Blast from the Past: Old Free Agents, Ugly Drafts, and Great Albums

Wednesday, November 26, 2008
by Geoff Young
Not much of a theme today. Just... whatever... Remember when we used to lust after Marcus Giles? This was in 2002 -- years before he actually arrived and demonstrated an alarming inability to hit baseballs. We kinda had a thing for Jose Vidro and Bobby Hill back then, too. Don't ask. On the bright side, Royce Clayton signed with Milwaukee, leaving the Padres with their fallback option of... Mark Loretta. That same year, we were underwhelmed by the Padres off-season moves, and who can blame us? The big free-agent signings were 39-year-old outfielder Brady Anderson, injured right-handers Francisco Cordova and Jaret Wright, and 46-year-old left-hander Jesse Orosco. I think all of us were expecting big things from the '03 team after those moves. Could you ...
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Blast from the Past: Random Bits of November

Wednesday, November 12, 2008
by Geoff Young
Let's see, what were we talking about this time last year? Two years ago? Four years? Six? 2007 We were chatting with our pal Steve Poltz about music, baseball, and life: I have a song coming out on my new CD that's called "A Brief History of My Life." It starts off with us moving to Pasadena from Halifax and taking an oath that we wouldn't join the Communist party. That's the first thing I remember -- standing next to my dad, and him becoming an American citizen. Then later in the song, the chorus goes: We talked Hollywood and baseball in the car The voice of Vin Scully will travel real far The next chorus says, "The voice of Jack Buck"; the third one says, "The voice of Ernie Harwell"; ...
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Padres Farm Report (21 May 08)

Wednesday, May 21, 2008
by Geoff Young
Triple-A -- Portland 4, Tucson 1 Matt Antonelli: 0-for-3, 2 BB Chase Headley: 1-for-4, 2B Brian Myrow: 0-for-4 Chip Ambres (CF): 2-for-3, 2 2B, BB Nick Hundley: 0-for-4 Michael Barrett (PH): 1-for-1, 2B Will Venable (PH): 0-for-1 Cesar Ramos: 6 IP, 3 H, 1 R, 0 HR, 2 BB, 2 SO Carlos Guevara: 1 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 HR, 1 BB, 0 SO (3 GO) Adam Bass: 1 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 HR, 2 BB, 0 SO Jared Wells: 1 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 HR, 0 BB, 0 SO Antonelli returns to the leadoff spot after an extended stay at the bottom of the order. Rich Lederer at Baseball Analysts examines Antonelli's disappointing start to 2008 ...
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