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Friday Links (22 Feb 08)
Published 2/22/2008 by Geoff Young at Ducksnorts
... Waits in the comments). Drew Miller at #4 is gutsy, as is Drew Cumberland at #6. There’s a good chance both will end up in my top 10 next year, but I don’t have enough data to make that call just yet. That’s the difference between Goldstein and me, of course; he’s way more informed than I am. The Swinging Friar is a new Padres blog on the block. One of his first posts is an interview with the U-T’s Tom Krasovic (hat tip to U-T Padresblog via ...

Estes Shelled In Catcus Debut
Published 2/29/2008 by scott at Friar Forum
Shawn Estes toed the rubber in Fridays Cactus League opener and was able to record just 2 outs in the 8 Royals he faced. Estes is attempting to keep the 5th spot in the rotation warm for Mark Prior and while there are many more innings to toss this spring to make an impact, FF is sure that the southpaw hurler is not happy with his outing that included two free passes and four hits. ...

Padres Are Not Crying Wolf
Published 3/5/2008 by scott at Friar Forum
Randy Wolf, the free agent pick up and likely #4 starter in the San Diego rotation this season had his second straight rough outing this spring. The southpaw recording only 2 outs while giving up four runs in both his Cactus League outings. The veteran is not panicking as he exclaims that this has been typical throughout his career. With the first 3 spots ironed out for the Friars heading into the 2008 season (Peavy, Young, and Maddux) the club is expecting Wolf to give them quality innings in the 4th slot and have a stop gap type hurler to keep the recovering Mark Prior's ...

China Links
Published 3/12/2008 by jbox <info@gaslampball.com> at Gaslamp Ball: Front Page Posts
... Blogging from China:  The Padres vacation has started.  They rented a 747 for 100 people.  They are staying at a 5 star hotel and getting massages as we speak.  So far the players love the Chinese culture. ...

Padres' off-the-wall day on China's Great Wall
Published 3/13/2008 by Tom Weir at Sports Scope
... the Green Monster wall at Fenway Park will never again seem quite so impressive to the San Diego Padres. Not after visiting the Great Wall of China on Thursday, as a prelude to their weekend exhibition games against the Dodgers. Reliever Trevor Hoffman tried to explain baseball -- bangqiu, or "stick ball" in Chinese -- to media. The Padres mascot, "The Swinging Friar," also put in an appearance that baffled some tourists, the AP reported. And here's the San Diego Union-Tribune's blog report.