While I’m working on the recap of Tuesday’s victory, here’s a little something to keep you busy: My latest Hardball Times article looks at some of the more unexpected performances over the first two weeks of 2010. There’s no real Padres connection, although former Friars Rickey Henderson, Miguel Olivo, Tony Clark, David Ross, Russell Branyan, [...]
Category Archive for ‘Notes and Links’ 
Friday Links (16 Apr 10)
This week’s links are proudly sponsored by coffee. Give yourself a present… Uno Oh, To Be A Padre In August ’80 (Baseball-Reference). Steve Lombardi notes that the Padres played three games of 17 innings or more within a 12-day stretch back in 1980. Yikes. Bill James for Nobel (Sabermetric Research). This article from Phil Birnbaum [...]
Minor-League Previews at MadFriars
I missed a few important items in this morning’s linkfest. The full-season minor leagues are underway, and our friends at MadFriars have previews for all four Padres affiliates: Portland Beavers (Triple-A, Pacific Coast League) San Antonio Missions (Double-A, Texas League) Lake Elsinore Storm (High-A, California League) Fort Wayne TinCaps (Low-A, Midwest League) If you are [...]
Friday Links (9 Apr 10)
I kind of went overboard today… Gunter Finally on board the sabermetrics revolution (ESPN). Bill Simmons? Oh, my. Good man, and glad to have you with us! [h/t Baseball-Reference] Closer Bell opens door on many topics (Padres.com). Heath Bell has nice things to say about teammate Will Venable: “He’s showed a lot more power than [...]
Me, Elsewhere: Red Sox, Yankees, Radiohead
I tried to make the Opening Day matchup between the Red Sox and Yankees watchable by synchronizing it to Radiohead’s OK, Computer. The experiment, which is documented in my latest at Hardball Times, yielded a few fun results: No. 14 is up for the Yankees. Odd stance. Waggles his bat a lot. “Keep breathing,” advises [...]
Me, Elsewhere: Ducksnorts on SportsWrap
Forgive the short notice, but I’ll be talking Padres baseball with friend of Ducksnorts Derek Togerson on NBC7/39′s “Sportswrap,” airing 11:30 p.m. tonight (that’s, like, an hour from when I’m posting this). We’ll be chatting about expectations for 2010, the influx of exciting young talent on the team, and more. Tune in or set your [...]
PadreBlogs.com Back Online
I’m feverishly checking off my list of things to do before Opening Day and happy to report that another task is more or less complete: One of the casualties of my old magically disappearing web host, PadreBlogs.com, is back up and running. Bad news: The old functionality, which identified and linked to the most recent [...]
Me, Elsewhere: Ducksnorts on Friarhood Radio
Steve Adler at Friarhood invited me to join him and a distinguished panel of guests in discussing the upcoming Padres season on his radio show. Steve, Mike from Avenging Jack Murphy, and Rick from RJ’s Fro talked all things Padres for an hour (it’s a scintillating hour; feels more like 60 minutes). Items covered include: [...]
Friday Links (2 Apr 10)
Now with a 110% snappier introduction, it’s links… Why The San Diego Padres Should Trade Heath Bell (Friar Forecast). Daniel advocates trading Bell for… well, I don’t know. It’s hard for me to make sense of this type of analysis in a vacuum. I need more context. Who are Bell’s potential suitors? What types of [...]
Me, Elsewhere: More Spring Sappiness
My latest at Hardball Times talks about why I love baseball. As I mentioned the other day, I can’t help myself; this time of the year always gets to me. I used to fight it, but no more. Like ear hair and the curious compulsion to wear bright shorts with dark socks, Opening Day sappiness [...]
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