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| Blog Name: | Ducksnorts |
| Url: | http://ducksnorts.com/blog/ |
| Language: | English |
| Topics: | sports, baseball, san diego padres |
| Description: | Since September 1997, Ducksnorts has been providing informative and entertaining analysis of and commentary on the San Diego Padres, as well as other items of interest to fans of the Padres and baseball in general. Ducksnorts welcomes thousands of passionate baseball fans each week from around the world, and provides them with an opportunity to engage one another in dialog. |
| Popularity: | 119 Followers |
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Last month my web hosting company apparently went out of business without telling anyone. Repeated attempts to contact them have been unsuccessful, but if you're interested in the sordid details, a fellow refugee has documented the situation.Apart from the drama, this is where we stand: I managed to back up my database a few hours before the server went down for the last time. Thanks to the tasty goodness of XAMPP, I can view Ducksnorts on my own machine and confirm that no content has been lost. I got lucky. Some files (mostly gr
Last month my web hosting company apparently went out of business without telling anyone. Repeated attempts to contact them have been unsuccessful, but if you're interested in the sordid details, a fellow refugee has documented the situation.Apart from the drama, this is where we stand: I managed to back up my database a few hours before the server went down for the last time. Thanks to the tasty goodness of XAMPP, I can view Ducksnorts on my own machine and confirm that no content has been lost. I got lucky. Some files (mostly gr
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Hi there,Ducksnorts is broken. I'm working to fix it, but there is no timetable. With luck, we'll be back up and running by the end of the year.In the meantime, you can read my stuff at The Hardball Times and Baseball Prospectus.Thanks,Geoff
Hi there,Ducksnorts is broken. I'm working to fix it, but there is no timetable. With luck, we'll be back up and running by the end of the year.In the meantime, you can read my stuff at The Hardball Times and Baseball Prospectus.Thanks,Geoff
Death of a Gunslinger
As you doubtless know by now, the Padres have fired GM Kevin Towers. It’s taken me so long to write about this because it is difficult for me to articulate my feelings. His departure hits me harder than those of Bruce Bochy, Trevor Hoffman, Sandy Alderson, or Jake Peavy. Towers was the primary architect of the best team (’98) in franchise history as well as of the most successful multi-year run (’04-’07). He isn’t the sole reason for the Padres’ success during his tenure, but a lot of good thin
As you doubtless know by now, the Padres have fired GM Kevin Towers. It’s taken me so long to write about this because it is difficult for me to articulate my feelings. His departure hits me harder than those of Bruce Bochy, Trevor Hoffman, Sandy Alderson, or Jake Peavy. Towers was the primary architect of the best team (’98) in franchise history as well as of the most successful multi-year run (’04-’07). He isn’t the sole reason for the Padres’ success during his tenure, but a lot of good thin
Chase Headley and the Art of the Comp
Reader TexPadre recently posed the following question: When will Chase Headley show a decent amount of power? Or will he ever? Headley, you may recall, was the subject of much hype in spring training 2008. He had just come off a monster season (.330/.437/.580) at Double-A San Antonio and people got a little silly, mistaking him for a future star rather than what he is — a solid support player. Headley is what I would call a classic #6 hitter on a championship team — not enough on-base skills for the top of the order, not enough pow
Reader TexPadre recently posed the following question: When will Chase Headley show a decent amount of power? Or will he ever? Headley, you may recall, was the subject of much hype in spring training 2008. He had just come off a monster season (.330/.437/.580) at Double-A San Antonio and people got a little silly, mistaking him for a future star rather than what he is — a solid support player. Headley is what I would call a classic #6 hitter on a championship team — not enough on-base skills for the top of the order, not enough pow
Hey, I Can See the Off-Season from Here
I’ve been busy. Part of the reason is that I’ll be contributing to two forthcoming books: The Hardball Times Baseball Annual 2010 (due out in November) and John Burnson’s Graphical Player 2010 (due out in December). I can’t go into a lot of detail just yet because — well, I’m not done writing — but be sure to purchase those two fine tomes when you have a chance. Meanwhile, I’m still watching the games an
I’ve been busy. Part of the reason is that I’ll be contributing to two forthcoming books: The Hardball Times Baseball Annual 2010 (due out in November) and John Burnson’s Graphical Player 2010 (due out in December). I can’t go into a lot of detail just yet because — well, I’m not done writing — but be sure to purchase those two fine tomes when you have a chance. Meanwhile, I’m still watching the games an
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