New year? What the heck, let’s bring back the Friday Links. Can’t say they’ll be here every week, but they’re here now: Alomar, McGriff and a Blockbuster Trade (New York Times). Tyler Kepner remembers an old Padres/Blue Jays trade. And yeah, Roberto Alomar got jobbed by the Hall of Fame voters (don’t worry, he’ll get [...]
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Obligatory and Somewhat Awkward Year-End Summary
I’m supposed to write something about baseball here. That’s my recollection, anyway. First, a quick programming note: The long, once-a-week pieces from last year are done. Turns out they required a lot of work, and I’m lazy, so no mas. I’ll be publishing more frequently this year and the articles will be shorter. If 2009 [...]
Will I Lose My Sight if I Watch, or Just My Lunch?
Apparently the Padres still have games to play. What a relief… Adrian Hits the Skids I was thinking about whether Adrian Gonzalez’s recent slide might be a result of his being tired and whether he should take a day or two off. Then I realized that I don’t care how he performs this year as [...]
Ducksnorts Top 20 Prospects
The good folks at MadFriars.com have published my list of top 20 Padres prospects. As always, this list represents a snapshot in time. I’m expecting a few of these names to shift places by the time I send the book off to the printer in February. That said, I feel pretty good about the list. [...]
Padres Farm Report (14 May 08)
Triple-A — Iowa 5, Portland 2 Craig Stansberry (SS): 1-for-4 Chase Headley: 1-for-4, HR Will Venable (CF): 0-for-3, HBP Chip Ambres (RF): 1-for-4, 2B Brian Myrow (PH): 0-for-1 Josh Banks: 6 IP, 4 H, 3 R, 1 HR, 1 BB, 3 SO Dirk Hayhurst: 1 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 HR, 0 BB, 2 [...]
Padres Farm Report (30 Apr 08)
Triple-A — Portland 5, Oklahoma 4 Matt Antonelli: 0-for-3, BB Jody Gerut (CF/RF): 3-for-4 Chase Headley: 0-for-2 (pulled after three innings, no explanation given) Chip Ambres (CF): 1-for-1, HR, BB (didn’t start) Brian Myrow: 1-for-3, BB Edgar Gonzalez (RF/LF): 2-for-4, BB Will Venable (DH): 0-for-4 Nick Hundley: 1-for-3 Craig Stansberry: 0-for-3 Cesar Ramos: 3 IP, [...]
Padres Farm Report (24 Apr 08)
Triple-A No PCL games scheduled. Double-A San Antonio @ Frisco, postponed. High-A — Lake Elsinore 6, High Desert 1 Javis Diaz: 1-for-5, 2B Robert Perry (CF): 0-for-4 Eric Sogard (DH): 2-for-3, BB Rayner Contreras: 1-for-3 Mitch Canham: 3-for-4, 3B Nathan Culp: 6.2 IP, 7 H, 1 R, 1 HR, 0 BB, 2 SO (12 GO) [...]
Padres Farm Report (14 Apr 08)
Triple-A — Salt Lake 13, Portland 6 Matt Antonelli: 1-for-5, HR, E Jody Gerut (RF): 2-for-5 Chase Headley: 2-for-5 Brian Myrow: 2-for-5 Will Venable: 1-for-4, BB, SB Chip Ambres (CF): 1-for-5 Craig Stansberry (3B): 2-for-4, 2B, 2 E Nick Hundley: 2-for-4 Luis Rodriguez: 4-for-4 Dirk Hayhurst: 3.1 IP, 7 H, 5 R, 0 HR, 0 [...]
Friday Links (25 Jan 08)
Before we hit the links, a quick reminder that FriarFest is this weekend. I went last year and it freakin’ rocked. Anywho… Sdpads1 continues his reflection on the Petco Park era by examining the relationship between a team’s payroll and its on-field success. This line of inquiry fascinates me, and Sdpads1′s findings shouldn’t surprise anyone [...]
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