Congrats to Jerry Coleman for winning the Frick Award and securing for himself a place in the HOF. It’s only fitting that he would be the next Padre in the HOF after Dave Winfield, whose head Coleman once claimed was rolling around the playing field. Dex at PFS76 thinks this means the Pads will win [...]

I’m thinking of changing our tagline to “Ducksnorts: The Baseball Blog for Folks Who Like Bullet Points.” Catchy, huh? Anyway, here’s today’s batch: Greene eager to get back in swing again (U-T). Worth it just for the photo of Khalil “Dude, Where’s My Snowboard” Greene. Everybody’s favorite shortstop expects even greater things from himself. Love [...]

Just a couple changes to note: I’ve organized the links over on the right a little, separating the Padres links by type (damn, just noticed I deleted the “Padres” subheading; I’ll have to fix that in the next build). With the recent proliferation of Padres weblogs, I figured I’d give them their own subsection over [...]

Prospect Pulse – Having The No. 1 Pick Is A Mixed Bag (BA, via Hank at Fanstop). Some good insights from Padres scouting director Bill Gayton, who sees the top of the draft as “overvalued” and likes the greater flexibility afforded by picking later in the first round. What direction might the Pads be headed [...]

The other day I asked why there aren’t more blogs about the Padres. Well, now there are! Check ‘em out when you have a moment: Padres Fans Since ’76 A little TMI in spots, but how can you not like their Keys to the Season. Good start here… Richard Bart [Update: Richard has rebranded his [...]

Ranking the NL rotations (SI, via BTF). Jacob Luft has the Padres ranked ninth. Behind the Giants? Uh, sure. The Mets at four? Okay, Pedro is great. But Tom Glavine is 39 years old, and Kris Benson, Steve Trachsel, and Victor Zambrano scream mediocrity. For the Friars, Luft seems to like Darrell May too much [...]

Sorry ’bout the extreme lameness of that title. Hard to keep coming up with new ones that don’t stink. Anyway, here ya go… Superscout might join front office of Padres (U-T). Local product Grady Fuson (Kearny High/Mesa College) may be headed back to SoCal. Among Fuson’s draft choices during his seven years as the Oakland [...]

Not much going on right now. I had to dig for even this much… Boston glee party for Pauley (Longmont Daily Times-Call). Not to rub salt in the wound but… Former MHS pitcher to join Padres training (Mustang News). Nice little piece on minor-league free agent signee Scott Anderson. Harkey named BayBears pitching coach (Our [...]

Hope those last couple of posts weren’t too depressing. One of the problems with examing something very closely is it’s real easy to find things that don’t look good, or at least not as good as you’d hoped. But we learn from the process, so we persist. Without rhyme or reason, here is some stuff [...]

Happy Friday. Here are some interesting tidbits I’ve come across recently: Probabilistic Model of Range, Rightfielders (Baseball Musings). Brian Giles behind Gary Sheffield? No worries, Brian, you’re in good company – Vlad Guerrero, J.D. Drew, Bobby Abreu. Some really weird numbers. Talking Shop with the Big Boys (Dodger Thoughts). Jon offers some thoughts on a [...]