This Date in Ducksnorts (19 Nov)

Monday, November 19, 2007
by Geoff Young
Hi there, and welcome to open thread week. Yep, I'm taking a little time off to hang with family and what-not. Here are some blasts from the past to amuse you. Not that you need an invitation from me, but feel free to discuss whatever... Harry Potter, Leonid Meteor Shower, and Ryan Leaf (2001). I saw Leaf on a college football telecast the other day. His kid brother was playing quarterback, and Leaf told the reporter how he'd talk to li'l bro' about staying poised. Unintentional humor is my favorite kind. Kotsay for Hernandez (2003). The Twins wanted Jake Peavy for A.J. Pierzynski? I'd forgotten that. Hey, don't laugh: they got Joe Nathan, Francisco Liriano, and Boof Bonser out of the Giants. Okay, now ...
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Notes and Links

Friday, October 7, 2005
by Geoff Young
Haven't done one of these in a while. They've been piling up over here, and now I give them to you: Laurence Simon at This Blog Is Full of Crap is keeping track of which bloggers are rooting for which team in the playoffs. He may also be sending folks over here to mock me in the comments. If you're one of those people, welcome to Ducksnorts. :-) Padres return home for Game 3 on brink of elimination (Yahoo!). Gotta love Dave Roberts' optimism: "We're relaxed. Coming into this series we were the underdogs. We've got nothing to lose, and I ...
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Padres April Wrap

Monday, May 5, 2003
by Geoff Young
Why even bother with an official scorer? Xavier Nady hits a lazy fly ball to center in the 10th on Friday night that Ricky Ledee loses in the lights; ball clanks off Ledee's glove and it's ruled a hit. Then Saturday night, Mike Lieberthal hits a ducksnort to right that Nady has to run a mile to get to and he just misses making a terrific play. E-9. I guarantee that if this series had been played in Philly, Nady would have one less hit and one less error next to his name right now. Speaking of Nady, I ran into him and Sean Burroughs on the trolley back from the stadium Sunday evening. Yep, that's right, they take the trolley to work. Cool, huh? We'll finish ...
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Padres in the Arizona Fall League

Tuesday, November 5, 2002
by Geoff Young
New favorite piece of spam: "I have visited your site and I think that design looks not good now." Note to self: Sending unsolicited e-mail telling a potential customer what a lousy job they are doing is not conducive to doing business. It is, shall we say, "not good now." Very briefly, here's an update on how Padre prospects are doing in the AFL. Xavier Nady has been sent home with a strained quad. Ben Johnson has taken his place on the Peoria roster. Stats are through games of November 3. AB BA OBP SLG BB SO Bozied,Ta 107 271 345 542 10 19 Faison,Vi 53 321 393 491 ...
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