News flash: Bud Selig is still an idiot. Baseball’s almost here! USD Schedule. Alumni game Jan. 19. Woo-hoo! SDSU Schedule Home opener against UC Riverside Feb. 5. Lake Elsinore Storm Schedule. Home opener against San Bernardino Apr. 11. Mark Phillips is going to start in Double-A? Very interesting…
Category Archive for ‘Notes and Links’ 
New Minor League and Prospect Web Sites
Minor League and prospect sites are popping up all over the place. Gary Reed, formerly with About.com, has resurfaced at FloridaStateLeague.com TheMinorsFirst.com is a promising newcomer. They’ve just released their top 100 prospects for 2002. Actually, right now only the top 50 are up, with the second half to follow next week. Sean Burroughs is [...]
Baseball Sites of Potential Interest
Geez, where have I been? Well, among other things, I’ve been working on the Padres Top 30 prospects. I’m about 90% sure of the order I currently have, and I’m two-thirds of the way through the comments. They’ll be up in their final version shortly after the New Year. Speaking of the Pads, gotta like [...]
Japanese Baseball, Richie Phillips, and Bonds’ 73rd Homer
Here’s a cool site on Japanese baseball. Richie Phillips and his band of merry men take another stab at regaining the jobs they lost when they resigned. If it weren’t for contraction talk, this would probably be the most bizarre story of the off-season. Isn’t losing one’s job an inevitable conclusion of resigning? Actually, the [...]
Prospects’ Chances, Scout School, and Retrosheet
Okay, so I couldn’t wait. Prospects’ Prospects: What Are the Chances of Success? is now up. If you enjoyed Josh Boyd’s report on scout school, check out Christine Destefano’s similar series over at MLB.com. Good stuff. Don Malcom checks in with his thoughts on questionable MVP awards over at Baseball Primer. Another cool site: Retrosheet. [...]
Ballpark Update, Mike Colangelo, and Rob Ramsay
Ballpark news. Council approves ballpark financing in 8-1 vote (U-T). I actually caught about an hour of the proceedings on local access television last night after my Perl class. I haven’t read up enough on the history of publicly financed ballparks to know what’s best, but I’m sure glad this finally appears to be headed [...]
Ichiro Wins MVP, Padres Recall Several Prospects, and Joyner Joins Front Office
Ichiro won the AL MVP. Good for him. I personally don’t think he was one of the 10 best players in the AL this year but it’s not his fault the voters picked him. Padres on Monday purchased the contracts of pitchers Dennis Tankersley, Ben Howard, Eric Cyr, Mike Bynum, Cliff Bartosh and Todd Donovan, [...]
Bozied, Harrington, and Stewart
John Manuel at Baseball America sees newly signed Tag Bozied making his Padre debut at Lake Elsinore next year, alongside Jake Gautreau, who is impressing folks with his work at second base. Still no progress on the Matt Harrington front. Dave Stewart is justifiably upset after being rebuffed again in his attempts to become a [...]
Kevin Towers, Contraction, and Internet Baseball Awards
I’ve been busy researching Kevin Towers’ trading record as GM of the Padres, and I finally have something to show for it. Check out my analysis of Towers’ first year as GM. Let me know what you think. Other years will follow, and at some point I may take a look at his drafts. Elsewhere, [...]
Economics of Baseball, Contraction, and the Arizona Fall League
Fascinating stuff over at Forbes.com on the economics of baseball. Everybody has their pet reasons for hating Bud Selig’s asinine plans to contract MLB. Here’s what ESPN.com’s Jim Caple has to say. Hank Blalock is destroying the AFL to the tune of .337/.431/.750. Two sets of numbers really stand out for me: 15 walks against [...]
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