SB Nation User Blog: Dalton

[Hoyer] put himself "head and shoulders" above the other GM candidates, Moorad said, by compiling a...

Dalton — Tue, 27 Oct 2009 01:40:03 -0000

[Hoyer] put himself "head and shoulders" above the other GM candidates, Moorad said, by compiling a detailed analysis of the Padres baseball talent, including a breakdown of how he envisioned the front office working. He needed a binder for the treatise, which runs some 50 pages.

An Era Begins

--Tom Krasovic

Command eludes Peavy in rehab start

Dalton — Wed, 19 Aug 2009 05:34:56 -0000

Command eludes Peavy in rehab start

Peavy, working against Tampa Bay's Triple-A affiliate in Durham, was touched up for four runs (three earned) on five hits over four innings, including Joe Dillon's solo home run leading off the fourth.

Tony Gwynn Jr. - Traded to the Padres. All across San Diego, I picture sons approaching their...

Dalton — Tue, 26 May 2009 05:23:14 -0000

Tony Gwynn Jr. - Traded to the Padres. All across San Diego, I picture sons approaching their fathers with this question, "Dad, why do you have a jersey of a guy that stinks?"

http://razzball.com/sauer-on-mauer-pauer/

The big news yesterday was that the Padres agreed to a trade that would send Jake Peavy to the...

Dalton — Tue, 26 May 2009 02:46:14 -0000

The big news yesterday was that the Padres agreed to a trade that would send Jake Peavy to the White Sox, but needed Peavy's approval to allow the deal to go through. But, after leaving the fans in suspense all day, he chose to remain in San Diego - where he is 3 hit batters away from breaking the Padres' franchise record in that category. Peavy has hit 44 batters for the Padres, and sits in 4th place in the their team record book, behind Brian Lawrence, who plunked 45 batters between 2001 and 2005, and Joey Hamilton and Eric Show, who both hit 46 batters pitching for the Padres.

Over the offseason, the Padres trade away Khalil Greene when he was just 4 HBPs away from breaking the team record for getting plunked, so the San Diego front office really seems to be protecting their record book from any of their current players, for some reason.

Peavy is scheduled to pitch against the Cubs today, so maybe if he hits three batters he'll be more willing to accept a trade, with the record already in his pocket.

We now return to our regularly scheduled HBPs of Note, for May 21, 2009:

Kevin Kouzmanoff got plunked for the Padres, bringing his career total to 29, and since that means he's only 6 behind Gene Tenace's Padres record, they'll probably trade him sometime soon. Tim Lincecum was responsible for Kouzmanoff's plunking, and has now hit Kouzmanoff twice, even though he's hit everyone else in the league only 8 times.

David Eckstein also got plunked for the Padres yesterday, bringing his career total to 128. He's tied for 37th on the all time list with Jeff Bagwell, and stays just ahead of Jose Guillen, who also got plunked yesterday. Guillen has 127 career HBPs now, which puts him in 39th place all time, but he has that spot all to himself. Guillen's 127th HBP was also the 65th plunk ever thrown by Carl Pavano.

Possibly more important than his standing on the all time list, Eckstein's plunk occured with the bases loaded in the bottom of the 9th inning, down by 1 run with 2 outs. His HBP drove in the game tying run, and led to Scott Hairston's game winning single. That's the most clutch late game HBP since Jose Molina's 12th inning game winning walk-off HBP on July 19, 2008.

http://www.plunkeveryone.com/

The Padres front office did a lousy job of trying to improve this team. I’ll chalk up part of this f...

Dalton — Tue, 24 Mar 2009 20:03:38 -0000

The Padres front office did a lousy job of trying to improve this team. I’ll chalk up part of this for the turmoil in ownership limiting funds, but a sabermetrically oriented front office should really do better. The only thing that’s really improving the Padres here is regression to the mean. It’s tough to be as bad as they were last year.

Team Offense, San Diego Padres

Worrell faces Tommy John surgery

Dalton — Fri, 20 Mar 2009 17:42:39 -0000

Worrell faces Tommy John surgery

This is why we suck.

"IT DOESN’T LOOK PROMISING"

Dalton — Thu, 05 Mar 2009 22:42:52 -0000

"IT DOESN’T LOOK PROMISING"

L.T.'s mom, on restructuring his contract.

Buy the Ducksnorts 2009 Baseball Annual

Dalton — Tue, 03 Mar 2009 16:21:51 -0000

Buy the Ducksnorts 2009 Baseball Annual

Now's probably a good time.

Just ten bucks to get the .pdf and look like you're actually busy at work ("just going over some files on the McAnulty case..."), or a few more if you hate trees.

Kris Dielman almost killed Jay Cutler

Dalton — Thu, 05 Feb 2009 22:13:14 -0000

Kris Dielman almost killed Jay Cutler

HONOLULU — In front of Jay Cutler was the clear-blue but chilly-watered swimming pool at the Ihilani resort.

The gang of Pro Bowl football players had been gathered around the tables, swapping stories, when suddenly the Broncos' quarterback had 300-pound Nick Mangold pushing from one side, 310-pound Kris Dielman holding the other and his cellphone swindled into the hands of a coy Peyton Manning.

Cutler's radar had gone up, but he never had a chance.

Splash!

"We gave him a Pro Bowl baptism," said Dielman, the star offensive guard of the rival San Diego Chargers.

Great fun. Big laughs. There was just one problem. Cutler is a Type 1 diabetic, and in his pocket was his blood-sugar monitor.

"That was a prank where I thought we were smart enough to get the cellphone out of his pocket," Dielman said. "But then, 'Oops.' "

The monitor was fried by the chlorinated water. Fortunately, Hawaii has drug stores, and after a few calls here and there, Cutler was well-equipped by lunchtime Wednesday.

"It was a bad audible on our part," Manning said. "I think we were thinking right, trying to get the cellphone. Then we realize, the guy gets insulin shots. We missed that."

25 Extra Nicknames For Darren Sproles Toto Runbelina Amoeback Darren DeVito Squirt The Little...

Dalton — Thu, 08 Jan 2009 19:58:27 -0000

25 Extra Nicknames For Darren Sproles

Toto
Runbelina
Amoeback
Darren DeVito
Squirt
The Little Sperm That Could
KOGOD
Hans Sproleman
The Tampon
Lupica
Ranatouille
Pinky Dinky Doo
Jukebug
Sprud
Mini Cooper
Jiminy Cricket
The Appetizer
Eighthback
Teabag
Clementine
Termite
Wee Mack
Whopper Jr.
The One Who Isn’t Injured All The Time In The Playoffs
Peapod

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