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Alderson aide DePodesta agrees to stay on past this season
Padres CEO Sandy Alderson has reached an agreement with special assistant Paul DePodesta that will keep DePodesta with the club past 2008. "I fully expect him to be here beyond this year," Alderson said Friday. Alderson said DePodesta, a former general manager of the Dodgers, "has had opportunities" to take GM jobs elsewhere since joining the Padres. According to Alderson, DePodesta ...
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SDUT: DePodesta agrees to stay on past this season
BBTF's Baseball Primer NewsblogSDUT: DePodesta agrees to stay on past this season Kevin Towers must be really good at making coffee. Maybe THAT’S why he calls himself the sludge merchant. Padres CEO Sandy Alderson has reached an agreement with special assistant Paul DePodesta that will keep DePodesta with the club past 2008. “I fully expect him to be here beyond this year,” Alderson said Friday. Alderson said DePodesta, a former general manager of the Dodgers, “has had opportunities” to take GM jobs elsewhere since joining the Padres. According to Alderson, DePodesta is in the final year of a contract the ...

SLPiH - Saturday Edition
Gaslamp Ball — PEAVY AND THE PADRES SHUTOUT THE BRAVES 4-0   Jake, Heat, Adams & Trevor combine on a six-hit shutout of the Braves. A loss to the Padres really makes you take a hard look at your season. Realizing there is no money in being a blogger, DePo re-ups with the Padres. CY will start his rehab assignment Wednesday in Lake Elsinore. Who's hot and who's not. Hairy is 16 for his last 31...Khalil has one hit in his last 20 at-bats. More trade ...

Padres Ballpark Event Roundup
Baseball Prospectus: Unfiltered — ... had a record turnout at last night’s Petco ballpark event, and guest of honor Paul DePodesta went above and beyond, presenting and answering questions for nearly an hour and a half. Paul DePodesta Joe and I had fun reconnecting with familiar faces from our previous Padres events and hearing from those of you who were here for the first time. The outstanding auditorium at Petco Park Thanks to DePodesta (and congratulations on the extension as well!), Dave Cody in sales, and the entire San ...

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