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Stupid Padre Tricks: Two Games or Fewer Pitched (2000-2008)

On Monday, we ran through the list of players who pitched two games or fewer for the Padres from 1969 to 1999. Today we check out the rest of the lot. Interestingly, only seven guys met our criteria in the club’s first 31 years of existence, while nine have done so in the last nine. [...]

This Date in Ducksnorts (20 Nov)

More stuff from the land of once-upon-a-time:

Ichiro Wins MVP, Padres Recall Several Prospects, and Joyner Joins Front Office (2001). I was probably too harsh on Ichiro, but he shouldn’t have won the award. As for Wally Joyner’s hiring, here’s what I said back then:
It’s good to see the organization hiring guys like Joyner and Dave [...]