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Chase Headley and the Art of the Comp

September 28, 2009 – 7:29 am

Reader TexPadre recently posed the following question:
When will Chase Headley show a decent amount of power? Or will he ever?
Headley, you may recall, was the subject of much hype in spring training 2008. He had just come off a monster season (.330/.437/.580) at Double-A San Antonio and people got a little silly, mistaking him for [...]

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Third Door on the Left/Patchwork Pitching Staff Blues

April 6, 2009 – 5:10 am

You are in the wrong place. You want hope — third door on the left, just past apathy and before foolishness.

Take a good look at what you cannot have.
It is written that the Padres will be terrible this year, and what is written must be true. Cancel the games, record them as losses, save us [...]

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Writing the Book (3 Nov 08)

November 3, 2008 – 5:58 am

Wanderlust strikes again. I’m plotting my 2009 baseball trip… something to do with Tucson, San Antonio, Austin, Albuquerque (I am determined to see a game there after missing twice on the way to Cooperstown and back in ‘07), and a return trip to the Grand Canyon. I’m thinking some time around Memorial Day, but we’ll [...]

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Padres Farm Report (24 Apr 08)

April 24, 2008 – 12:21 am

Triple-A
No PCL games scheduled.
Double-A
San Antonio @ Frisco, postponed.
High-A — Lake Elsinore 6, High Desert 1
Javis Diaz: 1-for-5, 2B
Robert Perry (CF): 0-for-4
Eric Sogard (DH): 2-for-3, BB
Rayner Contreras: 1-for-3
Mitch Canham: 3-for-4, 3B
Nathan Culp: 6.2 IP, 7 H, 1 R, 1 HR, 0 BB, 2 SO (12 GO)
Sogard is a friggin’ machine.
Low-A — Clinton 5, Fort Wayne 0
Bradley [...]

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Padres Farm Report (8 Apr 08)

April 8, 2008 – 12:11 am

Tom Krasovic at the U-T reports that Michael Barrett has been placed on the 15-day disabled list (h/t Baseball in Fort Wayne) due to a “strained throwing elbow” suffered during Monday afternoon’s 8-4 win over the Giants. Much is unknown at this point, but it doesn’t sound good. Meanwhile, Colt Morton will come up from [...]

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