This is Part 6 of a 13-part series examining the 65 men who have collected exactly one hit as a member of the San Diego Padres. Our current installment features a man once traded for Vida Blue, Trevor Hoffman’s predecessor as Padres closer, the survivor of Mike Darr’s fatal car crash, a former teammate of [...]
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One-Hit Wonders: Jim Bruske to Mike Couchee
This is Part 3 of a 13-part series examining the 65 men who have collected exactly one hit as a member of the San Diego Padres. The current installment includes two Loyola Marymount Lions (one of whose brother plays in the NFL), the man drafted just after Barry Bonds, the man drafted just after Carney [...]
One-Hit Wonders: Ed Acosta to Jim Beswick
Sixty-five men have collected exactly one hit as a member of the Padres. Over the next few months, we’ll look at every one of them, five at a time.
Tuesday Links (10 Aug 10)
Snappy intro? We don’t need no stinkin’ snappy intro… A pennant race crystal ball (Yahoo!). Tim Brown likes the Padres’ chances: “The starting rotation is good, the back end of the bullpen is great, and the offense has shown some life in July and August.” Moneyball Before Moneyball Was Cool (Payoff Pitch). Gene Tenace and [...]
Once Upon My Mind: Fire Sales and Other Things That Didn’t Quite Happen
No time for original content, so grab a companion and hop in the Tardis as we travel back through time… Did Somebody Report a Fire Sale? (July 25, 1999) The bottom line is this: The 1999 Padres aren’t as good as the 1998 club (which was better than it “should” have been), but it’s doubtful [...]
Friday Links (23 Jul 10)
Go, read stuff. It’ll be great… Great Moments In Padres Trade Deadline History: The Joe Randa Era (619 Sports). Guest author Avenger in Chief remembers everyone’s favorite non-descript third baseman. Radbourn’s immortal season July 10, 1884: Going to Carrie’s house (Edward Achorn). If you’re a fan of baseball history, you need to be reading Achorn’s [...]
Latos Makes Rotation, Geoff Makes a List
Young right-hander Mat Latos has been named the Padres #5 starter to open the season. He staved off some tough competition from right-handers Sean Gallagher and Tim Stauffer, who will stick as long relievers, and southpaw Wade LeBlanc, who will start the year at Triple-A Portland. As for Latos, he looked terrific this spring. I [...]
Friday Links (19 Mar 10)
We’re a little behind, so some of these might be stale. Just pop ‘em in the oven, they’ll be crispy again in no time… The Present Team looks to Ready to end high turnover at batting coach (NC Times). Good luck with that when folks want a scapegoat for the fact that Petco Park is [...]
Giles Retires
Former Padres outfielder Brian Giles announced his retirement Thursday. I’ve had plenty to say about Giles over the years, most of it good. I’ll defend the trade that brought him home to San Diego for as long as anyone will listen. And I’ll always appreciate him for carrying the club on his back in 2005, [...]
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