Party Like It’s 1989

Wednesday, February 20, 2008
by Geoff Young
Doing some research for an article, flipping through Baseball America's 1989 Almanac. The book doesn't list top prospects by team, but it does list them by league. Here are some familiar (and not-so-familiar) names for you: Triple-A Gary Sheffield, 3B, Denver (Brewers): American Association #2 (behind Mike Harkey, ahead of Randy Johnson). Steve Finley, OF, Rochester (Orioles): International League #4 (behind Dave West, ahead of Greg Jefferies). Sandy Alomar Jr., C, Las Vegas (Padres): Pacific Coast League #1 (ahead of Ramon Martinez). Alomar also was BA's Triple-A player of the year....
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Did Giles Bounce Back, and Where Does He Go from Here?

Wednesday, October 31, 2007
by Geoff Young
As part of the book-writing process, I'm going through pretty much everything that we've covered here at Ducksnorts over the past year or so. One question we asked last November was whether Brian Giles' 2006 was a blip or the beginning of a slide. Among other things, we looked at a slew of historical comps for Giles and found that most of the guys who continued to play didn't experience further catastrophic decline. There were a couple notable exceptions (Fred Lynn, Ray Lankford) that haunt Padres fans in particular, but in general, we were looking at a group of players that didn't fall off the proverbial cliff at age 36. Thankfully, Giles didn't go Lynn or Lankford on us. He ...
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Looking Back at Preseason Projections

Saturday, October 19, 2002
by Geoff Young
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; only bad thing about that is I can't listen to ESPN radio while watching the game. You know I'm not going to listen to the Fox announcers. While we're waiting, I thought I'd take a look back at some preseason projections for Padre players (alliteration not intended). Hey, Dennis Tankersley hit .308/.308/.615 in 13 at-bats. Who knew? Long story somewhat shorter, I did the best on three of the ...
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