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All Over Everything and Stuff

by Geoff Young on Jun 17, 2011 (20) Comments

For a team headed nowhere, there sure is a lot going on, eh? Let’s get to it…

Mailbag: On Lineup Construction

by Geoff Young on Mar 03, 2011 (10) Comments

We had some good discussion about possible lineups for the 2011 Padres in last week’s open thread. Several suggestions were made regarding specific order, but a few “big picture” comments caught my attention.

How to Let a Pitcher off the Hook

by Geoff Young on Sep 28, 2010 (14) Comments

Tim Stauffer tossed another gem, allowing one run in a game where he could give up none. The Padres loaded the bases in the ninth against Cubs closer Carlos Marmol but couldn’t score. This was not an affordable loss.

Rocky Mountain Anvil

by Geoff Young on Sep 16, 2010 (6) Comments

Life has kept me from watching as much baseball as I would like in recent weeks. Nothing serious… I mean, it’s just life after all. I did manage to catch bits and pieces of the series in Denver. It should come as no great surprise that I have some thoughts on the games, nor that [...]

Padres Take Two in Houston, Give Third Away

by Geoff Young on May 10, 2010 (8) Comments

One of the hazards of watching a lot of games at Petco Park is a skewed sense of how hard a ball needs to be struck to leave the yard. I caught a few innings of a Mets-Phillies game on TV the other night, and baseballs were flying out of Citizens Bank Park. I had [...]

Padres Guilty of Possession… Sole Possession

by Geoff Young on Apr 22, 2010 (1) Comments

I love small samples. We can’t glean much from 15 games, but at least we can say the Padres are in first place all by their lonesome little selves. That’s a nice place to be. A guy could get comfortable there. Break out the deck chairs and stupid hats. Never mind. It’s too early to [...]

Mailbag: Is Oscar Salazar Any Good?

by Geoff Young on Mar 18, 2010 (3) Comments

Reader LynchMob sends us the following: I’m not an Oscar Salazar fan… can you help me understand how/why he’s going to make the Opening Day roster? He seems perhaps a good study on the concept of “Replacement Level” players… he seems like he’s got to be below-replacement-level… but if that were true, then the Padres [...]