Archive for August, 2006

echo: Padres acquire left-handed pitcher David Wells in exchange for a player to be named later or cash considerations … Read more »

echo: Wells scratched from start amid trade speculation, Wells pulled from Thursday's start: Lefty not at Fenway, Tavarez to face Jays You know my bets are with San Diego. We'll know soon enough…  … Read more »

I've been a Frank Robinson supporter since he signed on with the Expos, but it's now my opinion that we need a change of the guards in Washington. It's not about pointing fingers and saying who did what wrong, but more a matter of bringing in a new face and a new managerial style. Florida Marlins' owner (and former Expos … Read more »

My mom broke the news to me on Sunday: despite a denial from the club, the Ottawa Lynx have been sold and are moving to a new $34-million US stadium, where it will be a farm team for the Philadelphia Phillies. I suppose I knew the day would come. Without the Montreal Expos nearby, … Read more »

Well, it didn't happen last night like the Astros' announcer had suggesed, but this morning brings with it some clarity as to who the San Diego Padres would be willing to part with to acquire pitcher David Wells from Boston. According to ESPN, catcher George Kottaras is the player the Padres are dangling. Read more »

One of the announcers of the Houston Astros game just announced that the Padres will be acquiring David Wells tonight.After today's loss to the Athletics, Theo Epstein simply must make a move. Wells will likely retire at the end of the season, so this is the Red Sox' only chance to get something meaningful in exchange for Wells.The … Read more »

I was in the zone yesterday! I listened to several games, but my moments of lucid projection occurred during the Boston/Seattle and Chicago/St. Louis games. Specifically, I called both Raul Ibanez' and Gary Bennett's grand slam's, or as they say in Seattle, "grand salamis". Just before each tater was hit, I said under my breath, "It'll be a homer!". I … Read more »

 In order to make room for Robert Fick who returned from the DL, the Nationals released Damian Jackson on Friday. I have to say that I was surprised by Jackson's lack of performance this year. I wasn't very familiar with Jackson until near the end of last season when he saw playing time with the Padres, but he … Read more »

For several weeks now, I've been unable to listen to MLB.com Gameday Audio on my main workstation (but no problems on my iBook or my other WinXP machine). I've been trolling the MozillaZine forums to try and find an answer and today I finally found one! The problems started when I upgraded to … Read more »

Baseball's oldest player, Julio Franco, is 48 today! Best wishes to Julio!Some Julio links: Being Julio Franco, Yahoo! SportsWikipediaBaseballLibrary.comBaseball-Reference.comThe Baseball Cube  … Read more »