February 9, 2010 – 5:38 am
While we’re all anxiously awaiting the official signing of Yorvit Torrealba, here’s something that caught my eye: Gaslamp Ball informs us that Tony Gwynn’s daughter recently got married to former Padres farmhand Kennard Jones. That got me to wondering what I’d said about Jones back in the day.
The Padres selected Jones out of the University [...]
By Geoff Young
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Posted in Minors, Odds and Ends
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Also tagged failed prospects, freddy guzman, george kottaras, jeff niemann, jered weaver, jeremy sowers, jim callis, josh barfield, juan pierre, kennard jones, khalil greene, matt-bush, nomar garciaparra, orlando hudson, wade townsend
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October 20, 2008 – 7:49 am
Life happened this week; the book, not so much. I did make up some ground over the weekend — put in about 10 hours on Saturday and another 4-5 on Sunday. It’s not as much as I’d have liked, but it’s better than nothing.
In addition to the actual writing, I’m playing a lot with design [...]
By Geoff Young
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Posted in 2009 Annual
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Also tagged boston terrier, design elements, focas, gill sans mt, justin germano, oprah, palatino linotype, pitchers, sam carter, sg 1, smitty, times new roman
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August 26, 2008 – 7:32 am
In the Ducksnorts 2008 Baseball Annual I noted that Adrian Gonzalez didn’t ground into many double plays in 2007. Given how slow he is and how many he’d hit into the year before, this surprised me. Well, now he’s back to his old tricks:
Adrian Gonzalez, Grounders and Double Plays
Year
PA
GIDP
GB%
Statistics are courtesy of Baseball-Reference and Hardball [...]
Padres vs Marlins
12:35 p.m. PT
DIRECTV 726 (Fish feed)
AM 1090, FM 105.7, XM 186
MLB, B-R
Fun game Tuesday night. Nice to see Scott Hairston finally get on track — two doubles, a homer, and an out to the wall in left-center works for me.
Chip Ambres, Brian Myrow, and Joe Thatcher all were recalled to the big club [...]
By Geoff Young
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Posted in In-Game Discussion
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Also tagged brian myrow, debut, joe thatcher, marlins, mlb, padres, petco park, randy wolf, scott hairston, shakeup, software documentation, waivers
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Fun win Friday night. A buddy of mine scored us some sweet seats in the Toyota Terrace for the excellent price of free. Among other things we got to see Greg Maddux pitch a gem and Chase Headley knock his first homer in San Diego.
My wife and I particularly enjoyed watching Headley and Khalil Greene [...]
By Geoff Young
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Posted in Game Recaps, Minors
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Also tagged brian myrow, chase headley, craig cooper, drew macias, enrique gonzalez, greg maddux, joe thatcher, joel zumaya, khalil greene, lake elsinore, matt antonelli, peter ciofrone, vince sinisi, will venable
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That was satisfying. We took the in-laws out to the ballgame — sprung for Toyota Terrace seats, first time this year. They picked a good time to visit. Mom is from the old country, but I was heartened to see that she chose to root for the home team rather than Hiroki Kuroda. She digs [...]
Brian Giles should have one more hit to his credit this season. Not that it affected the outcome, but Alfredo Amezaga absolutely didn’t catch Giles’ soft liner in the top of the eighth. Also, what a strange game for Paul McAnulty: hit by a pitch, thrown out trying to advance on a popup to third [...]
By Geoff Young
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Posted in Minors
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Also tagged alfredo amezaga, brian giles, brian myrow, chase headley, chip ambres, craig cooper, craig stansberry, jody gerut, jonathan ellis, josh bard, matt antonelli, midwest league, mitch canham, nathan culp, shane buschini, shawn estes, steve garrison
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The Padres need to go out and get more hitters. I know this is true because I keep hearing it. I also know it’s a complete load of garbage. What they really need is for the hitters they already have to start performing up to their capabilities.
Padres Hitters: 2008, 2007, Career
2008
2007
Career
Age
PA
OPS+
PA
OPS+
PA
OPS+
Statistics are courtesy of Baseball-Reference [...]
Thanks to reader Lance for hooking us up with seats two rows behind the visitors dugout on Wednesday night. First time I’ve been anywhere near that close at Petco Park, and it’s a whole different experience. For a guy like me who lives in nosebleed, just, wow.
Also, belated welcome to all the folks at Gaslamp [...]
By Geoff Young
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Posted in Game Recaps
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Also tagged adrian gonzalez, brian giles, double play, dugout, jim edmonds, josh bard, matt cain, nosebleed, padres, petco park, piano man, political debate, scott hairston, trevor hoffman
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April 19, 2008 – 11:26 am
I’m late to the party — blame a lack of sleep and previously scheduled interview (Jim returned the favor and interviewed me at AZ Snakepit) — but here are some observations from Thursday’s epic 22-inning battle with the Rockies:
Jake Peavy dominated. Yeah, the game went another 14 innings after Peavy departed, but he was brilliant.
Trevor [...]
