February 9, 2009 – 5:51 am
What fascinates me is how quickly it all happened. The Padres lost their 99th game of the season on September 28, and a little more than four months later, everything had changed.
Sure, Petco Park is still here, as are Kevin Towers and Bud Black. Adrian Gonzalez hasn’t left, nor has Jake Peavy (though not for [...]
By Geoff Young
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Posted in Baseball
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Also tagged adrian gonzalez, clean house, cliff floyd, club history, jake peavy, jeff moorad, khalil greene, mark worrell, matt vasgersian, matt-bush, petco park, sandy alderson, tony gwynn, trevor hoffman
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February 4, 2009 – 5:58 am
It’s official: Jeff Moorad’s group is purchasing the Padres. Once the deal is finalized, Sandy Alderson will leave the organization.
Moorad will take over for John Moores, who bought the Padres in December 1994, rescuing the team from Tom Werner’s wave of destruction. Although taking shots at Moores is arguably more popular than baseball around these [...]
January 5, 2009 – 5:51 am
I trust everyone enjoyed their holidays. I walked all over town, watched a boatload of Dresden Files and Extras, and finished the first draft of the Ducksnorts 2009 Baseball Annual. It currently weighs in at 265 pages, so I’ll be spending the next few weeks trying to whittle that down a bit.
Meanwhile, back at the [...]
December 18, 2008 – 6:16 am
Before we get to the rest of the links, I have to call my own number. I’ve got a new article up at Hardball Times that looks back at some old projections I did here at Ducksnorts many moons ago. Good fun…
Lots to cover this morning:
Padres experienced relative success in Moores Era (San Diego Union-Tribune). [...]
By Geoff Young
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Posted in Notes and Links
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Also tagged barry-bloom, Baseball, espn, hardball times, jake peavy, mlb, padres, payroll, petco park, rob neyer, san diego union tribune, sandy alderson, tom krasovic, world series, world-baseball-classic
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December 5, 2008 – 8:01 am
The Padres have traded shortstop Khalil Greene to the St. Louis Cardinals for right-handed reliever Mark Worrell and a player to be named later. Worrell, no relation to ex-Padre Tim Worrell, has has put up some nice numbers in the minor leagues. Then again, so has Carlos Guevara, and nobody ever gave up the best [...]
By Geoff Young
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Posted in Trade Analysis
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Also tagged car wax, cla meredith, faint praise, franchise history, jake peavy, khalil greene, mark worrell, minor leagues, ownership situation, paul depodesta, shortstop, st louis cardinals, tim worrell, trade talks, winter meetings
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November 18, 2008 – 6:14 am
Hooray, it’s links:
Giles and Hoffman (It Might Be Dangerous…). Paul DePodesta offers his thoughts on the re-signing of Brian Giles as well as the latest in the Trevor Hoffman negotiations (or lack thereof). [h/t LynchMob]
John Moores to give $2.1 million to Scripps Research Institute (Gaslamp Ball) I especially like how some of the commenters begrudge [...]
By Geoff Young
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Posted in Notes and Links
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Also tagged bad-altitude, Baseball, becky-moores, brian giles, bud selig, cha seung baek, colorado rockies, hardball times, jake peavy, john-brattain, mark-donohue, matt-holiday, padres, paul depodesta, peter-ueberroth, trevor hoffman
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November 14, 2008 – 5:37 am
Nothing has happened yet, but all indications are that life is about to get real interesting around these parts. With that in mind, here’s a little something to help you through as we move forward into the unknown…
Q: What the heck is going on with the Padres?
A: Principle owners John and Becky Moores have filed [...]
By Geoff Young
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Posted in Baseball
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Also tagged becky-moores, braves, brian giles, cubs, divorce custody, google, jake peavy, melvin nieves, padres, payroll, principle owners, sacrifice bunt, trevor hoffman
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October 13, 2008 – 5:24 am
I’m still making good progress on the Ducksnorts 2009 Baseball Annual. This week I worked on player profiles and dashboards. My goal was to complete eight of ‘em, but I ended up doing 13. Next up: a few more full profiles to write, plus several shorter pieces on guys who didn’t contribute as much; I [...]
Greetings from Peoria (well, presumably I’m there — I’m doing the ol’ fake-a-rooni today and posting in advance; blogger’s best friend, yo). Hey, look, here are some links:
Our friends at Gaslamp Ball note that Jerry Coleman has written a book. It’s called An American Journey: My Life on the Field, in the Air, and on [...]
