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A Minor Review of 2009: San Diego Padres

28 Sep 2009 11:00:05 PDT

Written by Marc Hulet
Prospect ranking season is just around the corner. In anticipation of that, we present an intro series looking at some of the players who deserve mentioning but probably will not be appearing on their teams’ Top 10 lists. The popular series is back for the second year. Previously, we looked a...

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Opinion: Do you like Padres giveaways that you can use or you can display?

22 Sep 2009 16:10:13 PDT

Written by jbox
When it comes to Padres giveaways do you prefer useful items or display items? I have a butt load of Padres give aways and my favorites by far are the items I can actually use. Poll How do you like your Padres Giveaways? Items with a use Items for display 69 votes | Results

Original story at Gaslamp Ball .

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Opinion: The Padres All-Performance-Enhancer Team: The Outfield

14 Aug 2009 08:32:28 PDT

Written by Daniel Gettinger
In the two years following his 30 home run season at age 27, Vaughn struggled with injuries hitting only 19 and 17 home runs. Then, at age 30, Vaughn hit 41 home runs. The next season, 18 home runs. And the year after that...in 1998...50 home runs! Right Field: Brian Giles

Original story at Bleacher Report .

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Opinion: Everth Cabrera Quickly Become Fan Favorite

09 Aug 2009 00:03:11 PDT

Written by Todd Kaufmann
As for the trading of Khalil Greene, you heard the familiar groaning of fans. Some saying "he'll probably be the next Ozzie Smith," and to be fair Greene was the most exciting short stop to wear a Padres' uniform, but not exciting enough for anyone to be calling him "the next Ozzie Smith."

Original story at Bleacher Report .

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Opinion: The Count: Strasburg’s Scary Stats

10 Mar 2009 11:02:41 PDT

The Seattle Mariners, San Diego Padres and other awful 2008 teams that weren’t quite awful enough must be wishing Major League Baseball had a draft lottery. The Washington Nationals managed to edge out MLB’s would-be worst with a league-low 59 wins, meaning they’ll get first crack at a 20...

Original story at WSJ.com .

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Opinion: If being Consitently Competitive is entertaining then I'm content

04 Jan 2009 15:17:27 PST

Written by jbox
Friar Forecast has a new post titled Why I am Content with Being Consistently Competitive (Revisited). While it may have nothing to do with my relief that the new owner wants set a goal of winning a World Series, it still is a good counter argument.

Original story at Gaslamp Ball .

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Opinion: John Moores speaks! "Get your ice cold Padres, here!"

15 Dec 2008 10:43:32 PST

Written by jbox
Moores seeking buyer for Padres That's a good question and I don't have an answer," Moores said. "In reality, what price would you like to have him back? I've told Trevor that he was clearly the best Padres pitcher ever. In a way, he's like Gwynn. He is the Padres.

Original story at Gaslamp Ball .

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Opinion: Hot Stove Roundup: Jake Peavy Spared From A Long, Cold Chicago Winter

11 Dec 2008 13:50:03 PST

Written by Dashiell Bennett
It's over. They lived, they loved, they all said things they can never take back, but in the end, it was never to be. Jake Peavy will not be a Cub. Padres, Cubs Set To Quit Each Other [Rumors and Rants] Agent: 'Padres asked for too much' for Peavy [Chicago Tribune]

Original story at Deadspin .

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Opinion: Best game ever! My first game with Elliott

31 Jul 2008 08:32:48 PDT

Written by Dex
Elliott and I went to the Padres game last night with his mom, uncle jbox, uncle Jonny Dub and auntie sbeck. Here we are in front of the Tony Gwynn statue: It was my first time seeing that Tony Gwynn Statue in person. I was impressed. I made a rubbing of the entire thing to commemorate the event.

Original story at Gaslamp Ball .

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Opinion: Trade Speculator: Astros and Diamondbacks Make Minor Moves

23 Jul 2008 15:28:00 PDT

Written by Brandon Heikoop
The first move I will discuss, is the San Diego Padres' trade of Randy Wolf to the Houston Astros for minor-league, right-hander Chad Reineke. The Padres continue to clean house and rid themselves of any player that doesn't have much of a future with the club.

Original story at Bleacher Report .

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Opinion: You be the GM

07 Jul 2008 18:14:05 PDT

Written by sdsuaztec4
As for catcher, we have a catcher in the system named Mitch Canham who looks AWESOME and hopefully should be starting for us in a couple years. I honestly think that Hundley will be a decent major league catcher for us and he has a pretty damn good arm. Centerfield, I really like Jody Gerut out t...

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Opinion: Gaslamp Ball Book Club: Back in the old days, it was cute to be crass

29 May 2008 19:37:35 PDT

Written by Dex
I've got a stack of books this high that I need to review and I've decided to start with one primarily about the Texas Rangers 1975 season. If you're the type of person needs to know exactly what any of this has to do with the Padres, the short answer is "nothing" and the long answer is "really not...

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Opinion: San Diego Padres moving into the second half

16 Jul 2007 06:51:03 PDT

Written by Dex
If anything, we need to pick a guy up who can be super consistent in a pinch hitting situation like a Mark Sweeney or John Vander Wal type. Guys like that are super valuable when you lean on pitching like the Padres do and I don't think Cheo or Blum are gonna live up to it. Actually... Strike that... Blum p...

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Opinion: Lock 'Em Up

11 Apr 2007 01:27:01 PDT

Written by Patrick Sullivan
The San Diego Padres announced yesterday that they had signed starting pitcher and former two-sport Princeton star Chris Young to a 4-year, $14.5 million contract that could go up to five years and $23 million should the Pads decide to exercise a club option.

Original story at Baseball Analysts .

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