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Play with Your Food

by Geoff Young on May 04, 2009 (24) Comments

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 [...]

Padres Farm Report (8 May 08)

by Geoff Young on May 08, 2008 (4) Comments

Triple-A — Omaha 7, Portland 1 Craig Stansberry (SS): 1-for-3, 2B, BB Jody Gerut (CF): 0-for-4 Chase Headley: 2-for-3, 2B, BB Brian Myrow: 0-for-4 Chip Ambres (RF): 0-for-3, BB Will Venable (DH): 0-for-4 Nick Hundley: 0-for-4 Matt Antonelli: 1-for-3 Josh Geer: 6 IP, 7 H, 6 R, 1 HR, 4 BB, 3 SO Dirk Hayhurst: [...]

The Shape of Things to Come

by Geoff Young on May 07, 2008 (161) Comments

Top of the ninth, two on, one out. Adrian Gonzalez steps to the plate. Braves manager Bobby Cox summons ex-Padre Royce Ring, who promptly hangs a breaking ball. Gonzalez swats it high and deep down the right-field line. He, catcher Brian McCann, and plate umpire Wally Bell all watch as it sails into the Atlanta [...]

Life’s Sweetest Reward

by Geoff Young on Apr 17, 2008 (67) Comments

The season is extremely young, and we shouldn’t place too much faith into three weeks of stats, but have you noticed that the Padres are beating their Pythagorean? Yeah, they’ve scored 49 runs and allowed 57, which is more indicative of a 6-9 record than the Pads’ actual 8-7 mark. Again, it’s early and we [...]

IGD: Padres vs Rockies (15 Apr 08)

by Geoff Young on Apr 15, 2008 (105) Comments

Padres (7-6) @ Rockies (5-7) Randy Wolf vs Ubaldo Jimenez 7:05 p.m. PT Channel 4SD AM 1090, FM 105.7, XM 189 MLB, B-R The Padres were outscored, 16-9, in Los Angeles over the weekend, but took two out of three against the Dodgers. Devotees of Pythagoras may call this “lucky,” but the real good fortune [...]

Friday Links (21 Mar 08)

by Geoff Young on Mar 21, 2008 (108) Comments

Reminder to folks here in San Diego: I’ll be on “SportsWrap” this Sunday evening at 11:35 p.m. PT. Tune to NBC 7/39 for your chance to see a real-live baseball dork on television. To the links… Bill Center at the U-T takes a look at roster possibilities. According to this, Glendon Rusch will be in [...]

Everywhere but Here

by Geoff Young on Mar 13, 2008 (75) Comments

I’m all over the place today: How to Quit Your Job and Write a Book (Or Two) (BallHype). I posted this in the comments on Wednesday, but here’s a little “behind-the-scenes” look at the process of writing the Ducksnorts Baseball Annuals. Arizona Dreaming (Baseball Digest Daily). In spring training, what happens before the game is [...]

Friday Links (22 Feb 08)

by Geoff Young on Feb 22, 2008 (61) Comments

Weather permitting, we’ve got a meetup tonight at Tony Gwynn Stadium. As of this writing, the rain is coming down pretty good in my neck of the woods, so stay tuned. I’ll keep everyone updated in the comments. Also, my proof copy of the Ducksnorts 2008 Baseball Annual arrived in the mail yesterday afternoon. Mrs. [...]

OBG08: Wolf, Prior, and Others

by Geoff Young on Feb 07, 2008 (38) Comments

OBG08: Le Menu Josh Bard/Michael Barrett Adrian Gonzalez Tadahito Iguchi Kevin Kouzmanoff Khalil Greene Scott Hairston Chase Headley Jim Edmonds Brian Giles Jake Peavy Chris Young Greg Maddux As a reminder, we’re looking for your individual best guess on how these players will perform in 2008. Attempting to compensate for other guesses that you don’t [...]

Friday Links (18 Jan 08)

by Geoff Young on Jan 18, 2008 (40) Comments

Listening to Jeff Buckley, Live at Olympia (thanks, Didi!). That and a pot of coffee should keep me going for a while. To the links (sit down, we’ve got a few)… This is old, but it bears mentioning. Mike Cameron has signed with the Brewers (hat tip to Marsh in the comments). As I mentioned [...]