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 [...]
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Links for 9 Dec 08
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, [...]
Links for 8 Nov 08
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 [...]
Towers Signs through 2010
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 [...]
Trade for Catcher in the Works?
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 [...]
Giving Away Phillips
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 [...]
Looking Back at Preseason Projections
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 [...]
Back from Ashland
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 [...]
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