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Geoff Young

Geoff Young

I write about the San Diego Padres at Ducksnorts.com. My general baseball work shows up at The Hardball Times, Baseball Daily Digest, and Baseball Prospectus.

Web Site: Ducksnorts

Claimed Blogs: Ducksnorts, Knuckle Curve

Games: 2008 NBA Playoffs Pick'em, 2007 NBA Playoffs Pick'em

BallHype Member since April 2, 2007

Death of a Gunslinger
ducksnorts.com - 10/12/2009
Death of a Gunslinger
— ducksnorts.com — As you doubtless know by now, the Padres have fired GM Kevin Towers . It’s taken me so long to write about this because it is difficult for me to articulate my feelings. His departure hits me harder than those of Bruce Bochy, Trevor Hoffman, Sandy Alderson, or Jake Peavy. Towers was the ... (more) Death of a Gunslinger

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Chase Headley and the Art of the Comp
ducksnorts.com - 9/28/2009
Chase Headley and the Art of the Comp
— ducksnorts.com — Reader TexPadre recently posed the following question : When will Chase Headley show a decent amount of power? Or will he ever? Headley, you may recall, was the subject of much hype in spring training 2008. He had just come off a monster season (.330/.437/.580) at Double-A San Antonio and ... (more) Chase Headley and the Art of the Comp

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Hey, I Can See the Off-Season from Here
ducksnorts.com - 9/21/2009
Hey, I Can See the Off-Season from Here
— ducksnorts.com — I’ve been busy. Part of the reason is that I’ll be contributing to two forthcoming books: The Hardball Times Baseball Annual 2010 (due out in November) and John Burnson’s Graphical Player 2010 (due out in December). I can’t go into a lot of detail just yet because ... (more) Hey, I Can See the Off-Season from Here

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Olive Pudding
ducksnorts.com - 8/24/2009
Olive Pudding
— ducksnorts.com — It’s great to see the Padres sign all their top draft picks this year. First-round pick Donavan Tate (whom I was fortunate enough to meet last week, but we’ll get to that in a moment) took batting practice with the big club Tuesday night and impressed the veterans with his ... (more) Olive Pudding

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Youngsters and Salary Dumps
ducksnorts.com - 8/17/2009
Youngsters and Salary Dumps
— ducksnorts.com — We’ve been tracking a few key young players since the All-Star break using Modified Box Scores ( explanation ). Let’s see how these kids are doing as measured by more conventional metrics. Bear in mind that we’re talking about 31 games, a tiny sample. First, the Padres as a ... (more) Youngsters and Salary Dumps

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If Your Heart Never Breaks, You Aren’t Doing It Right
ducksnorts.com - 8/10/2009
If Your Heart Never Breaks, You Aren’t Doing It Right
— ducksnorts.com — It’s not the memory of her that lingers, it’s the memory of wanting and not having. The years have transformed her into a song character, a reminder of a former life. These are gifts beyond anything I could have imagined. I was less interested in baseball then. It always hovered ... (more) If Your Heart Never Breaks, You Aren’t Doing It Right

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I Am Sure I Am Not Sure (I Think)
ducksnorts.com - 8/3/2009
I Am Sure I Am Not Sure (I Think)
— ducksnorts.com — He knows changes aren’t permanent, but change is. –Rush, “Tom Sawyer” The world is in a constant state of flux. All that we know with any degree of certainty is that what holds true today may or may not hold true tomorrow. The Padres have been awful this ... (more) I Am Sure I Am Not Sure (I Think)

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Smooth Jazz and Other Questionable Ideas
ducksnorts.com - 7/27/2009
Smooth Jazz and Other Questionable Ideas
— ducksnorts.com — According to Google Maps, my work commute takes 14 minutes. In reality, where the freeway is unusable when I need it, the trip takes more like 40 minutes. It’s a stimulating drive, though, as I pass a municipal airport and MCAS Miramar along the way. Sometimes I’ll see jets ... (more) Smooth Jazz and Other Questionable Ideas

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Will I Lose My Sight if I Watch, or Just My Lunch?
ducksnorts.com - 7/20/2009
Will I Lose My Sight if I Watch, or Just My Lunch?
— ducksnorts.com — Apparently the Padres still have games to play. What a relief… Adrian Hits the Skids I was thinking about whether Adrian Gonzalez’s recent slide might be a result of his being tired and whether he should take a day or two off . Then I realized that I don’t care how he ... (more) Will I Lose My Sight if I Watch, or Just My Lunch?

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Takin’ a Break
ducksnorts.com - 6/29/2009
Takin’ a Break
— ducksnorts.com — Life is good, but there’s a little too much of it right now so I’m taking some time off. Ducksnorts will resume publication after the All-Star break. In the meantime, I’ll continue to publish at Hardball Times and Unfiltered . Also, if you do the Twittter thing, I sometimes ... (more) Takin’ a Break

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Is Life Ever Good Enough?
ducksnorts.com - 6/22/2009
Is Life Ever Good Enough?
— ducksnorts.com — I use baseball to mark the passage of time. The memory of specific events helps keep me grounded in a world that often makes less sense than I’d like it to make (forgive the fact that I grew up rooting for the Dodgers): 1981 — Fernandomania; Rick Monday’s homer off Steve ... (more) Is Life Ever Good Enough?

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Brutal Is As Brutal Does
ducksnorts.com - 6/15/2009
Brutal Is As Brutal Does
— ducksnorts.com — The Padres are boring. That’s the word on the street… a street apparently filled with people who don’t like baseball. Just give me a game to watch and the rest will take care of itself. There is no pressure with this team, no expectation of success. Every win is a surprise, ... (more) Brutal Is As Brutal Does

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Is It Giving Up if You Never Believed?
ducksnorts.com - 6/8/2009
Is It Giving Up if You Never Believed?
— ducksnorts.com — I met a girl at summer camp when I was nine. Laura was 16 and the most beautiful thing I’d ever seen. We exchanged letters for a while, then got on with our lives. In my dream, we meet again for some forgotten reason. “It’s great to see you,” she says. “You, ... (more) Is It Giving Up if You Never Believed?

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Winning Half Is Like Losing Half, and Vice Versa
ducksnorts.com - 6/1/2009
Winning Half Is Like Losing Half, and Vice Versa
— ducksnorts.com — When last we spoke , the Padres had won 10 straight games. They finally lost on Tuesday , but not without a serious fight. Kevin Correia breezes through 4 2/3 innings, then runs into trouble. Ryan Roberts bloops a single in front of Chase Headley that a more accomplished left fielder might ... (more) Winning Half Is Like Losing Half, and Vice Versa

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Vicodin Dreams
ducksnorts.com - 5/26/2009
Vicodin Dreams
— ducksnorts.com — I will do anything to avoid a game in Albuquerque — be it getting hopelessly lost in that fine city , having my car smashed by a big rig en route from Missouri , or as now, recovering from knee surgery. A sensible person would simply admit he didn’t want to watch the Isotopes play, ... (more) Vicodin Dreams

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