The Padres have called up the 21-year-old right-hander from Claremont, CA, to take David Wells’ spot on the roster and in the rotation. Germano, ranked #15 by Baseball America among San Diego prospects, works in the high-80s and throws strikes. His propensity for being around the plate without overpowering stuff invites comparisons to fellow finesse [...]
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Band Stories
The bad news is, the Pads were swept at home by the Cubs. The good news is, all the other NL West teams were swept at home this weekend except Colorado (and even the Rox dropped two out of three). Is it annoying that the Padres didn’t pick up any ground on the Dodgers? You [...]
Odds and Ends
Looks like we’re not the only ones impressed with the Padres this April: Greene is NL Rookie of the Month (MLB.com) Giles named NL Player of Week (MLB.com) Mets manager hopes protest means new delivery for Otsuka (NC Times). Ultimate respect: “Maybe we’ll get (Otsuka) to change his delivery,” Howe said Sunday. This is a [...]
Spring Training Notes
Just getting over a cold, so bullet points today. Backup catchers battling (NC Times). The job is still wide open. Adam Eaton talks about his most recent outing. I watched that game, and the two things that stood out to me were that he was working high in the zone a little much and that [...]
If It Wasn’t for Disappointments, I Wouldn’t Have Any Appointments
Apologies to Mssrs. Flansburgh and Linnell for the title, but I recently picked up a copy of Baseball Prospectus 2004 and although I haven’t had a chance to read a lot of it, I did get through the Padre section. Frankly, I’m a little disappointed. There are some terrific writers on the Prospectus team, so [...]
Guitar Solos
Warning, low baseball content today. Skip to end of entry to read. A good guitar solo (or any instrumental solo) in popular music effectively serves three purposes: It gives the vocalist a break from singing, a chance to catch his or her breath before launching into the second half of the song. It gives the [...]
Junk Drawer
First off, I’m very flattered by the interest in the Best of 2003 compilation. It’s been up for about 48 hours now, and so far we’ve had 149 downloads. The few folks I’ve talked to who’ve actually had a chance to read through some of it have had good things to say. I look forward [...]
Prospecting
I had a chance to visit Petco Park the other day. Still needs a little work, but it’s looking real good. Genius that I am, I forgot to bring my digital camera so no pix. Tried to circumnavigate the stadium by foot, but thanks to all the construction, that’s nearly impossible. Of course, I didn’t [...]
Padres Acquire Giles
Holy superstars, Batman, Brian Giles is a Padre. I’m so excited I’m even using my crappy old Windows 98 laptop to write this. Where to begin? I’ll just start spewing random thoughts as they occur to me, so if this entry is more incoherent than most (how can you tell?), I trust you’ll understand. The [...]
SoCal Pet Peeves, Padres up the Middle, and Pretty Much Everything Else
As a native Southern Californian (I call myself that even though I was born in Boston; I’ve lived here since before I turned two, and both my parents spent many of their formative years in the greater Los Angeles area), I’ve come to accept a few things. I don’t necessarily like them, but for the [...]
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