September 19, 2008 – 5:20 am
Last week I mentioned an all-time Padres team that I’ve been assembling. This wasn’t just an intellectual exercise. Our friends at Seamheads are running a simulation league this off-season with the best players from each big-league franchise, and they invited me to submit a 40-man roster for the Padres.
Most of the choices were fairly obvious [...]
By Geoff Young
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Posted in Baseball
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Also tagged benito santiago, eric show, fred mcgriff, gary sheffield, gaylord perry, gene tenace, ken caminiti, luis salazar, nate colbert, roberto alomar, ryan klesko, wally joyner
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September 9, 2008 – 5:12 am
I’ve been tasked with assembling a 40-man roster made up of the best players in Padres history. It’s a pretty straightforward exercise, except for two positions: second base and left field. We’re talking about third-stringers here, but I need a little help with these.
Second Base: Bip Roberts vs Quilvio Veras
G
AB
BA
OBP
SLG
Statistics are courtesy of Retrosheet.
Roberts
667
2258
.298
.361
.387
Veras
415
1531
.270
.366
.353
Arguments for [...]
In Ashland, just around the corner from the Standing Stone Brewery (excellent Oatmeal Stout), there’s a cool little comic book store we always make sure to visit. This time, on impulse, I bought every baseball card they had in stock — 41 packs of maybe 30-40 cards each, separated by team — for $19. There’s [...]
By Geoff Young
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Posted in Baseball
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Also tagged andy benes, baseball card, broderick perkins, comic book store, darrin jackson, ed whitson, eddie murray, frank seminara, fred mcgriff, mike maddux, omar vizquel, paul molitor, phil plantier, randy myers, rich rodriguez, ricky gutierrez, tim teufel
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January 14, 2008 – 7:17 am
I’m addicted to Baseball-Reference’s PI tool. For grins I ran a search on everyone who has accumulated 1500 or more career plate appearances with the Padres (39 in total) and ordered them from top (Fred McGriff) to bottom (Enzo Hernandez) according to OPS+. Then I looked for “matched pairs” — guys who have the same [...]
By Geoff Young
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Posted in 2008 Annual
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Also tagged baseball reference, dave winfield, ducksnorts, fred mcgriff, jerry turner, kevin mcreynolds, mark kotsay, ollie brown, roberto alomar, ryan klesko, steve finley, terry kennedy
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November 20, 2007 – 7:21 am
More stuff from the land of once-upon-a-time:
Ichiro Wins MVP, Padres Recall Several Prospects, and Joyner Joins Front Office (2001). I was probably too harsh on Ichiro, but he shouldn’t have won the award. As for Wally Joyner’s hiring, here’s what I said back then:
It’s good to see the organization hiring guys like Joyner and Dave [...]
December 18, 1999 – 6:47 am
Here are the results of the 1999 Rule V draft, along with analysis of the players selected during the major league phase of the draft and how they might fit into their new team’s plans. Ages are as of July 1, 2000. Bear in mind that many of these players will be returned to their [...]
