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Friday Links (5 Oct 07)

Friday, October 5, 2007
by Geoff Young

Busy, busy, busy... Scouting Jake Peavy (Baseball Analysts, via Jim Parish in the comments). Joe P. Sheehan dissects the repertoire of Jake Peavy. Brian Giles has surgery on knee (San Diego Union-Tribune, via Tom Waits in the comments). Brian Giles, who has been having trouble with his right knee since April, is expected to be ready for Opening Day 2008. Also, the possibility of Matt Antonelli leading off next year is mentioned. Overachievers, ey? (Friar Forecast). MB isn't impressed with Nick Canepa's latest. (Neither is ...

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Reality: You’re Soaking in It

Tuesday, October 2, 2007
by Geoff Young

Where do I even begin? That this isn't the way I'd wanted to see the season end seems so beyond doubt that it hardly bears mentioning, and yet I just mentioned it. Even though a thing is obvious, it still needs a voice. I hate writing this. I hate thinking this. Honestly? I hate everything about this. But you can't go through life hating, right? Well, you can, but it's probably not a good idea. Besides, it's just baseball. "Just baseball." I hate that, too. Like that somehow negates it all, makes the experience less important, less real. Yeah, buddy, screw you. Anyway. Now you see the problem. I can't even get started. Do I whine about Monday night's outcome (...

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IGD: Padres @ Rockies (1 Oct 07)

Monday, October 1, 2007
by Geoff Young

Game #163 time:4:37 p.m. PT tv:TBS sp:Jake Peavy (19-6, 2.36) vs Josh Fogg (10-9, 4.79) pre:Padres.com, B-R.com Analyze this one however you'd like; it's one game, and anything can happen. That is my greatest fear and also my greatest hope. Go Padres!

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Friday Links (28 Sep 07)

Friday, September 28, 2007
by Geoff Young

Coffee in the bloodstream, jazz in the ears, baseball on the brain. Let's get busy... Trade winds blow true (San Diego Union-Tribune). Tom Krasovic tells us what we already know: Kevin Towers is good at that trading thing. Here's a passage that helps confirm some things we've long suspected: Padres statistical analysts deserve credit, Towers has said. Research shows that home run suppression can be a predictor of success for a pitcher. [Left-hander Joe] Thatcher excelled in that area. Statistics favored by the Padres showed that [right-hander Heath] Bell had been unlucky with the Mets and that his excellent strikeout-to-walk numbers were better measures of his talent. Yep, it's all about the peripherals....

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Jake the Efficient

Thursday, September 27, 2007
by Geoff Young

What to say about Wednesday night's win (box score)... Huge? Yeah, a little. Fun? You bet. Jake Peavy struck out just one batter over seven solid innings en route to his 19th win. First time since August 2003 he's registered fewer than two strikeouts in a game. Matt and Mud speculated that maybe Peavy had purposely changed his approach to save some bullets for Sunday in Milwaukee if needed. In the post-game interview, Peavy confirmed as much. Bob Scanlan in the wrap-up show wondered why Peavy worked the seventh with ...

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IGD: Padres @ Giants (26 Sep 07)

Wednesday, September 26, 2007
by Geoff Young

Game #158 time:7:15 p.m. PT tv:4SD sp:Jake Peavy (18-5, 2.36) vs Pat Misch (0-3, 2.75) pre:Padres.com, B-R.com This kid made a lot of Padres hitters schwing and Misch the last time he faced them. Thanks, you're much too kind; please stop throwing vegetables.

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False Expectation

Tuesday, September 25, 2007
by Geoff Young

For the working magician, the best tool in his toolbox is a little thing we like to call the false expectation. If played right, it can stun an audience into total submission. 1973 Draft Need a break from the current season? My article on the '73 amateur draft is now up at Hardball Times. Where's Dave Winfield when you need him... "What About Bob," the tenth episode of the regrettably short-lived Dresden Files, opens with Harry's father receiving word that he's landed a job on a cruise ship. Moments later, after telling young Harry the good news, the father suffers a heart attack and dies. False expectation. Seems like ...

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