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Friday Links (5 Feb 10)

You’ll have to supply your own snappy intro today…

The Case for Mark Loretta’s Hall of Fame Enshrinement (Gaslamp Ball). This is hilarious, although I’m not sure that’s its intent.
Willie Mays, at 78, Decides to Tell His Story (New York Times). One of the game’s legends has a biography coming out soon. [h/t Didi]
Different parallels [...]

Eckstein Marks the Spot

Let me just say up front that I’m a fan of guys who get the most of our their ability. If you aren’t gifted with overwhelming tools and still find a way to succeed, unless you’re a complete jerk, I’m behind you.
With that disclaimer out of the way, it should come as no surprise that [...]

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

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 [...]

Blast from the Past: Random Bits of November

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 [...]

Padres Farm Report (21 May 08)

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 [...]