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Series Preview: Tigers Roundtable Discussion

Friday, June 20, 2008
by Geoff Young
For whatever reason, I've come to know several Tigers bloggers over the years, so rather than do a Q&A with just one of them, I've decided to put together a little roundtable discussion. My guests today are Bill Ferris (Detroit Tigers Weblog, Baseblogging, Lee Panas (Tiger Tales), and Brian Borawski (TigerBlog). I've known all three gentlemen for a long time. Bill and I are among the very few who were blogging about baseball in 2001 that still are today, while Lee and I go back to the old AOL STATS message boards from the late-'90s, if anyone remembers those. Brian, of course, is a colleague of ...
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Chatting with Sandy Alderson (Part 3)

Wednesday, June 18, 2008
by Geoff Young
This is the third of a three-part interview (Part 1 is here; Part 2 is here) with San Diego Padres CEO Sandy Alderson. Big thanks to Mr. Alderson for taking time out of his busy schedule to make himself available, and also to his assistant, Dayle Tedrow, for her indispensable assistance in making this happen. Ducksnorts: Something that's near and dear to my heart: Paul DePodesta has recently started a public-facing blog, which is really cool. When I was working in industry, that was one of the things I was trying to get my company to do externally... I've seen a lot of examples -- Wells Fargo, ...
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Chatting with Sandy Alderson (Part 2)

Tuesday, June 17, 2008
by Geoff Young
This is the second of a three-part interview (Part 1 is here) with San Diego Padres CEO Sandy Alderson. Big thanks to Mr. Alderson for taking time out of his busy schedule to make himself available, and also to his assistant, Dayle Tedrow, for her indispensable assistance in making this happen. Ducksnorts: What exactly are the daily responsibilities of your current position, and is there an off-season for you? Alderson: No, there's really not an off-season. During the season we have a game virtually every day... so there are always things going on. My job during the season is to oversee day-to-day activity and be responsive to people who need some direction, and provide a public face for the team and be able to deal with ...
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Chatting with Sandy Alderson (Part 1)

Monday, June 16, 2008
by Geoff Young
This is the first of a three-part interview with San Diego Padres CEO Sandy Alderson. Big thanks to Mr. Alderson for taking time out of his busy schedule to make himself available, and also to his assistant, Dayle Tedrow, for her indispensable assistance in making this happen. Sandy Alderson has been CEO of the San Diego Padres since May 2005. Before then he served as general manager of the Oakland A's from 1983 to 1997, where he led that franchise to a World Series title in 1989 and mentored one of today's more noteworthy GMs, his successor, Billy Beane. After leaving Oakland, Alderson went to work at the MLB offices in New York, where his duties included, among many other things, finding ways to speed up ...
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Series Preview: Jon Weisman Talks Dodgers

Tuesday, June 10, 2008
by Geoff Young
Jon Weisman has been blogging about the Los Angeles Dodgers (team of my youth, but let's just sweep that under the rug) since July 2002 at Dodger Thoughts. He also writes about baseball in general at SI.com and the entertainment industry at Variety. Jon and I recently chatted via the mystical magic of email about his team, the NL West, and old-school catchers. * * * Ducksnorts: What happened to the NL West, and how do you like the Dodgers' chances now versus at the start of the season? Weisman: It seems more or less like everything that could go wrong, has -- except for in San Francisco, but expectations were notoriously low for them. Are ...
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Q&A With Rob Neyer

Tuesday, May 27, 2008
by Geoff Young
Ordinarily I would have a series preview in this space, but today I've got something much cooler in store. Rob Neyer is known to baseball fans everywhere as a long-time columnist at ESPN and author of several books. His latest is Rob Neyer's Book of Baseball Legends, which we reviewed here in April. I first met Rob at BlogWorld & New Media Expo last November, and we've been in touch off-and-on since then. Recently he was gracious enough to take time out of his busy schedule and chat with me about the book, baseball, and life in general... Ducksnorts: I'm assuming that all the stories that ended up in the book were fascinating to research, but ...
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Series Preview: Larry Borowsky Talks Cardinals

Monday, May 19, 2008
by Geoff Young
After a long and miserable road trip, the Padres return home and try to remain relevant in 2008. Their first opponent is the St. Louis Cardinals, who visit Petco Park for three games starting Monday night. To learn a little more about the Cards, I chatted with Larry Borowsky of the excellent Viva El Birdos. Ducksnorts: Last year was the Cardinals' first losing season of the century; this year the team is off to a strong start. What has changed, and do you see them remaining in contention? Borowsky: Aside from the obvious changes (no [Walt] Jocketty, no [Jim] Edmonds, no [Scott] Rolen, no [David] Eckstein, etc.), the big difference has been the performance of the starting rotation. This year's group is as rag-tag as ...
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