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Giles Makes Padres Debut

Thursday, August 28, 2003
by Geoff Young

Before I launch into the "Welcome Brian Giles" portion of this entry, I'd just like to say that I'm sorry to see Ollie Perez and Rondell White go. In my excitement about picking up Giles, I'm not sure I made that clear. I've been following Perez for a long time, and I think he's got a lot of promise. I'm still not convinced the Pads did the right thing by rushing him through the minors so quickly, but maybe it won't make a difference in the long run. He's a good kid and I wish him well. Supposedly he offered to start Tuesday night's game even after word came down that he'd been traded. Gotta like that. As for White, I was very critical of the ...

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Padres Acquire Giles

Wednesday, August 27, 2003
by Geoff Young

Holy superstars, Batman, Brian Giles is a Padre. I'm so excited I'm even using my crappy old Windows 98 laptop to write this. Where to begin? I'll just start spewing random thoughts as they occur to me, so if this entry is more incoherent than most (how can you tell?), I trust you'll understand. The Padres just acquired BRIAN FREAKIN' GILES! And they didn't have to absorb any of Jason Kendall's contract. Of course, they also don't get Kendall's services, but that's another story. So, Giles joins the club Wednesday night and replaces Rondell White (traded to the Royals for ...

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Concern over Peavy’s Innings?

Tuesday, August 26, 2003
by Geoff Young

Real quick today. First off, one of the band of Jeffs pointed out to me that Trevor Hoffman will rejoin the Padres against the Diamondbacks in San Diego. Thanks for the correction, dude. I didn't see last night's game, just heard a little of it in the car. I can only guess how Jake Peavy looked; man, that was a horrible line. So now is a good time for this question: When do the Padres shut down Peavy? He's 22 years old and he's worked 159 innings. Where do you put his ceiling: 170 innings? 180? That gives him somewhere between two and four more starts. I'll miss watching him pitch, and you know he won't want to miss any turns, but it will be best ...

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Second Base, Hoffman, and the Arizona Fall League

Monday, August 25, 2003
by Geoff Young

Lots to cover, so let's jump right in. Ugly game Sunday against the Expos. I don't know if a catcher can have much of a worse inning than Miguel Ojeda had in the fifth inning. Passed ball, two stolen bases, two errors. The low point came with Jamey Carroll on second and Vlad Guerrero at the plate. Kevin Jarvis gets Guerrero to chase a high fastball for strike three. Ojeda starts trotting toward the dugout and flips the ball toward the mound. Carroll takes third. That's not good. Second Basemen Josh Barfield was ranked #1 by BA's Josh Boyd in his "Scouting Department" series (up from last year's #5). Here's what Boyd had to say about him: Barfield ranked behind fellow Padres second base prospect Jake Gautreau at the ...

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Stauffer, Greene, and Tucker

Monday, August 18, 2003
by Geoff Young

As expected, I busted a string this weekend. I usually change strings before a gig, but since we only played one night last weekend (and for just three hours instead of the usual four), I figured I could get away with keeping the old ones on a bit longer. Sure enough, midway through the second set Saturday night: SNAP! There went the D string, during the solo for "R.O.C.K. in the USA." It's always a little weird when a string breaks, because you might have to rearrange some chords on the fly (not to mention get the stupid string out of the way), but it's particularly irksome when it's one of the lower strings. I break the B and high E all the time because they're ...

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Have a Better Day

Friday, August 15, 2003
by Geoff Young

Some of the links from Wednesday's post got screwed up. The Larry Flynt and ESPN links have been fixed. I'm exhausted, I'm in a foul mood, my arms still hurt like hell, and I've got gigs this weekend. I wouldn't want to be a string on my guitar right about now. As a cop who once pulled me over for speeding said, "Have a better day..."

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Whatever

Wednesday, August 13, 2003
by Geoff Young

Long couple of days at work. Arms hurt like hell, so we'll keep it short and sweet. Fourteen runs on 24 hits? Where did that come from, and where do we get some more? Best moment was watching Gary Matthews Jr.'s uncle (a camera operator for TBS) cheering when his nephew hit a homer in the ninth. Classic. The Return of Pete Rose (Baseball Prospectus). Interesting. If true, I'll have to seriously reconsider my support of Major League Baseball. Nothing is written in stone, though. Report called 'unfounded' and 'irresponsible' (ESPN). On the other hand, Prospectus did get someone's attention. Batter's Box -- Can't remember if I ...

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