Writing the Book (20 Oct 08)

Monday, October 20, 2008
by Geoff Young
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 elements. People have been telling me for years that I suck at design, so I'm trying to make that less true. I've been studying fonts and settled on a couple that should be a huge improvement over the uninspired Arial/Times New Roman combination that I employed in the first two books. (For those who care about such things, I'm going with Gill Sans MT/Palatino ...

Padres Farm Report (25 Jun 08)

Wednesday, June 25, 2008
by Geoff Young
If your avatar is missing from the comments, it's because I'm testing a theory. Let me know if you notice a difference in the site's performance. Triple-A -- Tacoma 4, Portland 2 Matt Antonelli: 0-for-5 Luis Rodriguez: 1-for-4 Chip Ambres: 0-for-4 Brian Myrow: 1-for-2, 2 BB Will Venable: 1-for-4 Nick Hundley: 0-for-3, BB Vince Sinisi (DH): 0-for-3 Justin Huber: 1-for-3, HBP Justin Germano: 5.2 IP, 6 H, 3 R, 1 R, 2 BB, 2 SO Enrique Gonzalez: 1 IP, 1 H, 1 R, 0 HR, 2 BB, 1 SO Sean Henn and Wil Ledezma also worked in this ...
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Padres Farm Report (14 Jun 08)

Saturday, June 14, 2008
by Geoff Young
Triple-A -- Portland 7, Fresno 4 Peter Ciofrone (3B): 0-for-5, BB, E Chase Headley: 2-for-5, 2B, HR Brian Myrow: 2-for-5 Chip Ambres (RF): 0-for-3, 2 BB Will Venable (CF): 1-for-4, SH Nick Hundley: 2-for-5, 2B Matt Antonelli: 2-for-4, HBP Vince Sinisi (PH): 1-for-1, HR Luis Rodriguez (PH): 0-for-1 Josh Geer: 5 IP, 8 H, 4 R, 0 HR, 1 BB, 3 SO Enrique Gonzalez: 3 IP, 2 H, 0 R, 0 ...