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What Rhymes with Yorvit?

February 10, 2010 – 6:14 am

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 Coors Field
In [...]

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Play with Your Food

May 4, 2009 – 6:25 am

I have the strangest dreams…
Maybe the Padres will do okay this year. In your heart of hearts, you don’t believe it, but you’ll commit to it over olives on a fork and flutes of champagne. You’ll sneak it into conversation, right between “My kid is smart, he’s just not motivated” and “I watch Giada De [...]

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IVIE 2009 Projections

March 23, 2009 – 7:02 am

Ladies and gentlemen, I present to you the comatosely accurate IVIE projections for 2009 (explanation). For the hitters, I’ve included the name of a player whose career line is similar to our projection. As always, thanks to all who participated. Enjoy…

Padres IVIE Projections for 2009: Hitters

Player
No.
PA
BA
OBP
SLG
Comp

Matt Antonelli
14
224
.237
.322
.343
Desi Relaford

Henry Blanco
23
197
.234
.282
.344
Buck Martinez

Chris Burke
14
184
.234
.310
.341
Rob Wilfong

Everth Cabrera
12
130
.201
.282
.287
Johnnie LeMaster

David Eckstein
15
450
.274
.343
.350
Tom [...]

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More Than You Ever Wanted to Know About the Ducksnorts 2008 Baseball Annual, and Then Some

February 13, 2008 – 7:38 am

Sit down and get comfy. Like, real comfy. Okay, not that comfy — put on a robe or something, will ya?
With luck, this is the last update I’ll provide on the Ducksnorts 2008 Baseball Annual that doesn’t end with the phrase, “go buy it.” I’m expecting to deliver the manuscript to the publisher on Thursday [...]

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Do Everything

January 2, 2008 – 7:30 am

The idea was that I’d take some time off between Christmas and New Year to relax before pushing hard to finish the book. The reality was that I found myself involved in three other projects:

I’m honored to announce that I’ll be writing at Baseball Digest Daily in 2008. Joe Hamrahi and company do awesome work [...]

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Operation Center Field: Framing the Problem

October 18, 2007 – 7:22 am

I’ve been dreading this post (series of posts, really), been avoiding the subject for several months because it’s complex and difficult to frame. I’m still not ready to write about it in any meaningful way, but we can’t put it off any longer. Maybe the exercise itself will help us.
The Problem
Mike Cameron’s contract is up. [...]

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Anatomy of a Winning Streak

July 3, 1999 – 12:00 am

Now that it’s over (though not without a fight — down 7-0 after 2 innings at Coors Field, the Padres came storming back, only to lose, 12-10), I thought I’d take a closer look at the Padres’ 14 game winning streak. My primary focus is on starting pitching. I’ll examine wins, Ron Shandler’s Pure Quality [...]

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