Boyd’s World: RBOA 2004: The Best Pitchers of the Year Note the Pads’ Vern Sterry checking in at #6. If you haven’t been to Boyd Nation’s site (and I hadn’t in quite some time), you owe it to yourself to visit. He’s got some great, great stuff on college baseball. Aki Otuska will participate in [...]
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A Few Quick Thoughts
Oh boy, Baseball Reference has added 2004 stats. Check out the Padres page. You can see that Sean Burroughs compares well to Edgardo Alfonzo and Brooks Robinson at the same age, among others. You can also find weird pieces of information. For example, you probably know that Ryan Klesko hit just 9 homers this year, [...]
Odds, Ends, and Points Between
Bullet points today: Wells wants guaranteed contract if he returns to Padres (U-T). I love what David Wells has done for this ballclub, in terms of on-field performance and the impact he’s had on the kids. Signing Wells on the cheap this past winter was a brilliant move. But a large part of what made [...]
This, That, and Whatever
So I finally got broadband this weekend. The speed is nice, but what I really dig is that now I can update Ducksnorts while watching the game in the living room. Pretty cool. I’m running out of good things to say about Khalil Greene. That bomb he hit yesterday at Montreal tied the Padre record [...]
Special Insomniac Edition
I know better than to complain about the weather in San Diego, but it’s really freakin’ hot here and I can’t sleep. Lucky you. Work has been hectic this week, and most of my free time right now is spent rehearsing for and/or promoting my band’s next gig. It’s Saturday, August 7, at Janie’s in [...]
Title, Anyone? Anyone? Bueller?
World Series of Blog competition ends tomorrow, and we’re down, 283-218, to Blue Jay Way. I am keeping the faith, but it’s not looking real good right about now. I’m still recovering from Bakersfield and Visalia (thanks to the folks who sent in suggestions for Asian Buffet places; we ended up staying in Tulare and [...]
Five in a Row
Good game last night. Homers from Mark Loretta and Brian Giles, a couple of knocks from Ryan Klesko. Great work from the bullpen. It was especially nice to see Aki Otsuka get back on the proverbial horse and work a perfect eighth. Kudos also to Bruce Bochy for yanking Ismael Valdez before things got ugly. [...]
More Bullet Points
Hate to do another one of these, but I’m totally out of gas. Just a few things to mention, so let’s get to them. Not to belabor the point, but I have yet to speak with anyone who isn’t completely baffled by Kerry Robinson’s presence on the Padres roster. Can’t we talk Marvell Wynne out [...]
Bullet Points
Adam Eaton deserved the win Tuesday night. How many times has a Padre starter given up zero runs this year and not earned the victory? I think David Wells has done it once or twice. I know Ismael Valdez finished with a pretty good line Monday night, but he still scares the heck out of [...]
This and That
In-laws in town, no time to talk. Not that there’s much to talk about, with the Padres falling again to the Devil Rays and now in third place. Not even Tuesday’s earthquake could get the home team moving. Ugh. Anyway, here’s the latest on the World Series of Blogs. After a slow start, we’re making [...]
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