Won’t they stop already? Just catching up on the latest flurry. New and improved chart at the end. Chris Oxspring to Japan for Cash The Padres have sold the contract of RHP Chris Oxspring to the Hanshin Tigers of the Japanese Central League for a reported $550k. On the one hand, I’m real sorry to [...]
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Roster Reset
Last night I said, only somewhat facetiously, that I’d lost track of who’s on the team. Here’s something that may help: Padres Roster Changes, Winter 2005-2006 Pos Out In P Brian Lawrence Dewon Brazelton Seth Etherton C Ramon Hernandez Doug Mirabelli 1B Mark Sweeney Jack Cust 2B Mark Loretta Damian Jackson – 3B Sean Burroughs [...]
2005 in Review – Left Field
If you enjoy a train ride, you can leave Solana Beach just before 7 a.m. and arrive at Santa Barbara in time for lunch. If you go on a Sunday, you can eat an excellent brunch at Eladio’s, just a few blocks from the station, toward Stearns Wharf. Then you can walk around the beach, [...]
You Might Not Be Your Team’s Third Baseman of the Future if…
…your team trades for Vinny Castilla. …your team signs Justin Leone. …your team signs Geoff Blum. …your team trades for Bobby Hill. …your team does all of the above in less than a month’s time.
2005 in Review – Shortstop
For our 10th anniversary my wife and I are travelling around Southern California, hitting all the places we ordinarily take for granted ― Palm Springs, San Juan Capistrano, Santa Barbara, Temecula. It’s like the Cal League tour, with less baseball and more wife. Saturday morning we drove up the mountain to Julian, stopping at Dudley’s [...]
2005 in Review – Third Base
Ah, third base. You say hot corner, I say black hole. Let’s call the whole thing off. It’s possible that the situation could have been worse for the Padres in 2005, but I’m hard pressed to imagine how. With what’s lined up for next year, we may yet find out. [Previous entries in this series: [...]
2005 in Review – Second Base
The next stop in our review of the 2005 season is second base. As with most other positions for the Padres, due to injuries, the level of play wasn’t quite what was expected and the future is uncertain. [Previous entries in this series: catcher | first base] Offensive Capsule BA OBP SLG BB/PA ISO [...]
World Series IGD: White Sox @ Astros, Game 4
first pitch: 5:00 p.m., PT television: Fox matchup: Freddy Garcia (14-8, 3.87 ERA) vs Brandon Backe (10-8, 4.76 ERA) We said Game 3 would be close, and it was. But in the end, it came down to the Astros’ inability to cash in on 11 12 walks and former Padre Geoff Blum homering in the [...]
IGD: Padres @ Braves (21 Aug 2005)
first pitch: 5:00 p.m., PT television: ESPN matchup: Brian Lawrence (7-12, 4.70 ERA) vs John Smoltz (12-6, 2.89 ERA) preview: ESPN | Padres.com Yesterday my wife and I went to the Maxfield Parrish exhibit at the San Diego Museum of Art. By no means am I a connoisseur of art, but I do like a [...]
Who’s On Third?
Joe Randa hit his first homer as a Padre Friday night, a three-run bomb against Jim Brower. You may be wondering, after 21 games with the new club, how does Randa stack up against his predecessors? So far, not so good: Padres Third Basemen in 2005 Player G AB BA OBP SLG Inn FPct RF [...]
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