From World Series games to the cellar of the league, David Eckstein has seen it all in his career. But with his production declining and his age increasing, where do we go from here? Eckstein is the guy who is easy to root for. If his small stature doesn’t impress you, his [...][...]
Archive for the ‘San Diego Padres’ Category
March 4th, 2010 - 7:49 am § by Friarhood § in Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim, San Diego Padres, St. Louis Cardinals
Ok David, where do we go from here?
March 4th, 2010 - 7:42 am § by Friarhood § in San Diego Padres
Beckham, a new Beginning?
An article about the possibility of the White Sox trading Gordon Beckham to the Padres. A breakdown of Adrian Gonzalez's struggles in Petco and why it make sense for the Padres to make a deal now.[...]
MLB is broken, but what to do?
Thursday February 25, 2010 The System in baseball is broken. Practically no one will deny that. The Yankees have a payroll that is more than 6 times the lowest payrolls in the league. A third of the teams in MLB are starting spring training with no hope of making the playoffs in 2010 (see Pirates[...]
February 20th, 2010 - 4:04 am § by Cardinal70 § in BBA News, San Diego Padres
Get To Know The BBA: Websoulsurfer
At the end of the award voting, I decided that since the Baseball Bloggers Alliance had come along so quickly, it might be nice to get an idea of who was actually in the group. To that end, I’m working through the roster and asking ten questions of each member. The first five [...][...]
February 19th, 2010 - 5:11 am § by Cardinal70 § in BBA News, San Diego Padres
Get To Know The BBA: Avenging Jack Murphy
At the end of the award voting, I decided that since the Baseball Bloggers Alliance had come along so quickly, it might be nice to get an idea of who was actually in the group. To that end, I’m working through the roster and asking ten questions of each member. The first five [...][...]
February 7th, 2010 - 10:11 am § by WEBSOULSURFER § in Los Angeles Dodgers, NL West, San Diego Padres
Brian Giles signs with Dodgers
Sunday February 7, 2010 According to a Twitter post by Ken Gurnick of MLB.com, former Padre Brian Giles reportedly signed a minor league deal with the NL West rival Los Angeles Dodgers with an invitation to spring training. Giles is a career .291 hitter with a .400 OBP, .502 SLG , .902 OPS. His car[...]
January 31st, 2010 - 6:55 am § by True Grich § in General Baseball, Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim, San Diego Padres, Washington Nationals
It’s never too early for baseball
Jered Weaver (Angels), Cesar Ramos (Padres), and Marco Estrada (Nationals) were among the Dirtbag alumni who returned to Blair Field today to participate in the Long Beach State Baseball team’s intra squad game. Weaver started the game by facing three batters without allowing a hit and striking o[...]
January 30th, 2010 - 11:16 pm § by WEBSOULSURFER § in NL West, San Diego Padres, Washington Nationals
Whats Next for the Padres?
Saturday January 30, 2010 So what is next for the Padres? Well…They have been rumored to be interested in Orlando Hudson. Hudson himself commented on the Padres interest in an interview with MLB.com’s Bill Ladson. “There is good progress going on every day,” Hudson said. [...]
January 27th, 2010 - 3:27 am § by WEBSOULSURFER § in Arizona Diamondbacks, Los Angeles Dodgers, NL West, San Diego Padres
Padres Sign Jon Garland
Tuesday January 26, 2009 Padres sign Jon Garland If you were wondering what was next for rookie Padres GM Jed Hoyer, then you have your answer today. As was reported by Corey Brock of MLB.com and Ken Rosenthal of Fox Sports via Twitter, the San Diego Padres signed southpaw starting pitcher Jon Garl[...]
January 23rd, 2010 - 6:10 am § by WEBSOULSURFER § in NL West, San Diego Padres
2010 Padres Payroll
Friday January 22, 2010 Been hearing lots of talk about what the Padres have left in payroll. Talk from Hoyer and Moorad. Talk from Correy Brock and others. Talk of just $5-6 million being available to spend. I thought it best to take a look myself. Math was never my strong point, but spreadsheets [...]
