The moment you’ve been waiting for has arrived. No, Yvonne Strahovski isn’t coming over for dinner; I’m talking about the Ducksnorts 2009 Baseball Annual.
I may be biased, but I think this is the best Annual yet. I’m pleased with both the content and the presentation (big tip o’ the cap to Chris Bauer for the [...]
By Geoff Young
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Posted in 2007 Annual, 2008 Annual, 2009 Annual
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Also tagged Baseball, chris bauer, dashboards, depth charts, expansion draft, graphical analysis, haiku, jake peavy, minnesota twins, minor league affiliate, paul depodesta, san diego padres, Spring Training, tim redding
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February 9, 2009 – 5:51 am
What fascinates me is how quickly it all happened. The Padres lost their 99th game of the season on September 28, and a little more than four months later, everything had changed.
Sure, Petco Park is still here, as are Kevin Towers and Bud Black. Adrian Gonzalez hasn’t left, nor has Jake Peavy (though not for [...]
By Geoff Young
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Posted in Baseball
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Also tagged adrian gonzalez, clean house, cliff floyd, club history, jake peavy, jeff moorad, john moores, khalil greene, mark worrell, matt-bush, petco park, sandy alderson, tony gwynn, trevor hoffman
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January 14, 2009 – 5:08 am
I watched a replay of the ‘98 NL West clincher Tuesday night on Channel 4. Mel Proctor and Rick Sutcliffe called the game (with Mark Grant handling the John Weisbarth “roving reporter” role), which made me realize how very dearly I will miss Matt Vasgersian this year.
The fun part of that game, of course, was [...]
By Geoff Young
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Posted in History, Roster Notes
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Also tagged first baseman, glenn hoffman, home plate umpire, jim leyritz, ken caminiti, mark grant, mark langston, mark mcgwire, matt luke, nl west, rick sutcliffe, sammy sosa, tino martinez, wally joyner, wrigley field
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November 7, 2008 – 5:48 am
As you know by now, Matt Vasgersian is leaving the Padres after seven years to join the new MLB Network as its first studio host. Since Matt has been such a part of our lives over those seven years, I thought it might be nice to get some parting words from the man himself, and [...]
November 4, 2008 – 5:09 am
I have decided, for the first time in 20 years, to participate in a general election. Ordinarily in life I try to stay as far away from politics as possible, but one measure on the California ballot and two political parties have convinced that it’s time for me to get off my butt and vote.
My [...]
By Geoff Young
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Posted in Notes and Links
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Also tagged arizona fall league, barracuda, Baseball, bill james, california ballot, curt schilling, heart, History, jake peavy, jay-paris, jim-lefebvre, john-olerud, ladies-locker-room, mike-baxter, nick-canepa, north county times, padres, paul depodesta, sacrifice bunt, seamheads, sean kazmar, simulation, ted-simmons
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September 1, 2008 – 7:04 am
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 [...]
Padres (1-0) vs Astros (0-1)
Chris Young vs Brandon Backe
7:05 p.m. PT
Channel 4SD
AM 1090, FM 105.7, XM 184
MLB, B-R
I’m getting in late on this, but big congratulations to Ducksnorts friend Ed Barnes on taking over as producer for Padres telecasts (h/t Friar Forecast) at Channel 4SD. Among many other things, Ed was instrumental in setting up [...]
February 13, 2008 – 7:38 am
Sit down and get comfy. Like, real comfy. Okay, not that comfy — put on a robe or something, will ya?
With luck, this is the last update I’ll provide on the Ducksnorts 2008 Baseball Annual that doesn’t end with the phrase, “go buy it.” I’m expecting to deliver the manuscript to the publisher on Thursday [...]
