Apologies for going incommunicado on you. Between not having Internet access at home and spending most of my waking hours building and fixing other people’s web sites, finding time to update my own site has been tricky of late. So while I have a moment let’s see if we can catch up on some things. [...]

If the Mariners lose one more great player, nobody will ever be able to beat them. Is that an incredible team or what? Take away their best remaining player, and they just get better. They’re 10-0 on the road this year. Amazing. Much of the buzz right now centers around the play of the Montreal [...]

Haven’t been able to get my hands on most of the box scores from yesterday’s minor-league games but here are a few highlights from the Padres’ affiliates. Triple-A Portland Right-hander Jason Middlebrook allowed two runs and three hits over five innings in a 5-1 loss at Salt Lake (Angels). Top Anaheim prospect John Lackey struck [...]

Almost won my first game of All-Star Baseball 2003 the other day. Played the Twins at the Q. Adam Eaton and Brad Radke locked up in a pitchers’ duel. Eaton tires after six scoreless, gives way to Tom Davey. One out in the top of the seventh, Davey gives up a mammoth homer to Corey [...]

Because I find this sort of thing fun, I spent some time over at MinorLeagueBaseball.com looking at splits last year for some of the Pads’ prospects. Today, Ft. Wayne… Hitters Vince Faison, OF AB H 2B 3B HR BB SO BA OBP SLG vs LHP 25 5 0 0 0 4 8 200 310 200 [...]

Baseball America has done their top 20 prospects for each minor league. The Padres are well represented: Pacific Coast League. #1 Sean Burroughs, 3B; #20 Cesar Crespo, UT. Southern League. #6 Dennis Tankersley, RHP. California League. #1 Dennis Tankersley, RHP; #2 Xavier Nady, 1B; #5 Jake Peavy, RHP; #8 Ben Howard, RHP; #16 Ben Johnson, [...]