I’m all over the place today: How to Quit Your Job and Write a Book (Or Two) (BallHype). I posted this in the comments on Wednesday, but here’s a little “behind-the-scenes” look at the process of writing the Ducksnorts Baseball Annuals. Arizona Dreaming (Baseball Digest Daily). In spring training, what happens before the game is [...]
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Friday Links (29 Feb 08)
Happy Leap Day. If you haven’t participated in the Opening Day Roster contest, what’s up with that? The winner receives a copy of the Ducksnorts 2008 Baseball Annual. Meanwhile, we’ve got links: SI.com reports that Brian Giles is feeling good. So is his surgically repaired right knee. [Kevin] John Walsh at Hardball Times is searching [...]
Friday Links (25 Jan 08)
Before we hit the links, a quick reminder that FriarFest is this weekend. I went last year and it freakin’ rocked. Anywho… Sdpads1 continues his reflection on the Petco Park era by examining the relationship between a team’s payroll and its on-field success. This line of inquiry fascinates me, and Sdpads1′s findings shouldn’t surprise anyone [...]
San Diego Padres Organizational Tree
How the current Padres got here. Idea blatantly ripped off from Will Young (no relation). More details here. m Key: Italics = acquired via trade. Bold = drafted by Padres. General manager who acquired player denoted by initials in parentheses (where no initials are provided, Kevin Towers is the GM): RS = Randy Smith, JMI [...]
In-Game Discussion: Padres vs Indians (8 Jun 2005)
[Update: Some folks may have missed this, so I'm putting it right at the top of the entry: Ducksnorts on "Outta Left Field" on Channel 4 before Wednesday night's game (i.e., tonight) Time: 5:30 - 6:30 p.m. Loc: Hall of Fame Bar & Grill, Fifth Floor of Western Metal Supply Co. Bldg.] first pitch: 7:05 [...]
Other Places
Nothin’ much to talk about, so I’ll let others do the work for me today. Watched a little of Tuesday night’s rebroadcast. We beat the Diamondbacks in Phoenix, but the highlight for me was seeing Gary Bennett hack 3-0 against Curt Schilling. Man, am I going to miss that. Without further ado, here we go… [...]
Winter League 1999-2000: Arizona Fall League
The Arizona Fall League (AFL) works a little differently from the other Winter Leagues. It’s actually subsidised by Major League Baseball with the purpose of serving as a league where the best prospects can further work on their game against better competition. Statistics in this league are often misleading, as often an organization will send [...]
California/Carolina League All-Star Game
Last month the all stars from two Class-A leagues clashed at the Lake Elsinore Diamond to display their talents and bring victory to their league. My wife and I left work early and drove the hour or so up I-15 to the check out the game. We parked in a dirt lot (overflow parking for [...]
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