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Writing the Book (10 Nov 08)

by Geoff Young on Nov 10, 2008 (7) Comments

On Saturday I finished the first draft of the chapter on the 1969 Padres and sent it out for review. It’s 30 pages long (that’s 10,073 if you’re curious… or not). I’d planned to work on the Farm Report chapter on Sunday, but a few other projects needed my attention, so I bailed. We’re also [...]

Links for 4 Nov 08

by Geoff Young on Nov 04, 2008 (35) Comments

I have decided, for the first time in 20 years, to participate in a general election. Ordinarily in life I try to stay as far away from politics as possible, but one measure on the California ballot and two political parties have convinced that it’s time for me to get off my butt and vote. [...]

Links for 14 Oct 08

by Geoff Young on Oct 14, 2008 (4) Comments

I’m trying out a tool that pulls links from my Delicious bookmarks and publishes them here on a semi-regular basis… How much should Ben Sheets get? (Hardball Times). Victor Wang uses projected performance and risk analysis to predict that free-agent right-hander Ben Sheets will get $55-65 million for 4 or 5 years. The methodology seems [...]