Listening to Neil Young Harvest at the moment. Picked up the CD a while ago, just opened it. Haven’t heard this in probably 20 years, except for the radio songs. You ever hear Tori Amos’ version of "Heart of Gold"? Sounds nothing like the original, has some really messed-up guitar sounds on it (thank you, [...]
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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 [...]
Mailbag
So the Padres won last night despite the fact that starter Carlton Loewer retired just three batters. Charles Nagy did a yeoman’s job in long relief, holding the Brewers at bay while Ramon Vazquez, Brian Buchanan, and the rest of the Friars scrapped their way back into the game. Gary Bennett finished things off in [...]
Soul-Crushing Defeat
Ain’t karma a bitch. We’ll talk about Sunday’s game tomorrow, since today is an off-day. But right now there are more important (and agonizing) things to discuss. Game 18: 4/19/03 Colorado 10, San Diego 9 (ESPN) As it turns out, Thursday’s game in Los Angeles was just a prelude for bigger things to come. Let’s [...]
Nagy and the Rule 5 Draft
Charles Nagy? He hasn’t been truly productive since 1997. At this point he’s an older, more injury-prone version of Brian Meadows. I don’t see a lot of upside here but I guess the theory is that if you throw enough pitchers up against the wall, some of ‘em will stick. Like Jesse Orosco, Nagy makes [...]
What Might the Padres’ 2003 Lineup Look Like?
Catching up on some stuff. As usual, Gary Huckabay over at Baseball Prospectus comes through with a fine column about the art and politics of evaluating talent. ESPN has compiled a list of the top 50 free agents this off-season. Astute Padre fans will note that their club isn’t expected to be a player for [...]
Brock2 Projections for Eight Rising Stars
Once again, I’ve been playing with Bill James’ Brock2 player projection system. Thought I’d take a look at some young, up-and-coming hitters and see what the future might hold for them. As always, bear in mind that even James acknowledged that this system is more of a toy than a tool. But it’s a heckuva [...]
Green Day Lyrics and Peavy
Have you ever read the lyrics to Green Day’s "When I Come Around"? My buddy Chris and I like a lot of the same types of music. This always amazes us both, because whereas he knows most of the lyrics to songs he’s heard over the past 20 or so years, I tend not to [...]
Pedro Martinez Defeats Padres at Qualcomm
Went to the game last night against Pedro and the Red Sox. He had it working. Not to take anything away from the guy, but he did get to face the dreaded Gonzalez-Matos-Kingsale triumverate in both the fifth and the eighth. Between the futlity of the Padres offense and the number of Boston fans in [...]
Wasted Chances, Minor Moves, and Cheap Hot Dogs
Deivi Cruz hits a grand slam in the first inning and you still find a way to lose. The Pads went down fighting, but they lost again. Brian Tollberg got hit hard again, and with the help of Matt DeWitt, Jason Boyd, and some shoddy defense, turned a 5-0 first inning lead into an 8-5 [...]
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