Before I forget, let me first wish everyone a safe and happy new year. Posting will be light the next couple of weeks as I put the finishing touches on Ducksnorts: Best of 2005 (at 239 pages and counting) and work on some other projects.
But I’m getting ahead of myself. We were talking about relievers, [...]
We continue our look back at 2005 with two more pieces of the bullpen puzzle that will set up shop elsewhere next year. Part of what made last season’s relief corps so brilliant was the fact that it consisted largely of cheap parts whose value exceeded their cost by a large margin. Last year’s Rudy [...]
I hope everyone had an excellent Christmas. I don’t know about you, but I’ll be digging my way out from under the leftovers for a while.
Meantime, we can talk about relievers.
Trevor Hoffman, as usual, picked up the saves, but it was Scott Linebrink who anchored the Padres bullpen in 2005. Akinori Otsuka and Rudy Seanez [...]
The buzz this morning, of course, is about the Adam Eaton trade. So, what better time to look back at his 2005 season? Eaton and Woody Williams review below, trade analysis and discussion here, add yourself to Frappr! here. Okay, ready?
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Brian Lawrence and Jake Peavy were the only pitchers to start 30 or more games for the Padres. Woody Williams and Adam Eaton each started more than 20, with Tim Stauffer and Pedro Astacio being the only others to break double figures. We’ll look at Lawrence and Peavy today, Williams and Eaton on Wednesday, and [...]
I stumbled across the Padres 2006 calendar at the mall the other night. Each month features a different player. Of the 12 players represented, only 6 are current Padres. I thought of offering half price, with an option to buy the 2007 calendar at full price if a certain percentage of players slated for inclusion [...]
Hey, someone actually bought a Ducksnorts cap. Thanks, dude (or dudette), for making my day!
So we’re up to center field now in our review of the 2005 season. The Padres brought in hometown talent Dave Roberts last winter to help shore up the position, but how well did that plan work?
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If you enjoy a train ride, you can leave Solana Beach just before 7 a.m. and arrive at Santa Barbara in time for lunch. If you go on a Sunday, you can eat an excellent brunch at Eladio’s, just a few blocks from the station, toward Stearns Wharf. Then you can walk around the beach, [...]
For our 10th anniversary my wife and I are travelling around Southern California, hitting all the places we ordinarily take for granted ― Palm Springs, San Juan Capistrano, Santa Barbara, Temecula. It’s like the Cal League tour, with less baseball and more wife.
Saturday morning we drove up the mountain to Julian, stopping at Dudley’s Bakery [...]
Ah, third base. You say hot corner, I say black hole. Let’s call the whole thing off. It’s possible that the situation could have been worse for the Padres in 2005, but I’m hard pressed to imagine how. With what’s lined up for next year, we may yet find out.
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