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Friday Links (12 Feb 10)

by Geoff Young on Feb 12, 2010 (4) Comments

One suggested rhyme for Yorvit came via Twitter: Corvette. Hey, if you can rhyme CIA and Mafia, why not… Blog Update: Joining the Yardbarker Network (Friar Forecast). Congrats to Daniel and company! Maybe it’s time to worry about the Padres (It’s About The Money, Stupid). Jason raises a valid question: “Or, is the ownership and [...]

What Rhymes with Yorvit?

by Geoff Young on Feb 10, 2010 (8) Comments

The Padres have signed veteran catcher Yorvit Torrealba to a 1-year, $1.25 million deal, with a $3.5 million mutual option for 2011. The deal was agreed upon last Friday and made official on Tuesday. Things to know about Torrealba: He hit .258/.316/.394 over the past four seasons despite getting to play half his games at [...]

One Tall Wheelbarrow

by Geoff Young on Feb 04, 2010 (2) Comments

Speaking of poetry, longtime reader and frequent commenter Tom Waits went William Carlos Williams on us the other day. I really wish I’d written this myself: so much depends upon a 6’10″ pitcher glazed with Icy Hot atop the pitching mound. Nicely done, Tom. As poems go, I’ve seen verse…

Winning Half Is Like Losing Half, and Vice Versa

by Geoff Young on Jun 01, 2009 (8) Comments

When last we spoke, the Padres had won 10 straight games. They finally lost on Tuesday, but not without a serious fight. Kevin Correia breezes through 4 2/3 innings, then runs into trouble. Ryan Roberts bloops a single in front of Chase Headley that a more accomplished left fielder might have caught. The inning continues, [...]

Vicodin Dreams

by Geoff Young on May 26, 2009 (18) Comments

I will do anything to avoid a game in Albuquerque — be it getting hopelessly lost in that fine city, having my car smashed by a big rig en route from Missouri, or as now, recovering from knee surgery. A sensible person would simply admit he didn’t want to watch the Isotopes play, but where [...]

Do What You Cannot Do

by Geoff Young on Apr 20, 2009 (17) Comments

The way it works with cover bands in this town is you play two nights — Friday and Saturday — from 9 p.m. to close. Three one-hour sets punctuated by 10-minute breaks, with a longer (80-minute) set to end the night. Wait, are we playing Jimmy Buffet and then Slayer, or is it the other [...]

Third Door on the Left/Patchwork Pitching Staff Blues

by Geoff Young on Apr 06, 2009 (33) Comments

You are in the wrong place. You want hope — third door on the left, just past apathy and before foolishness. Take a good look at what you cannot have. It is written that the Padres will be terrible this year, and what is written must be true. Cancel the games, record them as losses, [...]

IVIE 2009: Starting Pitchers

by Geoff Young on Mar 16, 2009 (15) Comments

I hope you had an excellent weekend. I finally saw Stephen Strasburg pitch on Friday and was not disappointed. Then I watched Team Mexico and Team Korea work out at Petco Park on Saturday in preparation for their WBC games here this week. If you don’t mind dropping $50 for a $19 seat, you might [...]

Links for 8 Nov 08

by Geoff Young on Nov 08, 2008 (10) Comments

What the heck, I’m up anyway. Let’s have a little Saturday morning linkfest… Organization picks up $9 million option for right fielder in 2009. Tom Krasovic at the U-T reports that the Padres have picked up Brian Giles’ option for 2009. Score one for common sense. Adrian Gonzalez-Jim Stone Extravaganza Golf Tournament & Fiesta. Adrian [...]

Gonzalez Garners Gold Glove

by Geoff Young on Nov 06, 2008 (2) Comments

Congrats to Adrian Gonzalez for winning the first Gold Glove Award of his career. Although I’m thrilled for Gonzalez, who according to my eyes is a fantastic first baseman, I have mixed feelings about this choice from a group that essentially throws darts and hopes for the best. Albert Pujols (superior hitter) and Derrek Lee [...]