Friday Links (12 Sep 08)

Friday, September 12, 2008
by Geoff Young
That was a fun one Thursday night, eh? I'd make a crack about how it's only the Giants, but seeing as how we have virtually no chance of overtaking them for fourth place, that hardly seems appropriate. Seriously, though, it's cool to see a bunch of these kids that I watched at Elsinore come up here and have some success. Matt Antonelli knocked three hits and drew a walk (and only a fine play by Omar Vizquel kept him from reaching base a fifth time), Drew Macias collected his first big-league hit (a homer off Matt Cain, no less), and Josh Geer tossed a gem. Meanwhile, we've got ...

Has Anyone Seen the Part of Me That Cares?

Tuesday, July 8, 2008
by Geoff Young
In Ashland, just around the corner from the Standing Stone Brewery (excellent Oatmeal Stout), there's a cool little comic book store we always make sure to visit. This time, on impulse, I bought every baseball card they had in stock -- 41 packs of maybe 30-40 cards each, separated by team -- for $19. There's everyone in here from Hall-of-Famers Paul Molitor and Eddie Murray to the all-but-forgotten Bill Stein. Heck, I've got Omar Vizquel as a Mariner. Anyway, one of the packs contains nothing but Padres: Broderick Perkins Mike Maddux (x2) Frank Seminara Bip Roberts Jeremy Hernandez (x2) "Eddie" Whitson "Benny" Santiago Tim Teufel (x5) Andy Benes (x3) Rich Rodriguez (x3) Randy Myers (the moderately effective version, not the completely sucky and expensive one; x3) Dan Walters ...
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