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Padres Farm Report (28 May 08)

Triple-A — Portland 5, Sacramento 0 Peter Ciofrone (RF): 2-for-5 Chase Headley: 1-for-3, 2B, BB, HBP Brian Myrow: 1-for-5 Chip Ambres (CF): 1-for-4, HR Nick Hundley: 1-for-4, HR Craig Stansberry (SS): 0-for-4 Matt Antonelli: 0-for-3, BB Clay Hensley: 3 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 HR, 2 BB, 3 SO Wade LeBlanc: 5 IP, 1 [...]

Padres Farm Report (19 May 08)

For the draft hounds among you, Baseball America has released its first mock draft. It has the Padres taking Arizona State first baseman Ike Davis at #23… because if there’s one organizational weakness, it’s at first base. Sigh. Nothing against Davis, but I hope this is very, very wrong. Triple-A — Portland 11, Las Vegas [...]

Friday Links (14 Mar 08)

Quick reminder for those of you in the Ducksnorts 2 fantasy league: We’re drafting Friday at 7 p.m. PT. Be there or be stuck with a crappy team. To the links: MB at Friar Forecast continues his interview with Padres front office staffer Chris Long. My favorite part: Then the robots kill all humans, but [...]

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 [...]

Friday Links (7 Dec 07)

Lots o’ links today… Padres set to bring back Bradley (Padres.com). The deal reportedly would be 1 year, $3.5-4 million. Or, as I like to call it, a bargain. This is still in the works (as are some other possibilities), so keep your fingers crossed. Padres have quiet time at Meetings (Padres.com). Even assuming Milton [...]

Friday Links (12 Oct 07)

I saw Brian Giles last night. There should be more to this story, but there isn’t. All I can say is that presumably he likes pizza. To the links: MB at Friar Forecast is ready for some hot-stove action (that sounded better in my head): hitters | pitchers. The back end of the rotation needs [...]

This and That

Recovering from last week’s shows, getting ready for this week’s. Thinking of tie-ins for our band name. Like a drink, maybe. Anybody know of a drink that needs a name? I can’t promise you much. A t-shirt. And my gratitude. If you have a drink that you think could be called a “Chin Wagger” drop [...]

Cal League Tour 2004: Phase I

This season, my buddy Jeff and I have taken it upon ourselves to visit every park in the California League. We’re old and somewhat responsible these days, so the plan is to hit two towns a weekend, one weekend a month through August. The first phase of our journey saw us visit Lake Elsinore and [...]

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 [...]