Went to the game last night against Pedro and the Red Sox. He had it working. Not to take anything away from the guy, but he did get to face the dreaded Gonzalez-Matos-Kingsale triumverate in both the fifth and the eighth. Between the futlity of the Padres offense and the number of Boston fans in [...]

Yet another disheartening defeat last night. Brian Lawrence shut down the Red Sox for seven innings, then gave up a couple of infield hits and a home run to Shea Hillenbrand, who couldn’t crack a 700 OPS last year but who leads the best team in baseball with homers this year. Go figure that one. [...]

Bullet points today. Baseball is a funny game. In Monday night’s contest, Steve Reed worked a scoreless seventh, then came out to start the eighth, against none other than Barry Bonds. Over 1999-2001, left-handers have hit him to the tune of .333/.434/.626 (basically Lance Berkman), so this came as something of a surprise to yours [...]

Okay, I’m off to Vegas. Just wanted to mention a few things before I leave. I respect the heck out of the work Baseball America does but they missed the boat on the Padres. They’ve picked San Diego to finish fifth in the NL West. How they expect the Rockies to stay out of the [...]

Xavier Nady is headed back to Lake Elsinore to start the season. The California League employs a full-time DH, so Nady will be able to play every day while his elbow continues to heal. From a selfish standpoint, I’ll be glad to get a chance to see him again. He could put up some silly [...]

A few items of interest today. Rookie profile: Sean Burroughs — John Sickels weighs in on Burroughs over at ESPN.com Baseball rat Burroughs ready to shine for Padres — Peter Gammons gives his thoughts, too MLB’s secret probe in 1989 reveals involvement — Another ESPN article; who knows where the truth lies, but it’s difficult [...]

It’s been a while since I’ve posted an actual article, and I’ve been feeling kinda guilty about it. So I went and whipped up a little something for you. It’s called In the Driver’s Seat: Making Contact and Hitting the Ball Hard. Enjoy! Found a cool site while researching the article: Sports-Wired.com. I haven’t checked [...]

Sorry for the lack of updates. Been busy with work, school, and fighting off illness (not serious by any stretch; just annoying) lately. Anyway, time to catch up on some things… Baseball America gives more props to USD and coach Rich Hill. Hadn’t realized Hill and future SDSU coach Tony Gwynn were college teammates. Also [...]

Apologies for the lack of content lately. Spending a lot of time getting my Scoresheet teams in order for the coming season and playing the highly addictive Baseball Mogul 2002, a cool baseball sim that I just picked up last week. A few Padre notes. First, my thoughts and prayers go out to LHP Rob [...]

Second installment of the Padres Top 30 prospects is up. You also may have noticed that Brett Jodie, ranked #23, was claimed off waivers by the Yankees last week after the Padres removed him from the 40-man roster to accommodate recently signed Alan Embree. I like Jodie and thought he’d make a nice stopgap until [...]