Young takes step at Lake Elsinore toward his return to big leagues

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Smells Like Padres in Here - Tuesday Edition
Published 7/22/2008 by Winfield's Ghost at Gaslamp Ball
The Reds must be awful because we beat them.  A ninth inning rally and Trevor barely escapes.  Seems like old times.  If, in olden times, we were11.5 back. It appears CY is pretty close. Padres are learning from rookie mistakes.  They should be genuises by the end of the year then. A NYT piece on the Domincan scandal. Peavy versus Cueto tonight.  At first I thought it was Peavy versus Cujo and I was like "Now THAT would be an awesome matchup."  Anyway, game time is ...

Baseball Today: Wednesday, July 23
Published 7/23/2008 by Art Martone (amartone@projo.com) at Projo Sox Blog
... a big-league organization -- after signing a minor-league deal with the Brewers (Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel) . . . Juan Pierre could return to the Dodgers this week (Los Angeles Times) . . . Ditto Mike Hampton to the Braves (Atlanta Journal-Constitution) . . . MLB has fined the Cubs $500,000 for violations related to the June draft of first-year players (SI.com) . . . No word on when Todd Helton will rejoin the Rockies (Denver Post) . . . Chris Young is about ready to return to the Padres. (San Diego Union-Tribune) OLD ...