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Forget Wins, Just Focus on Self-Respect

by Geoff Young on Jul 09, 2011 (26) Comments

Things started so well in San Francisco. Those first two wins against the Giants at PhoneCo Park lulled us into a false sense of competence.

Symbol of a Lost Season

by Geoff Young on Jun 21, 2011 (68) Comments

While the Padres were getting pasted by the Red Sox at Fenway on Monday evening in the first game of what I told a friend “has a chance to be the least competitive series between two baseball teams all season,” I was rewriting an article. Part of that article landed on the cutting room floor, [...]

Dali Meets Federman

by Geoff Young on Apr 11, 2011 (7) Comments

What the heck happened this weekend? It was a Dali painting wrapped in a Federman novel inside a flaming bag of… well, it was weird…

Pity About the Padres Offense

by Geoff Young on Apr 03, 2011 (17) Comments

The Padres made Jake Westbrook work hard on Saturday in St. Louis. The veteran right-hander used 89 pitches and didn’t survive the fifth inning. Five walks helped. Three of those five walks came around to score.

More Notes from Peoria

by Geoff Young on Mar 23, 2011 (6) Comments

We got a late start on Saturday and didn’t arrive at the ballpark until 12:30 p.m., which meant missing all the morning practices. We sat in Section 119, up along the foul line in left field — close to the action but at a severe angle. The Cubs had come to Peoria and so had [...]