Renewed my Storm mini-plans yesterday. Life is good. I’m looking forward to seeing the latest crop of young pitchers in the system: Justin Germano, Jon Huber, Javier Martinez, Tom Lipari, Nobuaki Yoshida. Should be fun. Portland Beavers Jonathan over at PDX Beavers is doing an in-depth preview of the 2003 Portland Beavers season: An Early [...]
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Ken Burns, DIPS, Sleepers, and Prospects
I promised baseball today, and that’s what I’ll deliver. First off, here are a couple articles worth reading: An Interview with Ken Burns (Alex Belth’s Bronx Banter) Defense Independent Pitching Statistics for 2002 (Futility Infielder) These are gems. I hate to admit it, but I haven’t seen Burns’ "Baseball" (although I’ve seen some of his [...]
More Moves: Bennett, Witasick, Kelly
Hope those of y’all who celebrate Christmas had a great one. We did, thanks. The Padres signed a few more veterans this week, catcher Gary Bennett, right-hander Jay Witasick, and outfielder Roberto Kelly. Bennett doesn’t hit much but has the reputation of being a good handler of pitchers. He, Wiki Gonzalez, and Mike Rivera will [...]
Free-Agent Signings, Pete Rose, and Baseball Primer
First off, props to the folks over at Fanstop. Much of what I write in this space is inspired, directly or otherwise, by what goes on there. Free-Agent Signings Okay, as promised, I’ll share my thoughts on yesterday’s signings. Carlton Loewer, as you may know, came over from Philly in the Andy Ashby/Adam Eaton deal. [...]
Why the Rumored Nevin for Griffey Deal Made No Sense
Okay, with luck this is the last I’ll say on the topic, but it occurs to me that although I’ve written a great deal about The Rumor™ in various other forums, I may not have made my point clearly enough here. So I’ll try to summarize what I’ve written elsewhere and that, as they say, [...]
Trevor Hoffman and Anagrams
To the person who stumbled onto Ducksnorts by searching for "geoff’s tattoos" I offer this sad revelation: I have none. To the rest of you, let’s talk baseball. There’s an interesting problem here in Padreland that folks have been reluctant to talk about because it involves one of the team’s most popular players. But it’s [...]
Wasted Opportunities
Made it to the game last night. It was pretty much a microcosm of the Padre season to this point: wasted opportunities. Dennis Tankersley worked behind in the count all night. I still can’t figure out why a guy with his stuff won’t throw the ball over the plate. I’ve compared him to Matt Clement [...]
Similar Players
Sigh. The players’ union has set the date for a possible strike: August 30. Here’s hoping MLB can get its act together before then and avoid a repeat of 1994. On a happier note, how ’bout those Padres. I can’t even remember the last time they swept anyone. Thanks to readers Kristi and Don for [...]
Displaced New Yorkers Always Whine about the Pizza
Yet another disheartening defeat last night. Brian Lawrence shut down the Red Sox for seven innings, then gave up a couple of infield hits and a home run to Shea Hillenbrand, who couldn’t crack a 700 OPS last year but who leads the best team in baseball with homers this year. Go figure that one. [...]
Wiki Gonzalez Injured, and Other Notes
More bullet points today. Barry Bonds, four homers in two games? Yeah, okay. But Corey Patterson, three walks in two games. Interesting. Wiki Gonzalez out 6-8 weeks with a busted hand. Hello Javier Cardona. No official word yet, but he’ll be up tomorrow. Deivi Cruz and Ramon Vazquez impressed me last night. Cruz had a [...]
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