Oy, what happened to the week? I want a do-over. Anyway, here are your links:
Stairs happy to fill niche for Padres (U-T). From Bill Center’s article: “With his phone not ringing with offers, Stairs signed on with NutriSystem and started trimming 32 pounds. He began playing hockey, became an assistant hockey coach at John Bast [...]
In my experience, things usually are neither as bad nor as good as they seem to be. When the Padres lost 99 games in 2008, many people abandoned hope. I wasn’t one of them and predicted 75 wins in 2009, which is precisely what we got. (In the interest of full disclosure, I’d predicted 87 [...]
I’m supposed to write something about baseball here. That’s my recollection, anyway.
First, a quick programming note: The long, once-a-week pieces from last year are done. Turns out they required a lot of work, and I’m lazy, so no mas. I’ll be publishing more frequently this year and the articles will be shorter.
If 2009 was Coltrane [...]
The Padres are boring. That’s the word on the street… a street apparently filled with people who don’t like baseball.
Just give me a game to watch and the rest will take care of itself. There is no pressure with this team, no expectation of success. Every win is a surprise, a gift.
Sometimes I believe this. [...]
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 way [...]
You may have heard me on the radio during your Monday morning commute… if you happen to live in Montreal. Big thanks to Elliott, Shaun, and Denis at The Team 990 for having me on to talk Padres baseball.
IVIE community projections
catchers
infielders
outfielders
starting pitchers
I’ve also got a guest post up at Baseball Analysts. Thanks to Rich Lederer [...]
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 for baseball’s best [...]
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. Ducksnorts [...]
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