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OBG08: Cla Meredith

Monday, February 11, 2008
by Geoff Young

I'm a sucker for freak stats, so I love the fact that Cla Meredith recorded more groundball outs in 2007 than did Chris Young despite pitching less than half as many innings. Meredith gave up a lot more hits last year than he did in his rookie campaign, but despite the high batting average, the overall line against him was .296/.334/.387 -- that's sort of like Willie McGee, Luis Polonia, Lance Johnson, or any number of other "slap-and-go" hitters from the '80s and '90s; Mickey Rivers if you want to go old-school, Mark Grudzielanek if you want to update it. In other words, ...

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Greene Day

Monday, March 22, 2004
by Geoff Young

The big news, of course, is that Khalil Greene has won the shortstop job. Rey Ordonez abruptly and unexpectedly left camp, essentially giving Greene the nod. It should be said that Greene was making a strong claim on the position even before Ordonez left (which may also have been a contributing factor to Ordonez' departure). I think I speak for most Padre fans when I say that this is a terrific development. Greene had to come out and take the job this spring, and that's just what he did. The future at shortstop begins right now. And now, as the players stretch themselves ...

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