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Hit or Be Hit

Friday, June 6, 2008
by Geoff Young

I had some computer issues this morning, and I'm still wading through draft material, so I'll save my thoughts on how the Padres did until Saturday or Monday -- then we'll have the entire draft to look at anyway. Based on the information at my disposal (which obviously is much, much less detailed than what the Padres have), I've upgraded my initial assessment of the Allan Dykstra pick ("Man, that stinks" were my exact words) to "Not what I would have done, but I'm beginning to understand the thought process behind it." John Sickels had the Padres taking Dykstra at #42. I'd targeted Dykstra at #42 or #46 in the mock draft I participated in, but the Diamondbacks ...

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Padres Farm Report (5 Jun 08)

Thursday, June 5, 2008
by Geoff Young

Triple-A No games in the PCL on Wednesday. Double-A -- San Antonio 4, Frisco 1 Drew Macias: 1-for-2, 2 BB Chad Huffman: 0-for-4 Kyle Blanks: 0-for-2, SF, HBP Craig Cooper: 1-for-3 Seth Johnston: 1-for-3, 2B Colt Morton: 0-for-3 Stephen Faris: 5 IP, 5 H, 1 R, 0 HR, 1 BB, 6 SO Jonathan Ellis: 2 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 HR, 2 BB, 1 SO, HBP More coverage at the San Antonio Express-News. High-A -- Inland Empire 8, Lake Elsinore 5...

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Padres Farm Report (4 Jun 08)

Wednesday, June 4, 2008
by Geoff Young

Triple-A -- Las Vegas 6, Portland 1 Peter Ciofrone (LF): 1-for-4 Vince Sinisi (1B): 0-for-4 Chip Ambres: 1-for-3, HR, BB Will Venable (CF): 0-for-4 Craig Stansberry: 1-for-3, BB Matt Antonelli (PH): 0-for-1 Chase Headley (PH): 0-for-1 Justin Germano: 6 IP, 6 H, 3 R, 1 HR, 1 BB, 8 SO (7 GO) Mauro Zarate: 2 IP, 2 H, 0 R, 0 HR, 2 BB, 2 SO Antonelli is pushing the Padres toward a decision they'd probably rather ...

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Padres Farm Report (31 May 08)

Saturday, May 31, 2008
by Geoff Young

Triple-A -- Sacramento 10, Portland 3 Will Venable (DH): 1-for-5 Peter Ciofrone (3B-RF): 3-for-4, BB Chase Headley: 3-for-5, 2B Brian Myrow: 0-for-3 Chip Ambres (CF): 1-for-3 Vince Sinisi (RF-1B): 0-for-4 Nick Hundley: 0-for-3, BB Craig Stansberry: 1-for-3, 2B, BB Matt Antonelli: 1-for-4, 2 E Cesar Ramos: 4 IP, 8 H, 9 R, 1 HR, 5 BB, 4 SO Mauro Zarate: 3 IP, 1 H, 0 R, ...

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Padres Farm Report (28 May 08)

Wednesday, May 28, 2008
by Geoff Young

Triple-A -- Portland 5, Sacramento 0 Peter Ciofrone (RF): 2-for-5 Chase Headley: 1-for-3, 2B, BB, HBP Brian Myrow: 1-for-5 Chip Ambres (CF): 1-for-4, HR Nick Hundley: 1-for-4, HR Craig Stansberry (SS): 0-for-4 Matt Antonelli: 0-for-3, BB Clay Hensley: 3 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 HR, 2 BB, 3 SO Wade LeBlanc: 5 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 HR, 3 BB, 5 SO Carlos Guevara: 1 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 HR, 0 BB, 1 SO Ciofrone was named PCL Batter of the Week for May 19-25 (h/t Robert M)... Antonelli's batting average has dipped to .180... Hensley threw 44 pitches in his latest rehab effort. Double-A No Texas League games scheduled. High-A -- Lake Elsinore 7, Lancaster 1 Javis Diaz: 0-for-4, BB Cedric Hunter: 2-for-4, 2B Eric ...

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Friday Links (15 Feb 08)

Friday, February 15, 2008
by Geoff Young

Food safety tip: "carpaccio" is Italian for "sashimi," which is Japanese for "it ain't cooked." Just so you know. Super quick links today. You provide the commentary... It's spring: Brew yourself a piping hot pot of optimism Tom Krasovic identifies five story lines to watch in Peoria (h/t LynchMob) MadFriars.com talks to Corey Brock (h/t LynchMob) Corey reports that Josh Bard has signed, avoiding arbitration Tony Clark ...

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Three Years of Blogging

Friday, June 11, 2004
by Geoff Young

Pads got spanked. Curt Schilling vs Ismael Valdez; you were perhaps expecting some other outcome? Right. Anyway, it says here that I've been blogging now for three years. Egads. I'm not a big anniversary kind of guy, but this does give me an excuse to throw out some props to everyone who reads, links, talks about, or otherwise supports Ducksnorts. Some of you I've had the pleasure to meet personally, many more I've exchanged e-mails with. But the vast majority of you I do not know, and it blows me away that you keep coming back for more. Our readership has nearly tripled in the last year alone. Big thanks to all of you for making it happen. Your support keeps me going. The three folks I ...

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