Watched the July 5 Brian Lawrence/Roger Clemens matchup last night. Pads won, 2-1, to take sole possession of first place in the NL West. Coincidentally, in my post from the day after that game I took a mid-season look at my BTF Padres Preview. Which reminds me, keep those comments coming for this year’s edition. [...]
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Padres Preview Ideas?
I’ll be doing the Pads’ preview for BTF once again this year. Thought I’d check to see if anyone has ideas on stuff we need to address. Here are a few key points I’m thinking about: Who/what was responsible for the big turnaround in 2004, and will the club build on momentum in 2005? How [...]
Random Stuff
No time to talk. Here are a few items that have caught my eye over the past couple weeks. Enjoy! Thompson Tuesdays (Yahoo). Second installment is much better than the first. Thoughts on helping teach kids learn to play ball, off-season workouts, and the life of a minor leaguer. Are you Positive? (Baseball Musings). This [...]
Bits and Pieces
Two weeks later and I’m still fighting this bug. A few quick hits, and I’ll try to put something more substantial together tomorrow: Probabilistic Model of Range (Baseball Musings). David Pinto takes a real close look at defense. I’d try to describe the work he’s doing, but I wouldn’t do it justice. Fascinating stuff. If [...]
More Bullet Points
You know the drill by now. Go read this stuff, it’ll be fun… Win Shares per Inning Pitched “The list includes all pitchers with at least 2000 IP through 2004.” Best active: Pedro Martinez (#3 overall), Roger Clemens (#9). Worst active: Terry Mullholland (#385 out of 387), Jamie Moyer (#379). Fascinating stuff here from Cyril [...]
Junk Drawer
One of my goals for this year is to post something here everyday. One of the realities of today is that my band unexpectedly has shows this weekend so I have to get my guitars ready. What does this mean to you? That’s right, bullet points: Yes, Steroids Help (Baseball Crank). A pretty well considered [...]
Back from Arizona
More later, after I’ve had a chance to recover, but for the moment a few quick notes: Two most impressive players I saw this weekend: Florida’s Jeremy Hermida and Phoenix’s Amare Stoudemire. Hermida has a real nice left-handed stroke. The homer he hit was to dead center, on the first pitch he saw from southpaw [...]
Table Scraps
I’m heading out to Phoenix to catch the AFL championship on Saturday, so this will be real short. Bust out the bullet points… Padres add seven to 40-man roster (Yahoo). Depending on what other moves the Padres make this winter, Brad Baker is a good bet to see material time with the big club in [...]
What’s Next?
I’m trying to play along with the Padres this winter and think of what kinds of moves they could make. Unfortunately, all indications are that there won’t be a lot of changes. Patience will be key for Padres (Padres.com). One of the goals of moving Terrence Long was to open up playing time for Xavier [...]
Clearing the Virtual Desk
The Chargers aren’t really my team. I was pretty hardcore during the Air Coryell and Boss Ross years, but ever since Ross left I haven’t had a great deal of enthusiasm (or even sympathy) for the Bolts. I don’t want to be a bandwagoner, but I’m happy (and shocked) that they’re doing so well right [...]
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