October 12, 2009 – 7:22 am
As you doubtless know by now, the Padres have fired GM Kevin Towers. It’s taken me so long to write about this because it is difficult for me to articulate my feelings. His departure hits me harder than those of Bruce Bochy, Trevor Hoffman, Sandy Alderson, or Jake Peavy.
Towers was the primary architect of the [...]
February 9, 2009 – 5:51 am
What fascinates me is how quickly it all happened. The Padres lost their 99th game of the season on September 28, and a little more than four months later, everything had changed.
Sure, Petco Park is still here, as are Kevin Towers and Bud Black. Adrian Gonzalez hasn’t left, nor has Jake Peavy (though not for [...]
By Geoff Young
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Posted in Baseball
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Also tagged adrian gonzalez, clean house, cliff floyd, club history, jake peavy, jeff moorad, john moores, khalil greene, mark worrell, matt vasgersian, matt-bush, petco park, tony gwynn, trevor hoffman
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February 4, 2009 – 5:58 am
It’s official: Jeff Moorad’s group is purchasing the Padres. Once the deal is finalized, Sandy Alderson will leave the organization.
Moorad will take over for John Moores, who bought the Padres in December 1994, rescuing the team from Tom Werner’s wave of destruction. Although taking shots at Moores is arguably more popular than baseball around these [...]
December 18, 2008 – 6:16 am
Before we get to the rest of the links, I have to call my own number. I’ve got a new article up at Hardball Times that looks back at some old projections I did here at Ducksnorts many moons ago. Good fun…
Lots to cover this morning:
Padres experienced relative success in Moores Era (San Diego Union-Tribune). [...]
By Geoff Young
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Posted in Notes and Links
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Also tagged barry-bloom, Baseball, espn, hardball times, jake peavy, john moores, mlb, padres, payroll, petco park, rob neyer, san diego union tribune, tom krasovic, world series, world-baseball-classic
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October 22, 2008 – 7:27 am
Notes to self: Always add Sriracha to spaghetti sauce, stop leering at Yvonne Strahovski, listen to more Fishbone…
Why not us? Comparing Royals’ moves to Rays’ decisions (Kansas City Star). Reader Didi sends this article by Joe Posnanski. There’s plenty of good stuff in here, but looking beyond the article, what gets me is the fact [...]
By Geoff Young
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Posted in Notes and Links
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Also tagged Baseball, bob-shirley, brian giles, chris-dial, dave-dravecky, eric-rasmussen, gaslamp-ball, hardball times, jody gerut, joe-posnanski, kansas city royals, padres, sabermetrics, scott-sanders, steve-treder, tampa-bay-rays
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October 17, 2008 – 6:28 am
The topic du jour seems to be Jake Peavy, so let’s get busy…
Paul DePodesta weighs in on the situation [h/t LynchMob]: “If you have something you value at one million dollars, it would be foolish to refuse to consider selling it for twenty million dollars. On the flip side, it would also be foolish to [...]
By Geoff Young
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Posted in Notes and Links
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Also tagged Baseball, baseball digest daily, baseball prospectus, buster olney, dave-cameron, economy, espn, fangraphs, gaslamp-ball, jake peavy, mike-adams, padres, paul depodesta, prima-donna, rotator-cuff, surgery
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October 7, 2008 – 6:32 am
Right-hander Dirk Hayhurst has been claimed off waivers by the Toronto Blue Jays. Dirk was gracious enough to chat with us not long ago. Although his Padre career lasted just 16 2/3 innings, it got his foot in the proverbial door. Here’s wishing Dirk all the best in Toronto (one of my favorite cities) as [...]
By Geoff Young
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Posted in Notes and Links, Roster Notes
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Also tagged baseball dreams, dirk hayhurst, eduardo perez, greg maddux, jake peavy, josh bard, kansas city royals, khalil greene, paul depodesta, seattle mariners, shawn estes, toronto blue jays, waivers
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September 8, 2008 – 5:29 am
Reader Malcolm forwards an inspired piece penned by Los Angeles Times columnist T.J. Simers that sings the praises of Dodgers GM Ned Colletti. Ken Tremendous at Fire Joe Morgan picks the article apart nicely (F-bomb warning) and is left wondering whether it is parody or straight reporting.
This, of course, is the best kind of humor. [...]
By Geoff Young
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Posted in Baseball
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Also tagged andruw jones, arizona diamondbacks, casbah, casey blake, dolts, jason schmidt, juan pierre, los angeles times, manny ramirez, ned colletti, professional baseball, t j simers, world series appearances
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I’ve hesitated to run this because I find the whole “bloggers talking about bloggers” thing a bit esoteric, but people keep asking me my opinion, so here goes nothing…
A while back, when I had the opportunity to chat with Padres CEO Sandy Alderson, he mentioned that he wouldn’t be against bringing bloggers into the press [...]
I never think of the future. It comes soon enough.
–Albert Einstein
I’m no Einstein, but I certainly think of the future. So, apparently, do the Padres. As threatened, they have proven to be major players in this year’s international market.
In our recent discussion with Sandy Alderson, he indicated that the Padres hoped to “sign some players [...]
By Geoff Young
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Posted in Minors
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Also tagged adis portillo, albert einstein, alvaro aristy, amateur talent, baseball america, corey adamson, elvin tavarez, espn, luis domoromo, padres, prospects
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