Reshaping the Padres: Let’s Make a Deal (or Three)

Friday, May 23, 2008
by Geoff Young
On Thursday, we examined what the Padres have and what they need. Now we turn to the question of which teams might make good trade partners and then consider some possible scenarios. As of this writing, about half the teams in baseball appear to be in contention. Some will fall of the pace, although it's impossible to know which ones. Others may not be interested in adding payroll despite their hot starts -- Oakland, Florida, and Minnesota come to mind. The NL West teams are probably out as well -- Kevin Towers has made a total of four trades (one with each team) within the division in 12 1/2 years. That's out of 139 total trades, at last count. Almost everyone needs pitching to some degree. ...
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Everybody Loves Tadahito

Thursday, March 20, 2008
by Geoff Young
Says here we've been "dot-com" for 6 years now. Cool. Anyway, I'm working on an interview with Tom Krasovic of the San Diego Union-Tribune (it'll run on Monday), and one topic we discussed was potential surprises among Padres for 2008. The name that came up was new second baseman Tadahito Iguchi: Iguchi had some problems with a finger injury early last year, and the White Sox were looking to save money. He's a solid player, better than his stats of last summer would indicate. When Lance and I visited Peoria a couple weeks ago, Iguchi kind of took us by surprise as well. Although he's a compact guy, as I've mentioned previously, he really can drive the ...
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IGD: Padres vs White Sox (9 Mar 08)

Sunday, March 9, 2008
by Geoff Young
[Blows into microphone.] Hello, is this thing on? Game starts at 1:05 p.m. PT. Channel 4SD.

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Gary Gygax and Spring Training TV Schedule

Wednesday, March 5, 2008
by Geoff Young
Gary Gygax died on Tuesday. Along with Bill James and the folks who created Intellivision, Gygax was an unwitting participant in my misspent youth. He probably also helped me survive said youth, but that's another story. Seriously, we had plenty of ways to waste time before this here Internet thing. My humblest thanks to Mr. Gygax for helping me realize that. . . . So, baseball. They're playing games but I haven't watched any, so I don't have much to say. Thankfully that's about to change. Here's the Padres spring training TV schedule (times are PT, games on Channel 4SD): Sun, Mar 9 vs White Sox, 1:05 ...
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World Series IGD: White Sox @ Astros, Game 4

Wednesday, October 26, 2005
by Geoff Young
first pitch: 5:00 p.m., PT television: Fox matchup: Freddy Garcia (14-8, 3.87 ERA) vs Brandon Backe (10-8, 4.76 ERA) We said Game 3 would be close, and it was. But in the end, it came down to the Astros' inability to cash in on 11 12 walks and former Padre Geoff Blum homering in the 14th inning in his first World Series at-bat. The Astros now find themselves on the brink of elimination, to regurgitate an overused phrase, and they'll need the performance of ...
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World Series IGD: White Sox @ Astros, Game 3

Tuesday, October 25, 2005
by Geoff Young
first pitch: 5:30 p.m., PT television: Fox matchup: Jon Garland (18-10, 3.50 ERA) vs Roy Oswalt (20-12, 2.94 ERA) Vince Galloro has a detailed preview of Tuesday night's contest up at Exile in Wrigleyville. For my part, I'll just note that this is a very even pitching matchup. Opponents hit .255/.298/.399 against Garland in 2005, .262/.302/.389 against Oswalt. It's like how much closer could this matchup get? and the answer is none, none more close.

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