Before we get started, I’d just like to clarify something I said yesterday. I made a flippant comment about anti-depressants. Just for the record, I’m not actually on any medication. However, if I were, I wouldn’t deny that fact for 14 years before coming clean. Speaking of which, can we all just agree to ignore [...]
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Bullpen Action and Other Off-Season Rumblings
Quickly this morning. Padres continue to make moves this off-season, re-signing last year’s interim closer and bullpen savior Rod Beck. He’ll work the eighth inning this year, setting up Trevor Hoffman. Also, Japanese reliever Akinori Otsuka is close to signing. Once he’s in the fold, the Pads are rumored to be looking to add a [...]
Least Surprising News of the Off-Season
Sorry ’bout yesterday. Sometimes that happens. On the bright side, it did inspire some of you to write. I guess that whole Spam thing did come off as kind of a cry for help, didn’t it? Anyway, I’m okay. The Padres re-upped Trevor Hoffman. After pulling in $9M for 2003, Hoffman is guaranteed $2.5M for [...]
Happy Halloween!
Happy Halloween! New look is pretty scary, ain’t it? Ah, the joy of CSS. Don’t worry, it’ll all be back to normal soon enough. My latest article is up over at Primer: Baseball Primer’s 2003 Managers of the Year. Feel free to chime in on the relative merits of Alan Trammell or whatever. Seriously, if [...]
Padres Final Baseball Game at Qualcomm Stadium
As you might imagine, the finale at Qualcomm was a bittersweet event. Although I’ve never been a great fan of the stadium (especially since the Chargers cut off the view of Mission Hills to accommodate the Super Bowl folks), I have many fond memories of the place and it is odd to think that I’ll [...]
Howard, Nady, and Vazquez
One of my favorite things to do at a record store is rummage through the world music section. You can usually find something for under eight bucks. Sometimes it doesn’t work out, but more often than not I’ve ended up with some pretty cool stuff. Right now I’m listening to Maori music. It’s got Western [...]
This and That
History is easy to forget, even when it’s just two years old. But it needs to be remembered. I took a moment to re-read my own words from that day, and they still resonate for me. Please take some time today to remember those who were lost in (and those who survived) the events of [...]
Padres Lose to Giants
Not much good to say about last night’s game. Ben Howard was all over the place. Luther Hackman was right down the middle of the plate. Ramon Vazquez played like a guy who knows he’s lost his job. Silver linings? A few: Although he had just one single to show for it, Sean Burroughs continued [...]
Giles Arrives, Hoffman Returns
Few quick notes from Tuesday night’s game: Didn’t get to our seats till the bottom of the second, so we missed Brian Giles’ first Padre at-bat in San Diego. From the ticket window it sounded like he got a pretty good reception. And all the folks, such as myself, who missed his first trip to [...]
Oliver Perez vs Pedro Martinez
Great win Sunday, after a heartbreaker Saturday night. Tough to see the Pads give the game away Saturday after scrapping back from down six. The silver lining is that the Astros burned up their bullpen in trying to preserve the win, which led to Jimy Williams having to stick with the erratic Ron Villone maybe [...]
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