Series Preview: Lisa Gray Talks Astros

Monday, March 31, 2008
by Geoff Young
I'm making a concerted effort to do more interviews this year and get more voices talking here at Ducksnorts. With that in mind, it's my great pleasure to bring you Lisa Gray, of the excellent Astros Dugout, who will tell us a little more about the Padres' first opponent of 2008. Ducksnorts: The Astros and Padres are similar in many respects. Both teams entered the league during the '60s and still are largely ignored by the national media. With the retirement of Jeff Bagwell and now Craig Biggio, how does the franchise go about re-establishing itself in an environment where so much emphasis is placed on individual players, particularly those in large media markets? Gray: That ...

World Series IGD: Astros @ White Sox, Game 1

Saturday, October 22, 2005
by Geoff Young
first pitch: 4:30 p.m., PT television: Fox matchup: Roger Clemens (13-8, 1.87 ERA) vs Jose Contreras (15-7, 3.61 ERA) preview: MLB.com Feels weird doing one of these without the Padres in it, but if you're watching the game and you want to hang out and chat, please feel free. I'm really looking forward to what should be some great pitching matchups. I can only imagine how folks in Chicago and Houston must feel. Here's hoping for an outstanding series.
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Happy Halloween!

Friday, October 31, 2003
by Geoff Young
Happy Halloween! New look is pretty scary, ain't it? Ah, the joy of CSS. Don't worry, it'll all be back to normal soon enough. My latest article is up over at Primer: Baseball Primer's 2003 Managers of the Year. Feel free to chime in on the relative merits of Alan Trammell or whatever. Seriously, if you have any thoughts at all on the award and who you thought should have won (or who you thought deserved more or less consideration than Primer authors gave them), stop on by and join the discussion. Go on, it'll be fun. In other news, Alex Belth has done another terrific interview, this one with Pat Jordan, author of A False Spring, among other books. Jordan's thoughts on Roger ...