Hello, and welcome to March. Caught a little of the Florida-Georgia basketball game last night. Then I remembered, hey I don’t care about college hoops. Talk about your buzz kill. Baseball Primer is running a series of team previews for 2003. Check out my contribution when you have a moment or two. While you’re at [...]

I’d forgotten how much work a new job can be. Once again, we’ll keep things real short and sweet today. Jake Peavy No news, really. Just caught a little of Peavy’s August 13 start at Shea Stadium on TV last night. He allowed five hits and collected three of his own. Even the one time [...]

I don’t have much to say today, so I’ll let others do the talking. General Interest The Traveling Man Goes to Portland (Diamond Angle). The end of Satchel Paige’s playing career Ken Burns Interview, Part II (Alex Belth’s Bronx Banter). Alex wraps up his chat with the filmmaker. Spring Training Update Team giddy over Eaton [...]

A rare weekend appearance from yours truly. Just wanted to let y’all know I’ve finally posted more pix of Petco Park. Check ‘em out at www.ducksnorts.com/stadium; note the light standards. It’s starting to look like a ballpark. One of the things I’m going to miss about working downtown is being able to walk down to [...]

Excuses, Excuses It’s nice to be appreciated. Some of you have asked about the lack of recent updates, and here’s the deal. I’ve been spending a lot of time and energy the past few months looking for a new job. This has forced me to cut back on "leisure activities" more than I’d have liked. [...]

Spring Training Update Notes: Randy Smith rejoins Padres (Padres.com). Also thoughts on the death of Orioles’ prospect Steve Bechler; updates on Trevor Hoffman, Gary Bennett, and Rob Ramsay; the signing of former Yankee left-hander Randy Keisler; and Ryan Klesko’s pitch to sign beleaguered southpaw John Rocker. Randy Keisler For more on Keisler, we turn to [...]

Renewed my Storm mini-plans yesterday. Life is good. I’m looking forward to seeing the latest crop of young pitchers in the system: Justin Germano, Jon Huber, Javier Martinez, Tom Lipari, Nobuaki Yoshida. Should be fun. Portland Beavers Jonathan over at PDX Beavers is doing an in-depth preview of the 2003 Portland Beavers season: An Early [...]

I promised baseball today, and that’s what I’ll deliver. First off, here are a couple articles worth reading: An Interview with Ken Burns (Alex Belth’s Bronx Banter) Defense Independent Pitching Statistics for 2002 (Futility Infielder) These are gems. I hate to admit it, but I haven’t seen Burns’ "Baseball" (although I’ve seen some of his [...]

Due to various minor crises, today’s entry is a bit late and will be brief. First, thanks to Fanstop folks for pointing out the following articles: Loretta eager for new opportunity (Padres.com) Breaking Out (Baseball Prospectus). The discussion of Jake Peavy is spot-on. If he works more than 170 innings this year or throws more [...]

Dog ate my blog yesterday. Here it is, a day late. For best results, pretend you’re reading this on Monday. The big day finally arrived here in San Diego yesterday. Hundreds of thousands were in town this weekend as the event came upon us, yet oddly enough only a few hundred actually showed up. Football? [...]