February 14, 2010 – 6:36 am
Congrats to Dex, jbox, and the gang as Gaslamp Ball celebrates five years of blogging the Padres. Way to go, guys.
You know what was happening when Ducksnorts celebrated its fifth anniversary? Adam Eaton was getting beat like a drum at Coors Field; Phil Nevin started at third base and Bubba Trammell knocked a meaningless homer [...]
December 9, 2008 – 6:16 am
I’m a little behind in my links, so some of these might be oldish. Hey, better late than never…
Organization free of bad contracts and long-term financial obligations (San Diego Union-Tribune). Good stuff from Tom Krasovic:
The Padres certainly are familiar with toxic player contracts… The low-revenue Marlins and Twins almost never made such mistakes, but the [...]
By Geoff Young
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Posted in Notes and Links
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Also tagged alex-eisenberg, Baseball, baseball digest daily, brian giles, bud black, bud selig, denis-savage, golden-baseball-league, hall of fame, hardball times, john-brattain, kellen kulbacki, ken griffey jr, khalil greene, kyle blanks, matt antonelli, mlb, padres, payroll, peter-ueberroth, prospects, rickey henderson, steve-treder, surf-dawgs, terry kennedy, tim sullivan, tom krasovic
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November 12, 2008 – 5:53 am
Let’s see, what were we talking about this time last year? Two years ago? Four years? Six?
2007
We were chatting with our pal Steve Poltz about music, baseball, and life:
I have a song coming out on my new CD that’s called “A Brief History of My Life.” It starts off with us moving to Pasadena from [...]
By Geoff Young
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Posted in Odds and Ends
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Also tagged becoming an american citizen, bruce bochy, drew brees, ernie harwell, history of my life, jack buck, jason bay, jason kendall, jay payton, jerry coleman, josh barfield, khalil greene, marcus giles, mark loretta, sean burroughs, steve poltz, vin scully, wally backman
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November 8, 2008 – 6:39 am
What the heck, I’m up anyway. Let’s have a little Saturday morning linkfest…
Organization picks up $9 million option for right fielder in 2009. Tom Krasovic at the U-T reports that the Padres have picked up Brian Giles’ option for 2009. Score one for common sense.
Adrian Gonzalez-Jim Stone Extravaganza Golf Tournament & Fiesta. Adrian Gonzalez is [...]
By Geoff Young
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Posted in Notes and Links
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Also tagged adrian gonzalez, alan trammell, Baseball, baseball america, baseball prospectus, bob-melvin, brian giles, bud black, chris young, free agents, golf, internet-baseball-awards, jake peavy, jerome williams, jim stone, khalil greene, maury-wills, minor leagues, padres, prospects, randy-jones, tom krasovic, willie-buchanon
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January 23, 2008 – 7:08 am
General Manager Kevin Towers has signed a contract extension that will keep him in San Diego through 2010 (hat tip to several readers). To celebrate, here is a high-level look at Towers’ year-by-year trading record:
Kevin Towers Trades by Year
Win Shares
Year
No
In
Out
Diff
Best
1995
2
66
14
+52
Roberts for Joyner, Dec 21
1996
8
+178
107
+71
Ausmus and Cedeno for Flaherty and Gomez, Jun 18
1997
17
144
169
-25
Lee for Brown, Dec [...]
October 23, 2003 – 12:00 am
Clearing off the ol’ desk real quick. Enjoy…
A reader alerted me to these two articles over at Prospectus where Jonah Keri interviews Padre GM Kevin Towers. As usual, Towers is pretty candid and it’s a good read.
The reader who sent this also noted, “He [Towers] says he’s working on a trade for a catcher [...]
By Geoff Young
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Posted in Baseball
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Also tagged bobby estalella, brad ausmus, damian miller, jason varitek, joe mauer, jorge posada, matt lecroy, ramon castro, ramon hernandez, rondell white, ryan klesko
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March 20, 2003 – 12:00 am
What the heck, I haven’t done a good rant in a while. Okay, there was the Junior Seau riff the other day but when you get down to it, that was just football.
So, if you missed it, the Pads acquired Rondell White from the Yankees. Yep, Kevin Towers finally found a taker for Bubba Trammell’s [...]
By Geoff Young
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Posted in Minors, Trade Analysis
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Also tagged bubba trammell, junior seau, kazuo matsui, mark phillips, miguel tejada, mlb, padres, rant, rondell white, vlad guerrero
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October 19, 2002 – 12:00 am
Okay, ducksnorts.com is back in effect, so you can forget about all those other nasty URLs I gave you. Once again, your patience is appreciated.
Game 1 of the World Series tonight. Woo-hoo! And I’ll be at band practice, trying to figure out how to play Rick James’ “Superfreak” without keyboards. Sigh.
But I’ll tape the game; [...]
September 25, 2002 – 12:00 am
I’m back from a week on the road. Drove up to Ashland, saw some plays (Shakespeare’s Winter’s Tale and Michael Frayn’s Noises Off for the curious), hung with the ‘rents. It was great to get away and relax for a bit. Vacations are always a little depressing, though. I mean, wouldn’t it be cool if [...]
