores, media coverage, news values, padres, petco park, player profiles, tim sullivan, tribune publishing company
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October 6, 2008 – 5:05 am
I’m happy to report that the first week of serious work on the Ducksnorts 2009 Baseball Annual went well. I made progress on several fronts:
I had some good discussions with my editorial advisory board, which is just a fancy name for folks who are helping guide me as we move forward with the project. I [...]
September 25, 2008 – 6:53 am
Bullet points this morning:
I’ve got a new piece up at Baseball Digest Daily that talks about the challenges facing the Seattle Mariners this off-season. Here in San Diego, the Padres have their work cut out for them as they attempt to rebuild, but there’s something to be said for not owing Jarrod Washburn, Miguel Batista, [...]
August 18, 2008 – 7:48 am
Posting will be light this week. Nothing much is happening with the Padres right now (aside from the signings of Allan Dykstra and James Darnell, I suppose), and a few other projects are demanding my time:
I’m working on a quick survey of compensatory draft picks through history — We’ve already touched on Rafael Palmeiro being [...]
By Geoff Young
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