Stupid Padre Tricks: Two Games or Fewer Pitched (1969-1999)

Monday, December 1, 2008
by Geoff Young
In their relatively brief history, the San Diego Padres have had 16 players pitch in two games or fewer for them. It's a fascinating list... if you find these sorts of lists fascinating: Al McBean, 1969 Taken from the Pirates as the 50th player selected overall in the 1968 expansion draft, McBean started his only game in a Padres uniform on April 12, working seven innings and taking the loss at home against the San Francisco Giants. On April 17 he was traded to the Los Angeles Dodgers for Tommy Dean and Leon Everitt. The Virgin Islands native made 39 more big-league appearances after leaving San ...
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Links for 14 Oct 08

Tuesday, October 14, 2008
by Geoff Young
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 reasonable, although that's an awful lot to pay for a guy who has made fewer than 25 starts in three of the last four seasons. Padres target pair of coaches (Padres.com). Corey Brock talks coaching changes. From the article: "The team has targeted Jim Lefebvre as the favorite for its hitting coach vacancy and ...
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Series Preview: Jon Weisman Talks Dodgers

Tuesday, June 10, 2008
by Geoff Young
Jon Weisman has been blogging about the Los Angeles Dodgers (team of my youth, but let's just sweep that under the rug) since July 2002 at Dodger Thoughts. He also writes about baseball in general at SI.com and the entertainment industry at Variety. Jon and I recently chatted via the mystical magic of email about his team, the NL West, and old-school catchers. * * * Ducksnorts: What happened to the NL West, and how do you like the Dodgers' chances now versus at the start of the season? Weisman: It seems more or less like everything that could go wrong, has -- except for in San Francisco, but expectations were notoriously low for them. Are ...
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