The way it works with cover bands in this town is you play two nights — Friday and Saturday — from 9 p.m. to close. Three one-hour sets punctuated by 10-minute breaks, with a longer (80-minute) set to end the night.
Wait, are we playing Jimmy Buffet and then Slayer, or is it the other way [...]
Quick reminder: The Ducksnorts 2009 Baseball Annual is now shipping. Go buy a copy or five… In case you missed it, we’re doing community projections again this year. Read the introduction to learn more about the comatosely accurate IVIEs, available only here at Ducksnorts.
Padres IVIE Projections (Draft) for 2009: Infielders
PA
BA
OBP
SLG
Matt Antonelli
250
.219
.312
.321
Chris Burke
250
.220
.311
.331
Everth Cabrera
150
.215
.274
.308
David Eckstein
450
.274
.332
.340
Adrian Gonzalez
675
.288
.357
.504
Edgar [...]
I’m happy to report that the first week of serious work on the Ducksnorts 2009 Baseball Annual went well. I made progress on several fronts:
I had some good discussions with my editorial advisory board, which is just a fancy name for folks who are helping guide me as we move forward with the project. I [...]
First off, if your #2 hitter lays down a sacrifice bunt in the first inning — as Luis Rodriguez did on Friday night — then you probably need to find another #2 hitter. Second, for as indifferent as I generally am to the stolen base, it disturbs me that Willy Taveras has more than twice [...]
Triple-A — Portland 8, Tacoma 5
Matt Antonelli: 0-for-3, BB, SF
Chip Ambres: 1-for-5, HR
Brian Myrow: 0-for-4, BB
Will Venable: 1-for-3, BB, SB
Nick Hundley: 1-for-3, 2B, BB
Justin Huber (DH): 1-for-4, 2B
Luis Rodriguez: 3-for-4, 2B
Josh Geer: 6 IP, 6 H, 5 R, 3 HR, 1 BB, 2 SO, WP
Dirk Hayhurst: 0.2 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 HR, 1 [...]
Triple-A — Tacoma 1, Portland 0
Matt Antonelli: 1-for-4
Will Venable (CF): 0-for-2, 2 BB
Justin Huber: 0-for-4
Brian Myrow: 0-for-3, BB
Chip Ambres (RF): 0-for-3, BB
Nick Hundley (DH): 0-for-4
Luis Rodriguez: 0-for-3
Wade LeBlanc: 7 IP, 2 H, 1 R, 1 HR, 0 BB, 9 SO, HBP
The Beavers and Rainiers combined for a total of five hits — not your typical [...]
The Padres have signed supplemental first-round pick Jaff Decker [h/t Jonathan S.].
Triple-A — Portland 4, Tacoma 2
Matt Antonelli: 1-for-4, 2B, SB
Chip Ambres (RF): 1-for-4, 2B
Brian Myrow: 2-for-4
Will Venable (CF): 4-for-4, 2B
Nick Hundley: 0-for-4
Justin Huber: 1-for-3, BB
Luis Rodriguez (DH): 0-for-4
Cesar Ramos: 7 IP, 3 H, 2 R, 0 HR, 2 BB, 5 SO
Adam Bass: 0.2 IP, [...]
Before we get to Sunday’s games, here’s a brief chat I had with John Conniff, of MadFriars.com, about his impressions from a recent trip to Portland:
Ducksnorts: The big names at Portland, of course, are Chase Headley and Matt Antonelli. How do they look so far this year?
Conniff: Obviously by the numbers that they are putting [...]
Triple-A — Las Vegas 8, Portland 1
Matt Antonelli: 0-for-5, E
Oscar Robles (3B): 1-for-5
Jody Gerut (CF): 1-for-1, 3 BB, SB
Brian Myrow: 0-for-3, BB, E
Edgar Gonzalez (RF): 0-for-2, BB, HBP
Chase Headley: 0-for-3, BB
Luis Rodriguez: 0-for-3
Cesar Ramos: 5 IP, 5 H, 2 R, 0 HR, 4 BB, 6 SO
Mauro Zarate: 1.2 IP, 3 H, 2 R, 0 HR, [...]
Triple-A — Salt Lake 9, Portland 4
Matt Antonelli: 1-for-5, 2B
Oscar Robles (DH): 1-for-4, 2B
Jody Gerut: 2-for-4, HR
Brian Myrow: 1-for-3, BB
Nick Hundley: 0-for-4
Chase Headley: 1-for-3, HBP
Chip Ambres (CF): 1-for-3, BB
Luis Rodriguez: 0-for-4
Craig Stansberry: 0-for-3, BB
Shawn Estes: 5 IP, 7 H, 6 R, 1 HR, 1 BB, 4 SO
Dirk Hayhurst: 2 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 [...]
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